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Our magazines offer the following:
- Thick, high-quality Preferred Paper, in glossy and velvet finishes
- Full color printing throughout
- Eco-friendly printing on recycled content paper
- Saddle-stitched magazines offer a multitude of page count options
- Several standard sizes are available, including 5.5 x 8.5, 6 x 9, 8.5 x 11, and 9 x 12
- Rush turnarounds and direct mailing services are available
- Digital printing available for short-runs or unique per-magazine content with Variable Data
Your magazines will have a better chance of attracting readers if the covers have full color images and text. It’s less expensive to print a full color magazine cover than you might think, and it’s almost always worth the extra small cost versus a dull one or two-color magazine cover printing. So always use full color magazine covers and full color images and text for your magazines.
Keep in mind that a "magazine" doesn't necessarily mean something that advertises items for sale. It is a matter of the product size, how it is assembled on machines, how it gets cut and stitched, and so forth. It could easily be a book, a guide, a series of maps, a photo book, an annual report, a repair manual, a coloring book, or any other idea you may have!
Choose an aqueous coating, especially for the magazine cover. Glossy coated paper is popular in publications like magazines, and gives your magazine cover printing a rich, classy look. Dull or matte coating gives your magazine cover printing a more muted, understated look, and will improve readability over a glossy coating. Aqueous coatings make your magazine and magazine cover more durable, less likely to show fingerprints and smudges, and if you are mailing your magazine, will improve its durability in the mailing process.
A heavy paper for your magazine cover printing is important. You want your covers to look great for a long time. A heavy magazine cover stock along with a resilient aqueous coating will maximize the durability of your magazine, giving you more opportunities to communicate your message. So use a thicker and more protective material for the cover of your magazine printing.
Depending on the size, weight, and your use, the inside pages may need to be very thin or very thick. while this may require custom quoting to get the printing aspect within your budget, one must very closely look at the U.S.P.S. postage rates if your book needs to be mailed to ensure the postage is within your price range. We never mark up or profit on postage when you mail with us.
Folding can be as simple or complicated as you want to make it. Conquest Graphics offers all of the most common fold configurations. These include: half fold; tri-fold; z-fold; gate fold; half and then half fold; half and then tri-fold; tri-fold and then half fold; and of course the simplest – no fold.
If you have specialized requirements, please let us know before completing your order so we can ensure your job comes out the way you need it to.
* Not all fold options are available on all size/paper configurations.
If this is your first time ordering this product, or you'd like additional guidance with your design, feel free to use our templates to get started.
You may view all available templates by going to our Templates Page to ensure your art is created to the correct size and orientation for the desired end product. Please confirm your art has the appropriate bleeds and column spacing, for folding and cutting, before uploading files.
Planning on mailing a catalog to your customers? Look no further, because you've found your one-stop shop for both printing and mailing. Whether you have a pre-existing list of mail recipients or if you plan on using Every Door Direct Mail (EDDM) to reach your target audiences, we have the experience and resources needed to drastically increase the effectiveness and speed of your mailed campaigns.
Mailing Basics
"Bulk mail" is the term used by the USPS for large mailings that can qualify for reduced postage costs. This applies to commercial First Class Mail and Marketing Mail (also know as Standard Mail). Reduced prices are available for other classes of mail, too. You should know that the USPS often uses the terms "bulk" and "presorted" interchangeably.
Bulk mail costs are lower than single piece prices. A regular stamp on a letter is a single piece postage. Many mailers pay this postage rate even though they have a large mailing. This is typically because they don’t want to do the extra preparation work. So how do you decide if your own mail should take this approach or if commercial prices are better for you? And are all commercial prices the same and how much are they? The Postal Service prices are lower for bulk mailings because part of what they would do is done by someone else (for example, sorting the mail by Zip Code or transporting the mail to a destination postal facility). The benefits from "work-sharing" are realized in cost and sometimes by expediency. We are able to provide many of these services to help get your total cost as low as possible.
In order to mail at commercial prices, you need to get a mailing permit (permission to mail) and pay an annual mailing fee for each class of mail; First-Class Mail or Standard Mail. (Conquest customers, in many cases, are allowed to use Conquests’ mailing permits, which are held at multiple postal locations. Ask us how.) You can pay your USPS permit via postage by pre-canceled stamps, postage meter, or permit imprint. You also need to choose the size, shape and weight of your mail pieces, and make sure your address list is correct. Then, presort the mail pieces by Zip Code. With that done, you can take your mailings to the Post Office where you have your mailing permit.
To learn the about the postage prices, click here.
Mailing Experience
We have years of experience managing complex mailing projects. Whether your project is large or small, we have the knowledge and experience to ensure your mailing project is handled professionally, hassle-free, on-time, and on-budget!
Knowledge
Postal regulations can be complicated, ever-changing, and difficult to understand. Our on-site mail centers work with the USPS every day, and our intimate understanding of the postal regulations helps guarantee the success of your mailing project. We can analyze your direct mail pieces in the design stage to determine the best possible delivery and postage savings.
Send us an email of your design to customerservice@conquestgraphics.com, with the subject line "Analyze My Mail", and we will provide a free mail design consultation!
Mail Center
Our Mail Center can help identify the best way to deliver your materials. And, with multiple Mail Centers we can split your jobs so that they get there fast no matter where you want to mail.
Let Conquest Graphics eliminate the hassle for you. Our full-service Mail Centers provide fast delivery across the country and have everything you need to mail your projects, no matter how large or small.
We offer:
- Mailing list cleansing and de-duping
- Presorting, CASS certification, and Intelligent Mail Barcoding for the lowest possible postage rates
- NCOA processing
- Complete ink-jetting and addressing capabilities
- Digitally-printed projects can be addressed as they are printed, resulting in fewer handling steps
- Automatic envelope insertion
Save Time and Money by Mailing Directly to your Prospects and Customers with Conquest Graphics' in-house mailing operation
Please refer to our Mailing Services FAQ page for more details.
