Do you want to print cheap booklets? Well before you down this risky path, I should warn you about it. While there is nothing wrong with getting things cheap from the booklet printer, you will be sacrificing a few significant things with your booklets if you do so. That is why I am going to tell you here about all the typical things I hate about cheap booklets. Hopefully, this should guide you on what to avoid as you develop these cost effective color booklets. 1. The weak binding. I hate weak binding when it comes to booklets. They just make the whole print itself feel week. The worse are those open type bindings that are easily undone within just a week or so of printing. Staple binds and ring binds are the weakest of course and even though they are cheap, you should rethink about using them. This is especially true if your booklets are meant for marketing and you need them to last for a long time. 2. The flimsy paper. I also hate the flimsy paper that is used for cheap booklet prints. They are of course really thin, really rough and they do not really impress readers when they see your booklets. They might be easily affordable and of course you can use a lot more pages with them with minimal costs, they do not project that professional quality booklet feel just because of the material itself. Beyond that, each page of the booklet will be far more easily damages due to accidental folding, tearing or even just a quick exposure to dirt and moisture. Your booklets will not be as efficient as you want them to be with their job in these materials, that is why it might not be worth it to print booklets this way, especially if it is for something very important. 3. The fuzzy images. Cheap booklets typically also sport fuzzy images. This is because for most cheap printing, only low resolution images that are free are used in the printing. When this happens, the pixels on the images are more obvious when printed because there is a lot less image information if they are set in low resolution. If you are printing casual booklets for your own personal projects, this might do, but for marketing booklets and special kinds of manuals, fuzzy images are just a no-no. So even if it might increase the cost, you might want to get better images for your booklets, set at a high resolution. 4. The iffy colors. Another thing that I hate about those cheap booklets is their iffy colors. When you specify that you want to print cheap booklets, many booklet printers roll in the more cheap kind of color inks. These inks are a bit less vibrant, and for the most part, they also easily fade and deteriorate. Booklets at this level cannot engage their audiences too much, and are not as memorable as other booklets out there. So if you are printing booklets to connect to people, you might also want to avoid going at this process too cheaply. 5. The generic content. Finally, many people make cheap booklets because the content they put in is a bit generic. They do not hire a professional writer, leading them to just use very general and even painfully derivative content that is easily recognized and dismissed at the same time. I will not want to waste my money on cheap but common booklets like those, and you should also try to do the same. Avoid generic content. Hire a writer, or just try to compose something better yourself. Now you know all the things I hate about cheap booklets. They might be very affordable, but the weaknesses in terms of material and content contribute to a lot more difficulty when it comes to achieving goals. So think carefully if you really want cheap booklets or good booklets. For comments and inquiries about the article visit: Booklets |