20 the binding press 20 is shown schematically in the figures and could be pneumatically or hydraulically driven or could be driven by other mechanical means such as rack and pinion electrical solenoid or otherwise an alternative embodiment as depicted in fig2 21 and 22 incorporates a plurality of semicircular disks 203 each spaced apart but fixedly mounted to a common rotatably driven shaft extending along an axis of rotation 26 each disk 203 could pass through a respective vertical slot 32 formed in the end wall 31 of tray 18 that is there would be as many vertical slots in wall 31 as there are disks 203 the disks could commence in the orientation depicted in fig2 and upon rotation of the shaft pivot to the orientation depicted in fig2 and 22 so as to press down upon the pages the tray 18 might be provided with a floor of adjustable height so as to always present the top page in the tray closely to the pressing device this would reduce noise levels by minimizing the stroke length of the binding press 20 furthermore the binding press 20 could be fixed and the tray could be pushed upwardly toward it to press and bind the pages the floor of tray 18 can be driven so as to move downwardly as each page 11 is delivered thereto this would ensure that the upper most page always resided at the same level this could result in reduced noise of movement of the press bar 20 as it need not move very far to effectively.