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Art and Entertainment Printing Ideas

The Twentieth Century Fund reports that Americans collectively spend $40 billion on recreation every year, a portion of which goes toward arts and entertainment. To catch a share of these funds, arts and entertainment industry officials often use print marketing materials to gain exposure. Regardless of whether organizers are representing an art gallery or an on-stage performance, Printing Center USA has the materials they need to successfully promote their events.

Event Brochures

For artists looking to attract attention to their galleries, they may want to consider using color brochures. These pieces could display selected artworks and details such as hours of operation, biographical information on showcased artists and pricing information. Brochures enable artists to showcase some of their finest pieces while providing information about themselves and any upcoming events they are holding. Further, the color brochures could be either mailed to local residents or handed out to attendees.

Booklet Print Might Be the Perfect Solution

Additionally, artists could use catalogs and booklets to display their portfolios. Booklets could be sent to prospective clients through the mail, or they could be kept at galleries to allow patrons to quickly browse artists' offerings.

Fundraising With Calendars and Greeting Cards

Artists looking to generate some extra revenue could also print some of their works on calendars and greeting cards. These items have low production costs, allowing their creators to mark the prices up and earn supplemental income. Promotional calendars and greeting cards could also be used as publicity tools to familiarize locals with an artists' work.

Generating Local Publicity

When it comes to promoting specific events, such as ballet performances, plays and art shows, print materials can be used to generate local publicity. Fliers and posters could be used to effectively promote the event, if distributed and mounted in locations art patrons usually frequent. For example, fliers could be handed out at local galleries, while posters could be displayed in regional theaters. Additionally, artists who print materials can sell them at art events.

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Printing Center USA provides a variety of solutions that can help any patron of the arts, members of the art community – ranging from painters to performing artists - find patrons. Our high-quality printers allow artists to faithfully show off [accurately replicate] their art work in promotional materials. We are also one of the few online printers that offers competitive prices for volumes between one and 10,000 pieces, ensuring that artists can promote themselves without breaking the bank.

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• Gutters: because perfect bound books cannot lay completely flat without breaking, there is a portion of each inside page that will lose visibility into the spine. This inside gutter can take up between ¼” and 3/8” of each page. Be mindful of this while designing and add an extra ½” cushion to the binding-side margins of each page of your perfect bound book.

• Crossovers, or images that span two adjacent pages, inside of perfect bound books are not recommended.

• Spine Width: A unique feature of perfect bound books is the ability to design the spine if it is larger than 1/8th inch (2" thick maximum). You can keep it a solid color, add text or have one continuous image covering the front cover across to the back cover. Determining your spine width depends on your number of pages and the paper stock you have selected. click here to download our spine calculator.

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Add your Product Specifications to the Pricing Tool on the right of a product page OR after you complete your design on the photo book design tool and proceed to checkout to receive an estimate.

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Saddle Stitch

Saddle stitch binding is the most inexpensive and simple to make, yet professional form of binding, which allows us to save you money. They also offer the fastest turn-around time. Saddle stitched is the most popular and ideal choice for self-cover booklets and calendars with smaller page counts between 8 and 92 pages. Learn More
For books over 92 pages, perfect binding, spiral binding, and wire-o binding are recommended.

Perfect Binding

Perfect bound binding is the most popular type of soft cover binding. Perfect bound books are inexpensive to make and provide a durable, high quality attractive look that can’t be matched. Perfect binding is the ideal choice for publications with higher page counts (28 pages up to 2 inches thick), giving them a professional looking printable square spine. A paperback book or a phone book is a familiar example. Learn More

Hard Cover

Hard Cover books are case bound with your choice of covers. Our basic cover is printed in full-color, laminated and glued to a heavy, warp-resistant book board.

Spiral

Spiral binding uses a durable plastic coil which makes it an ideal option for every-day use as reference material. Spiral Bound Book Printing offers different coil sizes and diameters to accommodate a higher page count up to 2 3/4" thick. There is a fast turn-around time for very short spiral bound book production quantities. Manuals, Handbooks, and Guides are good examples of products well-suited for spiral binding. Available only in black coil. Learn More

Wire-O

Wire-O binding is similar to Spiral binding. Wire-O binding uses a professional-looking looped metal wire which makes it an ideal option when the product is for a more formal setting, such as a presentation. Wire-O binding can accommodate a higher page count up to 1 ¼" thick. They may cost a little more. Available only in black standard wire. Learn More

The size chosen is the final finished size when closed (the page size). For example:

If Size = 8.5" x 11" when closed,

then it will be 11”x17” when open (see right).

Please see images below for a list of available sizes. If you do not see the size you need, then click the “Custom Size” link below the dropdown menu on the pricing tool and enter your custom size.

Note: Landscape Orientation means that the width is larger than the height, and that the binding will be on the short edge (width). 9" x 6" is an example of a landscape product.

Choose a custom quantity between 10 and 50,000 (25,000 max for select sizes). Type in the final count of the finished product you want. For example, if you want 1,000 books, then type in 1000 next to "Quantity" Click Update.

Because printing is a manufacturing process, the total finished quantity may vary. We usually ship a few more than you order, but sometimes quantities can vary +/- 5%. Standard industry procedure is to consider this range shipment in full.

NOTE: 28 Pages is the minimum Page Count for perfect binding. Use the diagrams below as examples for counting pages.

Sheets vs. Pages

A single sheet of paper has 2 sides, a front and a back side (Diagram A below). A sheet is scored twice in the center to accommodate the spine which gives you a cover that is 4 numbered pages plus a spine in the middle (Diagram B below).

How Do I Count Pages?

Count all pages including: Front Cover, Inside Front Cover, All Inside Pages, Inside Back Cover, and Back Cover.

Example: 8 Pages (Cover + 4 Inside)

Upload Pages in This Order

Example:To set up & upload an 8 page document on our site:

In the image above, Page 1 is the Front Cover.
The Inside Front Cover is Page 2.
The inside pages continue in order, pages 3, 4, 5, & 6.
The second to last page is the Inside Back Cover, Page 7.
The last page is the Back Cover, Page 8.

Sheets vs. Pages

A single sheet of paper has 2 sides, a front and a back side (Diagram A below). A sheet is folded in half which gives you 4 numbered pages, as shown in Diagram B below.

How Do I Count Pages?

Count all pages including: Front Cover, Inside Front Cover, all inside pages, Inside Back Cover, and Back Cover.

Example: 8 Pages (Cover + 4 Inside)

Upload Pages in This Order

Example: To set up & upload an 8 page document on our site:

In the image above, Page 1 is the Front Cover.
The Inside Front Cover is Page 2.
The inside pages continue in order, pages 3, 4, 5, & 6.
The second to last page is the Inside Back Cover, Page 7.
The last page is the Back Cover, Page 8.

Sheets vs. Pages

A single sheet of paper has 2 sides, a front and a back side (Diagram A below). A sheet is cut to the final trim size, then hole punched for the spiral to pass through, which gives you 4 loose numbered pages (Diagram B below).

How Do I Count Pages?

Count all pages including: Front Cover, Inside Front Cover, All Inside Pages, Inside Back Cover, and Back Cover.

Example: 8 Pages (Cover + 4 Inside)

Upload Pages in This Order

Example: To set up & upload an 8 page document on our site:

In the image above, Page 1 is the Front Cover.
The Inside Front Cover is Page 2.
The inside pages continue in order, pages 3, 4, 5, & 6.
The second to last page is the Inside Back Cover, Page 7.
The last page is the Back Cover, Page 8.

Sheets vs. Pages

How Do I Count Pages?

Count all pages including: Front Cover, Inside Front Cover, All Inside Pages, Inside Back Cover, and Back Cover.

Example: 8 Pages (Cover + 4 Inside)

Upload Pages in This Order

Example: To set up & upload an 8 page document on our site:

In the image above, Page 1 is the Front Cover.
The Inside Front Cover is Page 2.
The inside pages continue in order, pages 3, 4, 5, & 6.
The second to last page is the Inside Back Cover, Page 7.
The last page is the Back Cover, Page 8.

Inside Ink

Ink Color Options

4/4 Full color on the front and full color on the back
1/1 Black on the front and back

Our most common types of hole drilling are three-hole drilling and one-hole drilling.

3-hole drilling is when 3 holes are bored into the printed piece, allowing for it to be placed in a binder. 3-hole drilling is great for guides, annual reports, menus, and many other types of products that you intend to store in a 3-ring binder.

1-hole drilling is when 1 hole is bored into either the corner or the center the printed piece. A center hole is generally used for calendars so it can be pinned to the wall to hang. A single corner hole can be useful for attaching a ring to your project (similar to a paint swatch book).

If you are looking for custom hole-drilling not listed on our pricing tool, please give us a call at 800-995-1555.

Shrink wrapping is the process of enclosing your product in a clinging transparent film that, when heated, shrinks tightly onto the pieces inside. In most situations, we bundle your product in convenient bundles to help when shipping. If you have a specific count that you want your packages bundled in, then select the desired number in the shrink wrap drop down. A small fee will be applied.

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Wall calendars are designed and printed to be hung up on a wall. They have top-edge binding and include a drill hole for hanging.

Desk calendars are design and printed to be placed on your desktop. They have top-edge binding and are placed on a table tent, which allows for your calendar to sit upright.

Please choose between Half Fold and Tri Fold for your Postcard fold.

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Sheets vs. Pages

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Sheets vs. Pages

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Sheets vs. Pages

How Do I Count Pages?

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Why Do We Recommend UV High Gloss?

There are a few important things to keep in mind when deciding on whether to use High Gloss UV Coating on your project:

UV High Gloss Coating:

Why Do We Recommend Soft Touch Lamination?

Soft Touch Lamination:

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