Custom Catalogue Printing.
Hundreds of pages that must stay flat, stay bound and reproduce colour consistently throughout.
Your custom box, quoted.
The full specification book.
Six chapters. Six colours. Click a tab to turn the page.
Catalogue Printing
Hundreds of pages that must stay flat, stay bound and reproduce colour consistently throughout.
Catalogues are reference documents. Colour must match from page 4 to page 240, and the binding has to survive being opened flat repeatedly.
Every detail. Intentional.
Colour must hold throughout
Page 4 to page 240.
Perfect binding for bulk
Above roughly 48 pages.
Opens flat, repeatedly
Which the spine must allow.
Paper weight against postage
A real cost trade-off.
Index and section tabs
Navigation is part of the job.
Reprints must match
Colour targets are recorded.
Built like architecture.
Each Custom Catalogue Printing is an engineered object — measured, dieline-cut, and hand-wrapped to spec. Below: the standard build sheet.
✦ Need a custom spec? Talk to our atelier — every detail is negotiable.
Every surface, hand-selected.
What this product is built from, and the surfaces it takes. Below the build sheet, the full swatch library — every option applies across our range, and a physical swatch set is available on request.
Material
The board and paper your box is built from.
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How the outer surface looks, feels, and catches light.
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Closures, linings, and hardware that complete the build.
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The full kit of capabilities.
Sizing & dieline.
Every Custom Catalogue Printing is cut to a dieline built around your product — not pulled off a shelf. Send us the length, width and height of the item (or the item itself) and we return a measured dieline, free, before you commit to anything.
Length, width and height of the item itself, at its widest points — not the box you happen to use today.
Allow 2–4 mm on each axis for a snug fit, and more if you are adding foam, a pillow insert or tissue.
We quote as Length × Width × Height. Tell us whether you are working in millimetres or inches and we match it.
✦ Not sure of your size? Send us the product — we measure it and build the dieline.
Pricing & minimums.
Custom Catalogue Printing is priced per specification rather than from a fixed list — the same box in two different finishes can land at very different numbers. Below is what actually moves the price, so you can shape the spec before you request a quote.
The single biggest lever. Unit cost falls sharply as volume rises, because setup and tooling spread across more pieces.
Board weight and stock choice change both the raw material cost and the shipping weight of the finished run.
Foil, spot UV, embossing and soft-touch each add a pass on press. One or two lift the box; five compound the cost.
Full-bleed print inside and out costs more than a one-sided design on natural stock.
Foam, moulded pulp, velvet pillows, magnets and ribbon are priced per piece on top of the box itself.
Standard production is the base rate. Rush moves you up the production queue and carries a surcharge.
✦ Quotes returned within 24 hours — no obligation, no account required.
What brands say.
“The best packaging partner we've ever worked with. Every box feels like an event.”
“Our unboxing experience went from forgettable to remarkable. The magnetic close is chef's kiss.”
“Fast turnaround, flawless quality, and the design support is genuinely exceptional.”
Questions, answered.
Everything you need to know about Custom Catalogue Printing.
Start with postage, because on most catalogue projects it is the largest single cost — frequently larger than the printing.
Postage scales with weight, and it steps at defined bands rather than rising smoothly. A catalogue a few grams over a threshold costs meaningfully more per copy, and across a mailing list that is a substantial number.
The practical method:
- Establish your postal weight bands for the mailing you plan.
- Calculate the weight at your intended page count and stock.
- Choose the heaviest stock that keeps you inside a band — not the heaviest you like.
Dropping text stock from, say, 130gsm to 115gsm across a hundred pages makes a real difference to the total, and the perceived quality loss is smaller than most people expect.
The other lever is page count. Removing a four-page signature is often easier than it sounds and saves both paper and postage.
What we would not economise on is colour accuracy — returns from products arriving the wrong colour cost more than the print saving.
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