student thesis binding

As an under-graduate or post-graduate, you will find a Thesis or Dissertation will be a large part of the degree. On completion, most universities require you to submit your work in a ‘Book-Bound’ format. All universities give guidelines to how your work should be presented. At Brynymor Press we can produce work to any university specification.

Click on the icon on the right for a downloadable pdf of the order form you need for hardback binding.

print from disk & photocopying services

We provide a complete print from file service as well as a high speed photocopying service.

Our prices are very competitive, giving excellent quality reproduction in both mono and colour printing.

Most common program files can be accepted, which might include:
PDF files are most reliable. We can also handle Microsoft Office documents, viz. Word, Excel, Access, Publisher and Power-point, but be warned that such documents can ‘re-flow’ when opened on a different PC.
If you have a program which might be unfamiliar, please contact us before sending or saving your files/work.

On Applemacs, we use programs which include Acrobat Pro, Photoshop, Quark, Illustrator, and InDesign.

save time & money

Why spend hours printing pages on a home inkjet printer, emptying expensive cartridges. From as little as 5p per side, we print speeds of up to 120 pages per minute mono and 60 pages per minute colour.


how to supply your document

1. You can supply ‘hard’ paper copies, or a single original from which we can produce further copies. You can bring it to our office, or send by post or courier

2. We can accept all forms of media, which might include:
CD, DVD, Flash/Jump Drives, Memory Stick, MP3 etc

3. Send your work by email to print@digipress.co.uk

what we need to know

• How many pages are in each file, so we can check pagination when we open the file

• The operating system you used i.e. Windows 98, 2000, XP, Vista etc.

• The number of colour pages in each file. So we can check the document and give you a price

• The order the files appear in the document. You may want to check the hard copy prior to binding. If after binding the pages are out of order, correction will cost extra time and money.

• You may wish to consider 2-sided printing for very long documents.
Work can either be brought in to our office, or sent by post or email.

some things to remember

page margins

We recommend leaving 25-40mm on the left binding edge. Then allow at least 12mm margin on right, top and bottom depending on the layout of your work.

For 2-sided printing, you either need to set right and left pages, or leave sufficient for binding in both left and right margins.

paper weight

We stock a large range of quality paper for use when printing your work. Standard paper used for thesis printing would normally be 80gsm for soft cover and 100gsm for hard cover binding. The higher the number, the thicker the paper. Copier/inkjet paper is usualy 80gsm. Bear in mind that the heavier the paper, the thicker the book.

time for binding

Set a deadline for completing your thesis and contact us in advance for binding times.

Soft cover binding can be turned around same day.

Hardback binding takes 5 working days. Please note at certain times of the academic year there are peak times for binding, so to guarentee your collection time please make an advance booking. We can provide a 3-day service at an additional charge, providing you give us a weeks notice.

always ensure pages are in the correct order

If you are supplying the printed pages to us, always check all pages are in the correct order.

If, after binding, a page is in the wrong place, it can be altered at an additional charge and will lead to delay