BROCHURES & BOOKLETS

Currently you can choose from:-

A5 portrait; finished size 210x148mm (h x w).
A4 portrait; finished size 297x210mm (h x w).

Portrait orientation simply means that they are taller than they are wide. If you would like another size, or landscape orientation, please call us for a custom price.

All of our standard paper is an FSC approved gloss art paper. Gloss art paper is similar to the paper you would find in a good quality magazine. If you would like a price on silk or recycled paper please call for a custom price. If you would like any samples, please use the sample request page (from the menu on your left).

A machine seal is a clear coating applied on press as part of the print process. This is usually applied to silk or matt paper (or board) to improve the "rub resistance" of the printed sheet. This means that the seal improves the resistance to damage caused by finishing processes or delivery. It also enhances the appearance of the final product. A seal is generally not required on gloss art paper and is not recommended. Seals are available in many different finishes, the one that we apply is a silk finish. Without a seal, you may see "marking" or "smearing" on silk or matt sheets. You may get away without one, but we recommend it for all silk or matt booklets that are litho printed. For your reference, digital booklets are printed using a completely different process and do not require coating to increase rub resistance.

There is a minimum quantity of 500. If you need less than this, please choose the smaller quantities option from the menu. Smaller quantities are printed on a digital rather than litho press, so the paper options are slightly different.

This does stump people sometimes, so a short explanation may help. If you take an A4 sheet of paper (a standard piece of photocopier paper for example) and fold it in half - that's four A5 pages (or 4PP A5 - 4 Printed Pages). Fold another A4 and that makes 8PP and so on. Of course, booklets and brochures are also stitched (stapled) and trimmed. Make sure that you include the cover when calculating the number of pages.

You can choose to have the cover heavier than the inside sheets. We pre-crease all covers over 170gsm as standard. If you would like something different, please call us for a price.

At present you cannot order booklets and brochures with a laminated cover directly through our web site. Please call for a price.

130gsm is by far the most popular paper weight for inner pages, it's nice and opaque and reasonably light for mailing. 170gsm is popular for reports, especially at A4 size. We do have 115gsm and 100gsm alternatives and these should be considered for booklets with a high number of pages, or where weight for postage is a consideration.

Standard service is 5 working days to print from approval of artwork and we then send your order on a next business day courier. For non-account customers (with the exception of UK government and local government), we do not schedule your job until payment has been made. We can upgrade the delivery service to guaranteed next business day service or a Saturday delivery at an extra charge. If you need it in a hurry then the 2 day to print express service available - but you will need to speak with us and get a custom price. This is so that we can make sure before we accept an Express order that we have capacity to print it in time. All service times are working days until your print job is complete, don't forget to add time in transit to your planning. Collection from our factory is available BY PRIOR ARRANGEMENT ONLY.

Your first PDF proof is included in the price of your order. This will be viewable through your admin area of the web site. If you find that you need to make alterations and resubmit your artwork, we do charge £5 for each additional proof. You can also specify a hard copy proof, this is a colour layout proof printed on a digital press on our standard high quality 100gsm smooth white matt paper, prices will vary for hardcopy proofs depending on how many pages you require and whether you require the proof to be "mocked up" as a booklet. Please call us for a custom price.

First of all, please read section 8 - "How fast do you need it". Other things to bear in mind are that "business days" for the next business day delivery service is defined by the courier company as Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm, excluding bank holidays. This is not a guaranteed next day service, though you can pay extra and order this. Although it's not always possible, it's a really, really good idea to build an extra day into your schedule "just in case"!

These prices are from your electronic original, preferably PDF. Please see the help section for other artwork formats that we can accept. If you need artwork designed, please email us with your brief and we will be pleased to give you a quotation.

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Please call us on 01452 751900 if you have any other questions or suggestions on how we can improve this page.