How to Use the Manual Saddle Heavy Duty Stapler

Saddle heavy duty stapler is a bookbinding tool designed to insert staples into the spine (saddle) of folded printed matter such as booklets, catalogs, brochures, and manuals. A saddle heavy duty stapler is with flat stapling and saddle stapling function and may also be used to staple fabric or other flexible material, as the material is bunched up inside the throat in order to reach the seam to be stapled. Most high-end photocopiers and digital production printers on the market have optional attached saddle stitch units that fold and staple booklets automatically.

Whatever, saddle stitching is a very popular book binding method that is quite economical to design and print. It is most effective for booklets and publications. This page will help you to know how to use a saddle heavy duty stapler.

There are two main kinds of saddle heavy duty stapler: manual and electric. Manual saddle stapler is perfect for home and office use. It comes in a variety of design and cheaper than another choice.

It can drive staples through a lot of pages but do require your physical strength to drive the staples through the stack of paper. They are better suited to smaller and infrequent use as could cause a strain if you are using it repetitively in a small period of time. Following step is how to handle a manual saddle heavy duty stapler.

1. Open the stapler and loaded staples. Find the button on the back that releases a spring, and press it, the mechanism that holds the staples pops out of the front. Insert a row of new staples and push the mechanism back in the stapler. Choose the right staples size is also very important for avoid paper jams.

2. Change the flat/saddle plate. The simple handling and easy changeover from flat to saddle stapling are indispensable features for a device designed for multiple users. As a flat heavy duty stapler you must adjust the side position when you put the paper that you want to staple. Be sure your papers are all facing the same way and are in the order you want to bind them in. As a saddle heavy duty stapler don’t forget margin to ensure that the content of the paper will not be covered by nails.

3. Gather the stack of paper that you want to staple. Double-check your particular stapler for capacity, usually between 20 and 50 sheets of paper. The RAYSON heavy duty stapler can flat staple up to 60 pages at a time. Make sure that all pages are flush with each other. Insert the stack of paper directly underneath the head of the stapler.

4. Push the arm of the heavy duty stapler to staple the documents. After that you gill get a perfect finished product what you want. Electric saddle stapler is better for larger jobs (and will deal with smaller jobs too). With manual models, you are using your strength. With electric models, there is an included motor which drives the staples into the paper. They often come with the ability to load different lengths of staples, allowing you to drive staples through large stacks of paper. Electric stapler costs more than manual stapler, and use power to drive the staples, but make stapling easy and quicker for you.

Knowing how to use the machine, then quickly get started to make your first booklet!

Originally published 16 Apr 2020, updated 16 Apr 2020.