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Custom Printed Magazine.

Periodical print — a format where paper cost, postage and reading experience are one calculation.

🏷 Key Specs
📦 500 min. order 15–20 business days lead time📐 Standard sizes
✨ Finishes
Matt CoverGloss CoverUncoatedSpot UV
▤ Materials
90gsm Text115gsm TextCover BoardRecycled Paper
☑ Features
Choice of paper stockFull-colour printingCustom sizesFree design help
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Description
Overview

Printed Magazine

Periodical print — a format where paper cost, postage and reading experience are one calculation.

Magazines are produced repeatedly to a fixed schedule. Paper weight balances feel against postage, and binding is set by the page count.

500
Min. order
15–20 business days
Lead time
By page count and format
Dimensions
Custom Printed Magazine
Matt Cover · Gloss Cover · Uncoated
Crafted to specification

Every detail. Intentional.

Weight against postage

One calculation, every issue.

Saddle stitch below 64 pages

Perfect bound above.

Colour must match issue to issue

Targets are recorded.

Cover stock heavier than text

Standard practice.

Bleed and trim planned tightly

Repeat production demands it.

Fixed schedule, no slippage

Which drives everything.

brand
No. 04 — Construction detail
Technical Specs

Built like architecture.

Each Custom Printed Magazine is an engineered object — measured, dieline-cut, and hand-wrapped to spec. Below: the standard build sheet.

Key Difference
It recurs
Right repeatedly, on schedule
Discipline
Colour consistency across issues
Pantone over CMYK builds
Recurring Cost
Postage
Weight compounds per issue
Approach
Postal band first, then stock
Saving repeats
Saddle Stitch
To ~64–80 pages
Multiples of four
Perfect Bound
Beyond, with printable spine
Shelved back issues
Scheduling
Fixed production calendar
Makes issues routine
MOQ
500 units
Tiered above 1,000

✦ Need a custom spec? Talk to our atelier — every detail is negotiable.

The Library

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
90gsm Text Stock
Light, keeping subscriber mailing inside a lower postal band.
Weight-critical
115gsm Text Stock
More substantial with better image reproduction, where postage allows.
Most specified
Cover Board
Heavier stock for the cover, which takes handling and shelf wear.
Cover
Recycled Paper
Meaningful on a publication produced repeatedly at volume.
Sustainability
Maintained Colour Profile
Consistent reproduction issue to issue rather than drifting.
Essential
Finish
Matt Cover Lamination
Protects through mailing and handling without glare.
Most requested
Gloss Cover
Saturated cover imagery for newsstand competition.
Newsstand
Uncoated
Editorial register for independent and design-led titles.
Editorial
Spot UV
Masthead or cover detail.
Cover detail
Printed Spine
On perfect-bound issues, so back issues are findable on a shelf.
Practical
Pantone Brand Colours
Specified rather than built in CMYK, so they hold across issues.
Consistency
01 · Base Stock

Material

The board and paper your box is built from.

STOCK
Art Paper
Woodfree coated litho wrap
MT · 157G
SPECIALTY
Textured Pearl
Shimmer specialty surface
MT · 240G
FINISH
Art Paper
FINISH
Textured Pearl paper
FINISH
Uncoated Paperboard
FINISH
Linen Textured Paper
FINISH
Laid Paper
FINISH
Vellum Paper
02 · Surface

Finishes

How the outer surface looks, feels, and catches light.

FINISH
Matte Black
Light-absorbing, no glare
PT · MATTE
FINISH
Soft-Touch
Velvet to the fingertip
PT · SOFT
FINISH
Gold Foil
Hot-stamped brilliance
PT · 871 C
FINISH
Spot UV
Selective high-shine
PT · GLOSS
FINISH
Emboss
Raised, tactile, dimensional
PT · RELIEF
FINISH
Matte Lamination
FINISH
Gloss Lamination
FINISH
Soft Touch Lamination
FINISH
Gold Foil
FINISH
Silver Foil
FINISH
Spot UV
FINISH
Holographic Foil
FINISH
Embossing
FINISH
Debossing
FINISH
Anti Scratch Matte
FINISH
Aqueous Coating
FINISH
Full UV Coating
FINISH
Raised Spot UV
FINISH
Drip Off UV
FINISH
Pearl Coating
FINISH
Textured Varnish
FINISH
Sand Touch Coating
FINISH
Glitter UV
FINISH
Rose Gold Foil
FINISH
Rainbow Foil
FINISH
Copper Foil
FINISH
Cold Foil
FINISH
Foil Embossing
FINISH
Blind Embossing
FINISH
Multi Level Embossing
FINISH
Sculpted Embossing
FINISH
Letterpress
FINISH
Edge Painting
FINISH
Edge Gilding
FINISH
Die Cut Detailing
FINISH
Micro Perforation
03 · Extras

Add-ons

Closures, linings, and hardware that complete the build.

BRANDING
Belly Band
Printed wrap-around sleeve
AD · WRAP
FINISH
Belly Band
FINISH
QR Code Card
90gsm Text115gsm TextCover BoardRecycled PaperMatt CoverGloss CoverUncoatedSpot UV

✦ Mix and match across all three — we'll build your exact combination.

What We Make

The full kit of capabilities.

Issue-to-Issue Colour Consistency
Pantone specification and maintained profiles so the publication looks constant.
Postal Weight Modelling
Stock chosen against your mailing bands, with the saving repeating each issue.
Binding by Page Count
Saddle stitch or perfect bound as length requires.
Printed Spines
For readers who shelve back issues.
Fixed Production Calendars
Copy, artwork, proof, print and mail scheduled as routine.
Recycled Stock
Meaningful on a repeatedly produced title.
Subscriber Mailing Formats
Specified for the mailing method you use.
Short and Long Runs
Digital or litho depending on circulation.
CMYK Builds for Brand Colours
They drift between runs and presses. Over several issues that drift becomes visible, and it makes a publication feel unconsidered.
Choosing Stock Before Postage
On a recurring mailed publication, weight is a cost that repeats every issue. Model the postage first.
Postage WeightRepeatable ColourIssue SchedulingHigh Page CountsCustom Print
Measure Twice

Sizing & dieline.

Every Custom Printed Magazine 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.

Size Range
By page count and format
Custom dieline
Stock Dimensions
A4 8.27 × 11.69 in · US Letter 8.5 × 11 in
L × W × H
Dieline File
Free with every quote
AI / PDF / DXF
Artwork Setup
Free structural design
Included
Tolerance
±1.5 mm on finished size
Industry standard
How to measure
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Measure the product

Length, width and height of the item itself, at its widest points — not the box you happen to use today.

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Add clearance

Allow 2–4 mm on each axis for a snug fit, and more if you are adding foam, a pillow insert or tissue.

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Give us the order

We quote as Length × Width × Height. Tell us whether you are working in millimetres or inches and we match it.

Available constructions
Saddle StitchPerfect BoundA4A5Custom

✦ Not sure of your size? Send us the product — we measure it and build the dieline.

What It Costs

Pricing & minimums.

Custom Printed Magazine 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.

Minimum Order
500 units
Lower MOQ on request
Maximum Run
100,000 units
Larger volumes quoted
Standard Lead Time
15–20 business days
After artwork approval
Rush Lead Time
10–12 days
Surcharge applies
Pricing Model
Quote-based, per specification
USD
Design & Dieline
Free — included in every quote
No setup fee
Sampling
Physical sample before bulk
Credited on order
What moves the price
Quantity

The single biggest lever. Unit cost falls sharply as volume rises, because setup and tooling spread across more pieces.

Material and thickness

Board weight and stock choice change both the raw material cost and the shipping weight of the finished run.

Finishing

Foil, spot UV, embossing and soft-touch each add a pass on press. One or two lift the box; five compound the cost.

Print coverage

Full-bleed print inside and out costs more than a one-sided design on natural stock.

Inserts and hardware

Foam, moulded pulp, velvet pillows, magnets and ribbon are priced per piece on top of the box itself.

Timeline

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.

Client Voices

What brands say.

The best packaging partner we've ever worked with. Every box feels like an event.
Sarah M.
Head of Brand · Luxe Cosmetics
Our unboxing experience went from forgettable to remarkable. The magnetic close is chef's kiss.
James L.
Founder · Apex Spirits
Fast turnaround, flawless quality, and the design support is genuinely exceptional.
Priya K.
Creative Director · Kalon Jewelry
— Frequently Asked Questions —

Questions, answered.

Everything you need to know about Custom Printed Magazine.

Three things, and the first matters most.

Specify brand colours as Pantone, not as CMYK builds. A CMYK build is four inks approximating a colour, and that approximation shifts with press conditions, paper and ink batch. A Pantone is a mixed ink matched to a physical standard. Over several issues, CMYK brand colours visibly drift; Pantones hold.

Maintain a colour profile for the publication and use it consistently rather than re-deriving settings each issue.

Print on the same press where possible. Different presses have different characteristics, and staying on one removes a variable entirely.

The reason this matters is subtle but real. Readers rarely consciously notice that issue three's brand red differs from issue two's — but the publication starts to feel slightly amateur without them being able to say why. Consistency is one of the things that makes a magazine feel like an established title rather than a series of separate documents.

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