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Printing Questions
Below are some questions we get asked frequently about printing with Newspaper Club.
Can I have a sample newspaper to look at?
Yes. But if you want to print in colour (above 500 copies), the easiest thing is to get any tabloid newspaper (like The Mirror or The Sun) remove all but 12 pages and that’s your sample. The paper and the reproduction will be exactly what we’re offering.
If you’d like a sample of our black & white papers (5 to 300 copies) or still want a colour sample, just send us your address to support@newspaperclub.co.uk and we’ll pop one into the post for you.
How many pages is 12 pages?
When we say 12 pages, we mean 12 individual pages, which is the same as 6 spreads, which is the same as 3 pieces of paper.
Can I have more than 12 pages in my newspaper, or fewer?
The reason we’re able to make this whole thing cheapish and simplish is that there aren’t too many choices. Number of pages is one of those places we don’t allow choice. If you’re going to do a lot of newspapers and commission some bespoke design from us we might be able to come to an arrangement but normally, most of the time, for now, it’s 12-pages only. Once we get the system and everything bedded down we’re hoping this will change.
Can I print fewer than 500 copies in colour?
Unfortunately not. For colour printing, we use a huge web offset press which is designed for printing hundreds of thousands of copies as quickly as possible. Due to the effort involved in setting up the press, and the speed of the machine, we can’t offer colour printing for any fewer than 500 copies.
Can I print black and white and one colour?
No. Unlike litho printing, in newspaper printing there isn’t a ‘third way’ between black and white and full colour where you can add a spot colour cheaply.
We can print either black and white or full colour. We can’t do spot colours because it means stocking a huge range of individual inks and it means cleaning out the ink ducts between jobs, which is quite a task on a printer the size of a warehouse.
There is a way to create the same effect. You would design your paper to be black and white with a spot colour, but we’d have to print it using the full colour process and it would cost the same.