Product — printing and packaging
Brochures & Catalogues printing, Kolkata
An export catalogue has to reproduce a product range accurately enough to sell from. Fotoset photographs, scans, sets and prints catalogues and brochures in one plant in Kolkata.
Photography, design and artwork, colour scanning, offset printing, lamination and silkscreen printing are all carried out in-house on one site. That single-vendor model is the reason exporters and overseas brands place this work with Fotoset: one purchase order, one plant accountable for the finished item, and no sheets travelling between sub-contractors.
What this item is
- Saddle-stitched and perfect-bound catalogues carrying a full product range with article numbers, sizes, standards and pack quantities.
- Folded brochures and leaflets used at trade fairs and sent with samples.
- Loose-leaf range sheets printed to a common grid so pages can be added as the range changes.
Typical applications
- Annual product catalogues for glove, footwear and PPE ranges
- Trade fair brochures for Canton, Ambiente, A+A and Indian export fairs
- Range sheets and sales aids for agents and distributors
- Technical data sheets printed to match the catalogue
Substrates and stocks available
- Coated art paper 90 to 170 GSM for text pages
- Art board 250 to 350 GSM for covers
- Uncoated and recycled stocks where a matt, tactile finish is preferred
Size and format range
A6 to A4 portrait and landscape, plus square formats. From 8 to 200 pages, saddle-stitched or perfect-bound.
Printing process used
- In-house product photography on a controlled background
- Colour scanning and separation, with proofs signed before plate-making
- Sheet-fed offset with consistent ink density across the run
Finishing options
- Cover lamination in gloss, matt or soft-touch
- Spot UV and foil on covers
- Saddle stitching, perfect binding and wiro binding
- Shrink-wrapping in counted bundles for despatch
Minimum order quantity and turnaround
Minimum order quantity: to be confirmed. Typical turnaround: to be confirmed. Both are quoted against the specific specification, because they depend on the stock, the number of colours and the finishing. Turnaround is always stated in working days from artwork approval rather than from enquiry.
Artwork requirements and accepted file formats
- Press-ready PDF, version 1.4 or later, with 3 mm bleed on all four sides and crop marks outside the trim.
- Native Adobe Illustrator or CorelDRAW files accepted, with fonts converted to outlines and linked images embedded.
- Images at 300 dpi at final printed size. Line art and barcode artwork supplied as vector wherever possible.
- Colour built in CMYK. Spot colours called out by Pantone reference in the file and in the purchase order.
- Die line supplied on a separate named layer, in a spot colour set to overprint, not on the artwork layer.
| Text stock | 90 to 170 GSM coated art paper |
|---|---|
| Cover stock | 250 to 350 GSM art board, laminated |
| Formats | A6 to A4 and square; 8 to 200 pages |
| Binding | Saddle stitch, perfect bind, wiro |
| Photography | In-house product photography available |
| Minimum order quantity | To be confirmed |
| Typical turnaround | To be confirmed |
| Artwork accepted | PDF, INDD package, AI, EPS, high-resolution JPG |
By industry
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