| Too tired or busy to go out and print catalogs from the | | | | Once you have a template, it should be easy for you |
| local catalog printing company? Well you are now | | | | to create a layout for your color catalogs. Make sure |
| reading the right article. In this guide, we will teach you | | | | that you have a catalog cover, a table of contents, |
| how to do your catalog printing right from the comfort | | | | your product pages and of course your ordering |
| of your own office. Yes! You do not need to go | | | | forms or postcards. Make sure that everything has a |
| outside. You can easily do your normal work and print | | | | coherent theme and use as many images as you can |
| full color catalogs easily from the office. Here are the | | | | for each product you are selling. |
| things you have to do. | | | | • Printing catalogs online – Now with your |
| • Your choice: Professional or office printing – | | | | designs ready, you can print your color catalogs. If you |
| First, you will need to decide if you want to print your | | | | chose the online catalog printing option, then the next |
| color catalogs professionally online, or if you want to | | | | step should be easy. You should just log in to the |
| do it yourself from the office printer. I recommend that | | | | Internet and go to the printing company website you |
| you still choose professional catalog printing online if | | | | have chosen. Fill out the online order form they usually |
| you have little experience creating printed works | | | | have, then specify your catalog printing options. Make |
| manually. Also, if you plan to print hundreds to | | | | sure you choose good printing materials and inks for |
| thousands of pieces of color catalogs, then online | | | | your full color catalog. Once set, you then just need to |
| catalog printing is your best option. | | | | upload your design to the online printing company and |
| However, if you are a bit skilled and need only just a | | | | pay for the catalog printing order. Within three to five |
| few catalogs for limited distribution, then your best | | | | days, your full color catalogs should arrive. They should |
| choice is to print from the office. It will be cheaper on | | | | look great and will have a professional finish. |
| your part, and you will have total control of how the | | | | • Printing catalogs from office printers – If you |
| catalogs are created. | | | | chose to print your catalogs yourself, there will be a lot |
| So choose wisely. Print professionally if you lack the | | | | of hard work for you. First you should just print your |
| talent and need a lot of catalogs. Print from your own | | | | catalog printing pages one by one. If you have a full |
| office printer if you just need few pieces of catalogs | | | | color photocopy machine at your office then you will |
| and are a little bit skilled and creating manual | | | | be in luck. Just photocopy all your pages in the copier |
| documents. | | | | to quickly produce your full color pages. Once done, |
| • Creating your designs – With the printing | | | | you should then just cut and bind it with the process |
| process chosen, you should then be able to continue | | | | that you want. I recommend using a comb binding |
| on with your design. In creating designs the easiest | | | | technique since supplies for this is easy to get and |
| way to build a catalog from the ground up is to use a | | | | almost anyone can figure out how to bind pages with |
| template. Desktop publishing applications like Adobe | | | | this. If you are really industrious you should have |
| Indesign may have some catalog templates that you | | | | around 30-50 catalogs in one day. |
| can use. Otherwise, you might want to download a | | | | So that's it! No matter what process you choose, you |
| free catalog printing template from an online printing | | | | should now know how to print full color catalogs from |
| company. | | | | the office. Apply what you learned well. |
