Thursday, January 14, 2010

Helpful Tips in Brochure Printing

By Jenny Carter

Companies of all scales and budgets make use of brochures as an important tool of advertising. They lend credibility to a business by introducing and explaining its offerings, organization background and other unique selling points in a convincing manner. A badly made brochure can cause irreparable damage to the reputation of the company and hence it is very important to take considerable degree of care and attention while developing it. Read on to find out some very helpful suggestions both on brochure development and brochure printing.

The design process of a brochure must ensure that the end result looks professional, provides information in an intelligible and brief fashion, and is attractive to the target customers. Along with stylish use of colours, an appropriate arrangement of text and images is also very important in brochure design. All the ingredients like fonts, borders, images etc. should blend perfectly. In addition to being coherent and reader friendly, the brochure must also be good looking and not cluttered.

The brochure printing related considerations should also be paid heed to at the time of designing. It is always advisable to take a test print to see what the end result will look like before sending the design for printing on a mass scale.

You can also search some designs in mags, and most likely in the internet. However, make sure that your designs will be suitable with the product or services you are promoting. Just make your creative thinking works and you can have a very good brochure.

You should also keep in consideration your financial allocation for brochure printing while conceiving the design. In case you have a limited budget, you can always explore the option of black and white printing as it turns out to be much cheaper than colour printing. However, if budget is not an issue and if appealing and colorful brochures are what you seek, then thick and shiny papers should be chosen for good looking prints. Even if you are creating a compact brochure with both sides printed, then make sure that the paper quality is good and its thickness is sufficient for clean printing on both sides.

Looking for discounts from the printing company makes good sense if brochure printing is being done on a large scale. Quality, however, must always come first because a compromise on that front might be counter-productive for the business.

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