Printing China

Mar 22, 2010 at 04:19 o\clock

What Not To Do With Your Catalogs

by: chineeprint   Category: printing   Keywords: catalog, printing

Many people cheat on definite aspects of catalog printing. It may be to cut the cost of production or it might even be a limitation of the printing company, but the fact of the matter is that it sometimes happens. The printing can become less than ideal, though it might look all right at first.

 I must warn you though that while a quantity of these cheats is forgivable in the name of cutting cost; there is a still thing you ought to not cheat on in the production of your color catalogs. Let me tell you about the two that are most crucial. 1. Do not cheat on the paper quality. While you can take out the special chemical coatings and such for the finishing touches of the paper, the paper quality itself should always be a concern for you. You ought to not cheat on the paper quality since it is basis for the catalog's physical integrity. Some paper stocks might look nice, but they will deteriorate easily cutting the color catalogs lifetime short.

That is why you ought to always pick thicker more durable paper stocks when printing catalogs. Always ask your catalog printing company for the best paper stocks they can offer. 2. Do not cheat on the binding. Catalogs like books usually have their pages specially bound together. This binding can vary from catalog to catalog, but it is always important not to cheat on it and use something reliable. The binding is part of the catalog's overall integrity and a weak and cheap binding process such as stapling or "tight folding" can cause the color catalog to fail. The catalogs might easily fall apart when moved around when this happens. So if you need keeping your catalogs complete when you get them to readers, it is best not to cheat on binding and spend as much as you can on it. If you can, try to bind them with over small staples and go for methods like "perfect binding" or string binding... 3. Never cheat on the product images. It is also important that you never cheat on the composition and quality of your product images. Those images are the primary tools catalogs have of selling its products. If you cheat on them by using stock photos and low resolution shots, you will only make your color catalogs look amateurish and untrustworthy. So always try and make your own product images on high resolution. Keep your images crisp, clear and tidy so that people can be impressed by them.

Don't ever cheat on picture quality or you will face the consequences. 4. Never cheat on the product description. Finally, never ever cheat on the product description. While you might probably have the habit of embellishing a quantity of a product's nice point, it is important that people know everything about your product so that they can accurately judge if they need it. So make your product description as precise and as complete as possible for the sake of your readers and don't cheat on the details. Most readers will appreciate the completeness information and its honesty. So make sure that these aspects are done nice and never ever cheat on them with something that is inferior. Nice catalog printing means not doing shortcuts that can endanger the quality and efficiency of the catalog. Make your catalogs the best that they can be without cheating and you will reap long and lasting rewards from them.


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