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Custom Business Notepads That Keep Your Brand on the Desk

Custom Business Notepads That Keep Your Brand on the Desk

Five notepad sizes with 50 or 100 sheets on 70# uncoated text, plus magnetic pads: what each size suits, what a pad costs and where the header has to sit.

Emma Davis
Custom Notepad Templates, Paper Choices, and How to Order Branded Pads

Custom Notepad Templates, Paper Choices, and How to Order Branded Pads

How to set up a notepad template around the glued edge, choose paper that takes pen ink, pick a sheet count, and order custom branded pads at 4OVER4.COM.

Emma Davis
Branded Journals and How to Choose Cover Stock, Binding and Foil

Branded Journals and How to Choose Cover Stock, Binding and Foil

Cover stock, binding that lies flat, foil or deboss depth and the real order minimums behind branded journals, with starting prices from the catalog.

Emma Davis
Hanging Calendars Explained, From Wire-O Binding to Wall Sizes

Hanging Calendars Explained, From Wire-O Binding to Wall Sizes

How hanging calendars are built, from wire-o coil and saddle stitch to poster sheets, plus the sizes that work on a wall and the clearance the punch needs.

Tobias Reed
How to Brand Custom Logo Journals for Corporate Gifting

How to Brand Custom Logo Journals for Corporate Gifting

Deboss, foil stamp or print your logo on journals: how each mark behaves on leatherette and board, which paper to pick, and how to order swag in bulk.

Emma Davis
How to Design a Branded Notebook From Logo Placement to Cover Stock

How to Design a Branded Notebook From Logo Placement to Cover Stock

Where the logo goes on a notebook cover, how much of the binding edge a coil takes, which cover stock holds foil or a deboss, and how to build the file.

Emma Davis
How to Design a Calendar Cover That Prints Clean

How to Design a Calendar Cover That Prints Clean

Design a calendar cover at flat panel size plus 0.125 in bleed, keep artwork 0.25 in inside the trim, and leave the top half inch clear for the wire punch.

Emma Davis
How to Design a Custom Notepad That Stays on the Desk

How to Design a Custom Notepad That Stays on the Desk

Lay out a custom notepad in four bands, keep type out of the glue edge, rule the writing field at a readable tint, and choose the size and sheet count.

Emma Davis
How to Design a Perpetual Calendar That Works for Any Year

How to Design a Perpetual Calendar That Works for Any Year

What an eternal calendar is, the fourteen layouts every Gregorian year falls into, and how to lay out an undated grid people can write on for years.

Emma Davis
How to Make a Custom Hardcover Journal, From Cover Board to Binding

How to Make a Custom Hardcover Journal, From Cover Board to Binding

Build a custom hardcover journal in order: cover board and wrap, binding, inside paper, then foil or deboss finishing, with the trade-offs and real prices.

Emma Davis
How to Order Bulk Calendar Printing Without Overpaying Per Unit

How to Order Bulk Calendar Printing Without Overpaying Per Unit

Order calendars in volume without overpaying, with how format and binding set the quote, where unit price stops falling and the lead time needed.

Emma Davis
What Is a Notebook, What Is a Notepad, and Which One Should You Print

What Is a Notebook, What Is a Notepad, and Which One Should You Print

A notebook is bound to keep its pages and a notepad is glued to lose them, with the real differences in binding, sheets, sizing and cost, and which wins.

Emma Davis
Emma Davis, 4OVER4 print production voice (illustration)
Emma Davis Print Production Specialist at 4OVER4.COM

Emma is our prepress and print production voice, built from the knowledge of our production team, with over 20 years in printing.

Calendars and notebooks are the rare print pieces people keep on a desk for a whole year, so the binding, the paper, and the month-by-month layout matter more than most projects. These guides cover planning the grid, picking a stock that takes pen well, and getting a custom calendar to print right the first time.

Calendar and Notebook Formats We Print

Wire-O Coil Calendars come in 8.5 x 11, 9 x 12, 11 x 17 and 12 x 12 inches, start at 25 for $812.59 and ship in 5 business days. Plan the twelve month pages and the cover as one CMYK file set before you choose the size, since the grid has to fit the page you order.

For the desk, Notepads print on 70# uncoated text in five sizes from 4.25 x 5.5 to 8.5 x 11 inches, in black ink or full color, from 25 for $93.37. Embossed Notebooks carry a 3D front cover in four sizes from 4.25 x 5.5 to 8.5 x 11 inches, from 50 for $763.37 with a 22 business day turnaround, so order them well ahead of a gifting date.

Badges for Every Guest Event badges from 2 x 3 to 4 x 6 inches, 25 for $49.88. Order Badges →
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