All Guides
How to Start a Mail-Order Catalog Company
How to start a mail-order catalog company: choose a niche and big sellers, find a supplier, build a catalog that sells, and mail it to a targeted list.
Standard Catalog Sizes and Booklet Formats
Every standard catalog size and booklet format explained, from trim sizes and page counts to binding, bleed, and USPS mailing specs, plus live pricing.
Calendar Formats and Bindings That Suit a Wall, a Desk or a Pocket
Wall, desk and pocket calendar formats compared by binding, hanging method and paper, with the lead time a dated product needs before the year turns.
Calendars vs Wire-O Calendars and How to Pick the Right Binding
Standard saddle stitched calendars and Wire-O coil calendars open at the same price. Run length, finished size and page count decide which one you should print.
Custom Business Notepads That Keep Your Brand on the Desk
Five notepad sizes, 50 or 100 sheets on 70# uncoated text, and a magnetic option. What each size is for, what a pad really costs, and where the branding has to sit.
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.
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 4OVER4 catalog.
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.
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.
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.
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.
How to Design a Custom Notepad That Stays on the Desk
How to lay out a custom notepad in four bands, keep type out of the glue edge, rule the writing field at a readable tint, and pick the size and sheet count.
