Brochure & catalogue printing
Company literature has to survive being posted, handed out at a counter and read more than once. That is a printing decision and a finishing decision, taken together.
What we produce
- Single-fold and roll-fold leaflets
- Company profiles and capability documents
- Saddle-stitched catalogues and booklets
- Product ranges and price lists
- Presentation folders and inserts
At a glance
- Formats
- Flat sheets; single-fold, roll-fold and concertina leaflets; saddle-stitched booklets from 8 pages in multiples of four; presentation folders with pockets.
- Sizes
- A4 and A5 are the usual finished sizes, DL for leaflets that go in a standard envelope; other sizes are cut from the sheet at a small cost in waste.
- Full colour offset, one or both sides; digital for short runs. Cover on a heavier stock than the text pages, or a self-cover on one stock throughout.
- Cover finish
- Matt or gloss lamination; Spot UV over the title or a key image; foil on the mark.
- To quote
- Finished size flat and folded, page count or fold, quantity, stock preferences, cover finish, and anything else printed at the same time.
Fold, extent and format
A folded leaflet and a stitched booklet are different jobs from the moment they are laid out. A leaflet is a single sheet, so the fold decides how the content is read and where images can cross a panel. A booklet is built from folded sheets gathered together, which is why its page count comes in multiples of four.
Bring us the content and the finished size and we will tell you which format the material actually wants. It is common for a job that arrives described as a brochure to make more sense as an eight-page booklet, or the reverse.
Covers and finishing
The cover carries the handling. A matt laminate on the cover keeps it from scuffing in a bag and gives a quiet surface that Spot UV can be set against; a gloss laminate lifts photography. On a catalogue that is going to be picked up repeatedly, lamination is less about looks than about whether the cover still looks new after a month.
Where a logo or title needs to sit above everything else on the cover, foiling does it with more authority than ink can. It works best on type and line work rather than large solid areas.
Humidity and whether a cover stays flat
There is a local reason covers here get laminated more often than the design alone would suggest. In Sri Lanka's humidity an unlaminated cover on a catalogue that lives on a desk or in a car takes up moisture and curls at the fore-edge, and a heavier board curls more visibly than a light one because there is more of it to move. Lamination seals the surface and largely stops it. Where a cover has to stay flat — a company profile sitting in a reception, a price list handled daily — treat it as part of the specification rather than an upgrade to consider later.
Keeping a set consistent
Most catalogues are not printed alone. They arrive alongside a folder, a set of inserts and sometimes labels or packaging. Printing them together on the same stock, with the same brand colours set once on the press, is what stops the set from drifting apart — and it is usually cheaper than treating each item as its own job.
What to include in your enquiry
- Finished size, flat and folded
- Page count, or the fold arrangement for a leaflet
- Quantity
- Cover and text stock, if you have a preference
- Lamination, Spot UV or foiling on the cover
- Whether other items are being printed at the same time
Indicative timing
How long a job like this takes
A first run of leaflets, brochures or a stitched catalogue on stock held locally.
Before production approval
These run alongside each other and depend on how quickly proofs come back. The production estimate below starts once they are approved.
- Artwork and proofing1–3 working days
Per proof round, from when we have your content. Depends on how quickly proofs come back to us.
After approval — production
Counted in working days from approval of the final artwork or specification and any payment the quotation asks for.
- Printing and finishing5–10 working days
Folded leaflets at the lower end; laminated, stitched catalogues at the upper end.
Then
- Collection or deliveryConfirmed with the quotation
Arranged when the job is quoted. Tell us at the enquiry stage how you would like to receive it.
Planning guide, not a promise. Typical ranges for a first order. The "before approval" stages are not added to the production estimate as a fixed sum — they overlap, and their length depends on the approvals — so a whole job is usually the production range plus however long proofing takes. The confirmed schedule for your job comes with the quotation.
What moves it:
- Page count and whether the cover is laminated — laminate and varnish need time to cure before folding.
- Stitched booklets add gathering and stitching after printing.
- Quantity, paper or board availability (imported stocks are quoted against their arrival), and the finishing specified.
- Current workload, and Poya and public holidays.
- How quickly proofs, dielines and samples are approved — the "before approval" stages are in your hands as much as ours.
Common questions
How long does brochure or catalogue printing take?
As a planning guide, a first run takes around five to ten working days after the artwork is approved — folded leaflets at the lower end, laminated and stitched catalogues at the upper end, because laminate needs to cure before folding and stitched work is gathered after printing. The confirmed schedule comes with the quotation.
How many pages can a stitched booklet have?
A saddle-stitched booklet is made from folded sheets, so the page count always comes in multiples of four — 8, 12, 16 and so on. If your content lands between those numbers, we will tell you the nearest workable extent before quoting.
Should the cover be a heavier stock than the inside pages?
It usually is. A heavier cover keeps the booklet flat, survives handling, and gives lamination or Spot UV something to sit on. For a short catalogue printed on a heavier text stock, a self-cover using the same paper throughout can be the better call.
How should artwork be supplied for a multi-page job?
Single pages in reading order, as a print-ready PDF at finished size with bleed — not pre-arranged into printer spreads. We impose the pages for the press. Tell us if there are pages that must fall opposite each other.
Planning a print job?
Send the product, quantity, size and finish you have in mind and we will price it. If the specification is not settled yet, describe what you are producing and we will work back to the stock, print method and finishing that suit it.
- Call
- +94 76 620 0995
- Not sure what to specify?
- Use the specification helper