More About Our Booklet Printing
Undoubtedly, PrintKEG prints some seriously nice booklets and newsletters. Each booklet is full bleed, saddle-stiched (fancy term for stapled) and full color making them great for almost any book type including comic books, calendars, event guides, and playbills. Our customers receive a super high-quality item for unbelievably low prices.
We’ve explained our options to a degree, but clearly it’s time to explain each of the booklet/newsletter options in more detail.
Size - Currently, we offer three extremely popular sizes (Half Size, Full Size and CD Book). Half-sized booklets measure 5.5″ X 8.5″ once finished, or folded, and they’re great for almost any occasion (guides, graphic novels, playbills) while literally costing half the normal price. Our full sized books measure 8.5″ X 11″ after folding and are perfect for newsletters and magazines. Our square CD books measure 4.75″ X 4.75″ once folded and are utilized as…CD booklets. As of late, square print sizes have risen greatly in popularity so we’ve printed some interesting concepts that are not-so-CD-bookish.
Pages - This seems to be confusing for some. Basically, a booklet has to be at least four pages (one sheet folded becomes four pages) which means all booklet page counts must be in multiples of four. This is why we offer options that read like “8 pages / 2 sheets.” This accommodates people thinking in terms of sheets and those counting pages in the document. The cover is “page 1.”
Paper - Now it’s time to select the paper type. There’s a chance to select a thicker cover later if desired. Each paper we offer is specifically engineered for booklet purposes. Customers are simply choosing whether the booklet is to be glossy, uncoated or utilize a 100% recycled paper. Glossy is our most ordered paper; therefore it is the cheapest in price yet not quality. Our uncoated paper is similar to a matte paper product, and 100% recycled is “greener.” All three papers make wonderful inner pages to any booklet, magazine or newsletter.
# of Books - It’s nice to be able to order two books or six hundred and not be gouged in price. Our website allows order quantities up to fifteen hundred booklets. Customers needing higher quantities are asked to speak with a PrintKEG representative since some orders may be outside the scope of “short run printing” which is what we focus on. We’ve printed many booklet order over fifteen hundred, but we like to attain more information before accepting the work.
Upgrade Cover? At this time, customers are given an opportunity to make the cover a little thicker. There are only two options: Glossy and uncoated. We recommend choosing a glossy cover if the inner pages are going to be glossy. We’ve been searching for a 100% recycled cover, but have not been successful in locating one we’re comfortable with.
Proof? - In each case, we prefer customers to receive a physical proof before moving forward with printing final order. This ensures the booklet appears as intended, and allows for a final opportunity to locate unnoticed errors. Proof can be mailed via standard or next day but all proofs will have a transit time of no longer than three days. If UPS Ground would take more than three days to reach destination, we upgrade the shipping at no extra cost.
Despite offering a “no proof” option, we cannot guarantee top-quality booklets for customers selecting the “no proof” type. We only offer
“no proof” since some customers are under a serious time crunch.
Setup. Customers must choose the size of the book to configure a setup fee. We intend to automate this step in the future. In most cases, our designers must actually adjust art to ensure prints are properly tailored to our processes. We search for obvious mistakes and we initiate a thorough and investigative quality assurance process that goes beyond what is required by other print products such as flyers and postcards.
Finally…
I hope that clears up some information about our booklet printing, but if you have any questions at all please feel free to contact us. We would love to hear about your upcoming project!
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