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Cheap Brochure Printing Comes Down to Run Size, Stock and Fold

Cheap Brochure Printing Comes Down to Run Size, Stock and Fold

Brochures fall from $1.14 each at 50 to 18 cents at 1,000, and here are the run sizes, presets, stocks and turnaround tiers that set the 4OVER4 price.

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How to Make a Brochure From Blank Page to Printed Fold

How to Make a Brochure From Blank Page to Printed Fold

How to make a brochure step by step: choose the fold, set real panel widths, write panel by panel, and export a print ready PDF with bleed and specs.

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Medical Brochure Template Layout and the Sections Every Clinic Needs

Medical Brochure Template Layout and the Sections Every Clinic Needs

The panels a medical brochure template needs, what belongs on each, and the privacy rules on what a clinic can print, with sizes, folds and prices.

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Nonprofit Brochures That Turn Interest Into Donations

Nonprofit Brochures That Turn Interest Into Donations

How nonprofits use brochures well: which of four pieces to print, what goes on each panel, the folds that fit an envelope, and printing on a small budget.

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Pamphlet vs Brochure and How to Pick the Right Fold

Pamphlet vs Brochure and How to Pick the Right Fold

A pamphlet and a brochure are the same print order, so learn what each word means, what every fold does to your message, and the panel widths that fold.

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Catalog Design and Printing Basics for a Booklet Buyers Keep

Catalog Design and Printing Basics for a Booklet Buyers Keep

How to plan a catalog: page counts that suit saddle stitch, a grid that holds across spreads, 0.125 inch bleed on images, and the cover stock worth it.

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Trifold Brochure Paper Weights, Coatings and Panel Math

Trifold Brochure Paper Weights, Coatings and Panel Math

Which paper weight a trifold brochure needs, why coated cover has to be scored before folding, and the panel widths that let the third panel tuck in flat.

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What Goes in a Brochure and What Each Panel Should Say

What Goes in a Brochure and What Each Panel Should Say

The typical brochure is an 8.5 x 11 inch trifold with six panels; learn what each panel says, the order readers meet them and the widths that fold flat.

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What a French Fold Brochure Is and When the Right Angle Fold Wins

What a French Fold Brochure Is and When the Right Angle Fold Wins

A French fold is two folds crossing at ninety degrees, printed one side, so see the panel count, the sizes, the grain problem and when it beats a tri fold.

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UV Coating in Printing, Pros, Cons and When to Use It

UV Coating in Printing, Pros, Cons and When to Use It

UV coating is a clear gloss finish cured under ultraviolet light, so learn how it works, its pros and cons, spot UV vs full flood, and when to use each.

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Die Cutting and Custom Die Cut Printing Explained

Die Cutting and Custom Die Cut Printing Explained

A custom die cutting service prints your artwork, then a steel die shaped to your outline trims it clean, with how it works, what to order and the price.

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Printing 101, the Industry Knowledge Base

Printing 101, the Industry Knowledge Base

Printing 101 in plain English covers processes, paper, finishing, color and prepress, the print knowledge base from 4OVER4.COM with real examples.

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