For your reference, we've included capacities of 20lb. bond paper in the table below.

HARDWARE

One of the first decisions you will make for a binder is the size of the rings. It determines how many pages a binder can comfortably contain and how wide the binder spine will be. This is how you should measure:

Round Ring	D-Ring	Angle D-Ring

The ring diagrams shown above are those most commonly used -- with the round ring used most of all. remember, the size of the ring determines the width of the spine: i.e. a binder with a 1" ring will have a spine measuring approximately 1 ¹/2".

It is important to know how many pages your binder is required to hold. And, if the number of pages will grow with usage. Hardware is available in a wide variety of colors, capacities, and sheet sizes.