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genitalia · 30-04-2008, 07:18

I am thinking about putting together a magazine/promo brochure.

Can anyone give me any pointers of what I need to think about.

It will be fairly short run to start, 5000 copies of 40 odd pages, glossy colour. What estimate of cost finished and boxed to go.

Would I be okay putting it together in PDF for printer?

What sort of cost if I want to pay for design and layout production?

I have no clue, rough figures will do?

steveb · 30-04-2008, 07:51

Ask all that of two or three local printers.

We don't even know what country you live in so how can we help?

genitalia · 30-04-2008, 08:21

I'm in England. I only want a rough idea, some of you guys must be doing this stuff every day. 25p, 50p each, a pound? For a back of a fag packet business plan.

badaboom · 30-04-2008, 08:48

e-mail the spec to some printers, some give you a price within an hour, why bother with a rough guess?

seen.to · 30-04-2008, 10:48

edit: Scratch my rough guess (of 18k) as it was based on fuck all and you may take it as close enough for a business plan when it's not close enough for anything.

designneverdies · 30-04-2008, 10:57

I'll do it for 17. Think my lexmark inkjet can handle that run. Max A4 though.

seen.to · 30-04-2008, 11:07

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Originally Posted by designneverdies

I'll do it for 17. Think my lexmark inkjet can handle that run. Max A4 though.

Haha, will cost you more than that in Ink.

foxytom · 30-04-2008, 11:54

I'd say around 6 k for printing a 40pp A4

you can get a rough idea as some printers websites have instant quotation calculators, But we recently printed a short run of some 30odd pp and it was around 5k i think.

genitalia · 30-04-2008, 13:54

Thanks.

Online calculators, that's a good idea. I will have a look.

As it was only a business idea for the moment I did not want to waste a printers time putting a quote together for business that does not exist.

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designneverdies cheap student labour Join Date: May 2007 Location: Aberdeen, Scotland Posts: 957	I'll do it for 17. Think my lexmark inkjet can handle that run. Max A4 though. __________________ If your colours are starting to run, let them all run, run away from you. Flux - Bloc Party Design Never Dies

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genitalia Vagina Vagina Vagina Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 181	I'm in England. I only want a rough idea, some of you guys must be doing this stuff every day. 25p, 50p each, a pound? For a back of a fag packet business plan.

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badaboom Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Newcastle upon Tyne Posts: 290	e-mail the spec to some printers, some give you a price within an hour, why bother with a rough guess?

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foxytom rookie Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Oxfordshire Posts: 27	I'd say around 6 k for printing a 40pp A4 you can get a rough idea as some printers websites have instant quotation calculators, But we recently printed a short run of some 30odd pp and it was around 5k i think.

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genitalia Vagina Vagina Vagina Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 181	Thanks. Online calculators, that's a good idea. I will have a look. As it was only a business idea for the moment I did not want to waste a printers time putting a quote together for business that does not exist.

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