Instruction Sheets, Manuals & User Information Leaflets printing, Kolkata

What this item is

• Folded leaflets, saddle-stitched booklets and flat sheets supplied inside the pack or the carton.
• For PPE these carry the manufacturer identification, the standard reference, the performance levels, the pictograms, storage and cleaning instructions, limits of use and the notified body details.
• For consumer goods they carry assembly, use, warranty and disposal information.

Typical applications

• User information leaflets packed with gloves, footwear and other protective equipment
• Multi-language instruction sheets for European distribution
• Warranty cards and care sheets inserted into shoe boxes and garment packs
• Assembly and use manuals for tools and hardware
• Declaration of conformity sheets printed to the customer's supplied text

Substrates and stocks available

• Maplitho and offset paper 60, 70, 80 and 90 GSM for folded leaflets
• Coated art paper 90 to 150 GSM for booklets with images
• Bible and lightweight papers where a high page count must fit a small pack

Size and format range

Flat sheets from A7 to A2, folded down to as small as 40 x 55 mm. Booklets from 8 to 96 pages, saddle-stitched.

Printing process used

• Sheet-fed offset, one to four colours, with fine text held at small point sizes
• Typesetting checked against the customer's supplied translation files before plate-making
• Pictograms and standard marks reproduced as vector, never rescaled from raster images

Finishing options

• Cross, roll, concertina, gate and map folding to eight or more panels
• Saddle stitching and side stitching
• Guillotining to a stated finished size with square-cut edges
• Counting, banding and bulk packing for the packing line

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.