Anybody out there had full color brochures made for their sign work? I thought about and checked at my local printer. the price was about $900.00 dollars for a thousand. I thought that was kind of high especially since I told them that I would do all the layout and provide it on a CD. I was thinking in the $400.00 would be a more than fair price. Am I dreaming?? Posted by Jon Aston (Member # 1725) on :
Tony:
How much new profit do you need to generate to break even on your $900 investment? How many new clients (and/or new business from existing clients) do you need to acquire in order to generate that amount of profit, within a reasonable timeframe? One? Two? Five? Is this a reasonable expectation? If so, $900 sounds cheap to me...but it probably isn't your only investment. How do you plan to get these brochures into people's hands?
Posted by Curtis hammond (Member # 2170) on :
Get a color printer for $400 bux,, and use your own computer to print yer own,, Change them as you go along,, Add or change photos.. change the layouts,,
Print up 25 and mail them to your local bizz es..do it all the time,, you will get work.. 900 bux ,, for one time is like throwing yoru dollars into the wind..
Posted by Denis E. Renaud (Member # 4610) on :
Look for "print for trade printers". You should be able to find a printer that would do up 4/4 flyer printing for that price range.$400/1000
Been there done that! Now I offer this service to almost all my sign customers, they need flyers too! Denis
Posted by Sal Cabrera (Member # 1236) on :
Tony check this www.4colorprint.com you will get a good price for a 1000 $475 silk laminated
Posted by Rick Chavez (Member # 2146) on :
You don't say what size and how many pages but there are online services that can do it for $200.00 for a 8 1/2" x 11" single side to$400.00 double sided or a 4 page (folded 11"x17") at $600.00. (this pricing is from www.printrunner.com, I have never used them)
The only problem is control. Local printers are there and a press check is easier, you also have someone to go to if the job goes bad.
Posted by Tony Ray Mattingly (Member # 469) on :
thanks for the responses. A lot of good info Posted by Mike Pipes (Member # 1573) on :
Hmmm...
1000 full color both sides, 8.5x11 brochures printed on nice 100lb stock and tri-folded should be about $350.
Posted by William Bass (Member # 4929) on :
I've never used either of these companies, but I was very impressed with a samples packet sent to me by CopyCraft (as far as quality of print goes).
The prices at these two sites seem more in line with what you are wanting, and CopyCraft uses 300 line screen, which is pretty much tops, as I recall as far as printing resolution is concerned.
Have you ever designed for print before? If not, you may wish to post the design before sending it to a printers...there are things to consider for printing that you don't need to consider for signs, and maybe people here could clue you in on what areas might need special procedures done before being sent off to the printers (Mostly, I am referring to something called "trapping"). Of course, if you have, then...ignore that suggestion.
Posted by Chuck Gallagher (Member # 69) on :
Here's a place I use and I think they do great work! Good luck!
PS Print Posted by David Wright (Member # 111) on :
PS Print is a good company and so is this one: http://www.printingforless.com (very good and courteous tech help).
Posted by Mike O'Neill (Member # 470) on :
Yep ... price is high...
If you can supply the pamphlet 'service bureau ready'
Canadian pricing would be ..
11x17 full color both sides 868.75/1000 1096.75/2000 1325.50/3000
8½x11 full color both sides 481.00/1000 585.00/2000 710.35/3000
80 lb gloss stock, trifold...
pricing in canadian dollars. These are retail prices not trade prices, margin is 40% ... figure it out from there
... shop a bit Posted by Jerry VanHorn (Member # 4704) on :
Just got referred to www.48hourprint.com They do beautiful printing and good prices.
8 1/2 x 11" trifold brochures Full color both sides 500 - $290 1000 - $365
They also include a color chart showing actual printed samples of many colors to help in getting the right colors
Posted by Kevin Gaffney (Member # 4240) on :
I've just bought a new color laser for 590 euros. I intend to print my own brochures as cost to print a4 is 8 cent, not including paper. Why give 900 dollars to a printer when you can print your own, after all you've done the layout, that does'nt leave a lot of work
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