Customized, beautifully bound materials instantly lend credibility to your proposal. So it stands apart from the usual presentation binders and folders.With a complete Powis binding system, you can:Bind bookstore-quality hardcovers and paperbacks (perfectbinding).Produce polished, durable tape binding.
- Fastback gives you the ability to produce 3 different binding styles with one system. Perfect Binding, Thermal Tape Binding and Hardcover Book Binding
- Fastback binding lays flat and wraps around
- Foil-print on covers: just design your art/type on a computer and print it out. It’s much faster and less expensive than foil stamping.
- Choose from a range of rich textures, colors and finishes.
- Produce multiple world-class leave-behinds with no punching or paper-feeding.
- Customize your documents with Image Strips.
- Fastback® binding enjoys a number of advantages over traditional binding methods
- 3.5 times faster than punch-and-bind
- Pages withstand 50lbs of pull
- One-touch operation
- Produces commercial-grade tape binding for pocket change
- Allows edits up to the last minute: you can remove and reinsert pages long after the original binding
- Our entry-level machine is as small as an inkjet printer
Fastback® 9
Compact and versatile, the
Fastback® 9 offers a budget-
friendly solution for most
office binding needs.
Specifications:
- Machine Dimensions: 19.5″W x 11″H x 13″D
(49.5cmW x 28cmH x 33cmD)
- Maximum weight: 17 lbs (7.7 kg)
- Strip Lengths: 8.5″, 11″, A4, A5
- Spine Thickness: Narrow, medium
- Page Sizes: 8.5″ to 12″ (21.6 cm to 30.5 cm)
- Optimal Paper Weight: 20 lb standard (80 gsm) to 32 lb (120 gsm)
- Edit Capability: Yes (<2 edit cycles, standard Lx strips only)
- Binding Time: 35-45 seconds
- Warm-up Time: None P
- Power Requirements: USA: 115VAC, 60 Hz, 8.4 amps
Fastback® 20
The perfect binding machine for anyone who needs a fast, full-featured machine capable of binding in large quantities.
The FB20 Is the ideal binding machine for all corporations, financial institutions, copy shops, print environments, or education establishments that require professional-looking presentations, yearbooks or bound documents at a fraction of the time required to bind with alternative bind solutions such as coil, comb, or wire.
This machine offers unprecedented ease of use with its LCD display that guides the user through each operation using animated illustration.
The Fastback 20 works with all of the Powis binding materials, from the versatile Super Strip to the customized Image Strip to the Perfectback strips for perfect bind books. It can create anything from a simple report to a 350-sheet hardcover book.
Highlights:
- Binds 10 to 350 sheets in 13-20 seconds.
- Graphical user interface
- Strip, hardcover, and perfect binding
- 3.5 times faster than punch and bind
- Minimal training required
- Easy to produce professional documents
- Designed to work in concert with Foilfast®, PowisPrinter

Foilfast® Printer P21x
Foilfast Printer prints in seven dazzling colors of foil in less than two minutes, and at a fraction of the cost of traditional foil stamping techniques
The revolutionary Foilfast® P21x printer is the perfect addition to any office, it’s small as an inkjet printer and just as easy to operate. Simply design your cover and print it out. It’s that easy.
Traditional foil stamping has always been prohibitively expensive, requiring special equipment and custom-made metal dies. Now, with the Foilfast printer, you don’t need to make a die or wait for days – you go from concept to finished cover in less than two minutes. Anyone can produce beautiful foil-printed covers whenever needed.
This 600 dpi printer will feed multiple pages, and is designed to work with the Comp Cover™ line of covers. It also prints in foil on Powis’ 7 mil clear poly covers. The Foilfast printer uses drop-in foil cartridges that come in seven popular colors: gold, silver, black, white, red, green, and blue. The foil colors match the colors available for the PowisPrinter®, ensuring consistent design throughout your work.
- Now compatible with Mac OS X (PPC and Intel) Integrated USB ConnectionsR
- ROHS Compliant
- Prints in seven colors of foil 600 dpi
- Works with popular design programs
- No special color palettes required
- Compatible with PC and Macintosh computer systems
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