Booklets
Often a lighter page count and a cover on the same or a heavier stock. Say which.
Booklets and catalogs
Booklet printing services
Request booklet printing services for booklets, catalogs, and manuals. Share the page count, size, and binding you have in mind so the quote can be specific.
Booklet printing services are for multipage pieces with a cover and a binding. Catalog printing services and magazine printing services sit in the same group when the object is a bound set of pages rather than a stack of loose prints. A manual, a lookbook, and a short catalog can share one quote if you separate the page counts.
The page count, the trim size, and the binding you have in mind are the three facts that keep the quote honest. This page does not promise saddle stitching, spiral binding, or a glued spine until the file is reviewed.
Catalog printing services
Catalogs
A catalog printing services request should include the trim size and whether the cover prints on the inside.
Magazine-style pieces
Magazine printing services here means a bound periodical-style piece, not a newsstand contract and not a mailing program.
Manuals
Manual printing services need the page count and whether tabs or a thicker cover matter. Training manuals are the same kind of note.
Page counts, sizes, and binding
Saddle-stitched booklets are commonly built in page counts that divide by four, because the pages are imposed in signatures. If your file is 10 pages, say so anyway. The quote can explain what has to change. Do not add blank pages unless you want them.
Binding and laminating can be requested with the booklet. Printing and binding services are not a separate storefront on this site. Name the binding you hope for: stitch, spiral, or a glued spine. Lamination, if you need it on a cover, is a separate sentence. Both are confirmed or declined in the reply. They are not included because the word “booklet” appeared in the form.
Preparing booklet files
One PDF in reading order is the right default. Do not impose printer spreads unless you were asked to. Include the cover in the same file or mark it clearly as a second file. If the cover is a different size because of a spine, say that the spine width is unknown and let the quote address it.
Page numbers, if you want them, should already be in the file. Bleeds on full-page photos need to be in the PDF. Fonts should be embedded. A proof of the page order is your responsibility to check before you confirm any later order.
Where booklets and catalogs are used
Sales and programs
A leave-behind that is too long for a brochure.
Instructions
A manual that started life as a document. Say if some copies should stay loose.
Events
A program booklet. If you also need a poster for the door, mention poster printing in the same note.
How to request a booklet quote
Select booklet and catalog printing
Call it a booklet, catalog, magazine-style piece, or manual.
Add page count and trim size
Include the cover in the count and say that you did.
Name the binding you want considered
Or say you are open to what the page count allows.
Send the PDF if it is under 8 MB
Otherwise describe how you can provide it after the first reply.
Questions about this service
Is a catalog the same price as a booklet?
No price is listed for either. Catalog printing services are quoted from the page count, size, and binding, just as booklets are.
Can you mail the catalogs?
Mailing is not part of this website. If a future project includes mailing, that has to be agreed separately. Do not upload a purchased mailing list into the form.
What if my page count is not divisible by four?
Send the real count. A saddle-stitched booklet may need a different binding or extra pages. That decision belongs in the quote.
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Send the page count, the trim size, and the binding you want considered. The form does not start printing.
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