Magzine Printing

Magazines can be run in full color and can be in any page increments of 8 starting with a minimum of 16 (so you can have 16, 24, 32, 40, 48, etc.). However, for best cost advantages keep in even 16's as our presses run 16 page signatures (16 standard size pages or 32 digest size pages at a time).

Magazine Upgrades:

Plus Covers

A magazine with a "plus cover" is a magazine that has a four page special cover put on it (front cover, back cover, inside front, inside back). It is generally done for magazines that require perfect binding.

Also used when a magazine title is wanting a special heavier cover paper, cover coating, special ink additions or other special applications on the front cover.

Some plus covers options include:

Heavier Paper Stock - We offer from 80# coated up to a 6pt. coated cover stock (from heavier standard weight gloss paper to heavier cardboard-type gloss paper stock)

Aqueous Coatin - The least expensive and quickest way to get an extra gloss coating on the cover. A water-based flood that covers the whole front and back cover's exterior. No extra step needed - it is put like a 5th ink color. It is the most common special coating used on magazines.
Aqueous Coating is available on regular Newsstand Magazines that are self cover too!

UV Coating - A clear film laminate that is applied to the cover much like a decal. Ultra shiny and protective, UV requires an additional finishing pass from a separate machine... so will take extra time and be more expense.

Varnishes & Foils - A costlier specialty application that requires special set up of your digital files. Used on magazines with bigger budgets or novelty applications.

Perfect Bind

To perfect bind magazines means to glue bind them in the spine like a paperback book. To perfect bind you must have a minimum of 64 interior pages and then you must add a 4 page plus cover (see above). These we like to refer to as our "Image" Style Newsstand magazines because they are commonly used for large and upscale newsstand titles, coffee table style magazines, or generally nice finished magazine titles. Makes for a nice feel and finish of any magazine title. Keep in mind when selecting perfect binding - cost for finishing is higher and special layout requirements are need for adding a Plus cover.

Our MOQ is as low as 100pcs, but in order to really reduce your cost, we suggest that:

• For full-color book printing, to realize noteworthy savings the minimum order required for using book printers offshore would be 1,000 copies.
• For single-color book printing, the minimum order is 5,000 copies.

For more information on book printing contact us by email: sales@china-printing.org