Novus Desktop Staplers

Slightly larger than the compact series, the desktop stapler series from Novus is a great addition for your work space. Encased in a gorgeous black, blue, or white outer shell, these powerful staplers will do the job well while looking great. Some create a flat clinch, minimizing finished document size and making it easier to stack. Most have a tri-mode, meaning these can be used for stapling, temporary pinning, and tacking. Novus also makes a Power On Demand stapler, taking 70% less effort than other staplers and a Long Arm booklet stapler model with an 11 inch throat capacity.

Novus Desktop Staplers

Slightly larger than the compact series, the desktop stapler series from Novus is a great addition for your work space. Encased in a gorgeous black, blue, or white outer shell, these powerful staplers will do...

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Novus B17 Long Arm Professional Stapler
Novus

Item#: 020-1535

$78.19

features

  • Manual stapler for up to 40 sheets*
  • Maximum 11-3/4" staple depth
  • Holds 210 staples with 1/4 - 1/3" legs
  • Adjustable depth guide for repetitive stapling accuracy
$78.19
Novus B8FC Power On Demand Executive Flat Clinch Stapler
Novus

Item#: 020-1673

$68.39

features

  • Manual stapler for up to 50 sheets*
  • Maximum 2-5/8" staple depth
  • Holds 210 staples with 1/4" or 1/3" legs
  • Flat clinch mechanism for neater piles and reduced cuts & snags
$68.39

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Frequently Asked Questions

Flat clinch bends the staple legs down flat against the underside of the stack instead of leaving them angled outward and exposed. This is functional, not purely cosmetic: flat clinch reduces the overall bulk of a stapled stack, which matters when you're filing many stapled documents together in the same folder or binder drawer, and it also lowers the risk of snags, scratches, or paper cuts from raised staple legs catching on hands or other materials. If you staple thick reports regularly or handle stapled documents frequently after binding, flat clinch is a genuine practical upgrade rather than a marketing add-on.

The B17 Long Arm handles up to 40 sheets with a maximum 11-3/4" staple depth, while the B8FC handles up to 50 sheets with a 2-5/8" staple depth. Sheet capacity depends heavily on paper weight too, so a stack of heavier cardstock or coated cover paper will max out at noticeably fewer sheets than standard 20lb copy paper, even within the same rated capacity. If you regularly staple stacks near either model's upper limit, choosing the higher-capacity B8FC gives you more working margin before you start forcing the mechanism or risking a jam mid-stack.

Power On Demand reduces the physical effort needed to complete a single staple by roughly 70%, which matters most for anyone stapling frequently throughout the workday, since repetitive high-force stapling can gradually cause hand and wrist fatigue over time. If stapling is only occasional in your daily workflow, a standard manual mechanism is perfectly adequate and there's little reason to pay extra for reduced-effort engineering. If you're processing large batches of documents daily in a busy office, a heavy duty stapler built with this kind of reduced-effort mechanism meaningfully changes the physical demand of the task over a full shift.

The extended throat lets you staple toward the center of larger sheets or bind materials like posters, oversized folded programs, or wide presentation handouts, where a standard stapler's shorter reach simply can't get far enough from the edge to place the staple correctly. For everyday letter-size paperwork, a standard throat depth is entirely sufficient and the extra reach goes unused. The Long Arm design earns its place specifically when your projects involve center-stapling booklets or reaching deep into a folded sheet, which a compact desktop stapler isn't physically built to accommodate.