What Type Of Paper Is Best For Catalogue?

Why it is important to print a catalogue for your company, product, and service?

A catalogue allows you to showcase your products and services in an intuitive method, in the meanwhile providing beautiful visuals and content that let your customers know what your brand can deliver. It also helps strengthen your brand and give your customers a deeper impression, as well as generate sales in a more efficient way.

Choose a right type of paper is a key part of the overall quality for your catalogue book. Firstly, you need to decide about the binding type for the catalogue.

Paperback, saddle stitched, flyer and hardcover book are the most popular binding types for catalogue printing. We will give a guidance of the cover and inner pages paper type as following.

Paperback Catalogue

Paperback catalogue is the most popular one that most customers will order.

Compared with hardcover, paperback catalogue is a cheaper choice, and the quality is still high. It will be easier for your customers to take one away with them.

Here are the recommended paper for each part of the paperback catalogue.

Part	Recommended Paper Type	Recommended Paper Weight	Finish
Cover	Cardboard paper	210gsm	Glossy or matte lamination
Inner pages	Woodfree paper	120/140gsm	/
	Art paper	128/157gsm	/

Saddle Stitched Brochure Catalogue

Saddle stitched brochure catalogue is the one of the cheapest printing options. When the brochure content is not much (within 32 pages), or you need to update the catalogue frequently, this will be a great choice.

Here are the recommended paper for each part of the saddle stitched brochure catalogue.

Part	Recommended Paper Type	Recommended Paper Weight	Finish
Cover	Art paper	157/200/250gsm	Glossy or matte lamination
Inner pages	Woodfree paper	120gsm	/
	Art paper	157gsm	/

Flyer Catalogue

Flyer catalogue is used when your printing content is less than 8 pages. This is the cheapest printing option for the catalogue. What’s more, when your company has a new product and do not want to re-print your thick catalogue, this will be an excellent method to promote your new product.

Here are the recommended paper for each part of the flyer catalogue.

Part	Recommended Paper Type	Recommended Paper Weight	Finish
Cover	Art paper	157gsm	Glossy or matte lamination

Hardcover Catalogue

Hardcover catalogue is more used for jewelry or some high value products. As catalogue needs to be premium, the paper and printing used for hardcover catalogue is the best one.

Here are the recommended paper for each part of the hardcover catalogue.

Part	Recommended Paper Type	Recommended Paper Weight	Finish
Cover	Glossy art paper	157gsm	Glossy or matte lamination
Cover inside paper board	Gray board	1800gsm (3 mm)	/
Endpaper	Woodfree paper	140gsm/160gsm	/
	Art paper	157gsm	/
Inner pages	Art paper	157gsm	/

Make sure you choose the right paper for your Catalogue. Our printing experts are always here to help you pick the best paper type.

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