Recently, quarterly calendars have become very widespread. Almost without exception, companies order the printing of quarterly calendars in corporate style and symbols. And this is not at all surprising. A quarterly calendar made in the general style of the company is both a business card and an advertisement, and a wonderful gift for business partners and regular customers. The most important thing is that the production of the quarter calendar and its printing should be done with high quality and, as they say, at the highest level!
In addition to the fact that quarter calendars, like wall clocks, have their own clearly defined purpose and carry a certain semantic load for determining the time, they are also a wonderful interior decoration, both for your workplace and your home living room. Bright, colorful, stylish - they will please the eye and cheer you up, especially when the red box indicates Friday!
We offer offset printing services for quarterly calendars in the shortest possible time. Calendars can be finished in the following ways: continuous and selective UV varnishing, offset and VD varnishing, one- and two-sided lamination with glossy, matte and other films, die-cutting, foil stamping and hot stamping.
Quarterly calendar formats
The most popular quarterly calendar formats are as follows:
- Whole calendar 297x680 mm, poster 297x230 mm;
- Whole calendar 345x710 mm, poster 345x230 mm;
- Whole calendar 297x720 mm, poster 297x230 mm, advertising field at the bottom: 297x40 mm.
Our price list contains prices for printing quarterly calendars in the above formats. You can learn about the production of calendars of a different format from our managers, they will also advise you on all the nuances associated with the production of quarterly calendars.
Color printing of quarterly calendars
Our printing company produces both single-color and full-color quarterly calendars. The choice of color for each block corresponds to the technical specifications of the Customer, we can suggest the most economical and effective solution in this component.
Paper and mount
To print quarterly calendars, as a rule, paper for the calendar block differs in density and characteristics from the paper of the top poster and advertising fields, the following combination is most often used:
- Calendar block: standard on coated paper 90 g/m 2 , color 4+0.
- Top poster: coated paper 300 g/m², glossy lamination 1+1.
- Advertising fields: coated paper 300 g/m².
By additional agreement with the customer, printing can be done on paper of any density and characteristics, for this, when discussing the order, you need to inform all your wishes and draw the attention of our manager to all the details.
Print Technology
In order to determine the method of printing quarterly calendars, we proceed from the criteria of the most favorable price and minimum production time with maximum quality. And the terms and cost of printing, in turn, depend on the choice of printing method: offset or digital.
Digital printing is faster, while the cost of circulation increases almost in proportion to its volume, however, with circulations of 500 copies, offset printing becomes more profitable than digital, since the unit cost of offset printing decreases several times with an increase in circulation volume.
You can learn about the cost of producing quarterly calendars using digital and offset printing and the timing of operational printing from our managers - they will fully and promptly inform you about all the nuances of the production of printed products, and our production will perform fast and high-quality printing at the best price!
Our capabilities
In our printing house you can order the printing of quarterly calendars with free revision of the layout, the result and delivery from 1 day!
The quarterly calendar is easy to use. It simplifies the planning process for us, since we see three months at once: in the middle - the current one, above it - the past, below - the future. Large numbers on calendar grids and a moving cursor help you not to miss an important event. You can even mark urgent tasks on such a calendar.
Another significant plus of calendar calendars is large space to place your advertisement: it can be placed not only on top of the calendar poster, but also in the margins below each calendar block. How to use the calendar space most efficiently for presenting information about the company, you will be prompted by the specialists of the GeoPress printing house. They will also select the best materials for printing and assembly, so that the products turn out to be of high quality and meet all your expectations.
The printing of quarterly calendars is ordered from us every year and in very large quantities. This is a great gift for clients and business partners. And since quarterly calendars can safely be called the most popular type wall calendars, we decided to write this article for you. We have included answers to the most frequently asked questions. We hope that this information about printing, assembly and design features will help you determine the characteristics of your branded calendars. More general information, prices and examples of work, see the main "calendar" site section.
Types of quarterly calendars
Basically wall-mounted quarterly calendars differ in size and number of connecting springs.
Standard sizes of calendars:
"Midi": width of posters - 335 mm, height - from 210 mm and more (this depends on the availability and size of the advertising field). Size of calendar blocks: 335*160 mm.
"Mini": width of posters - 297 mm, height - from 160 mm and more (again, fields for advertising). Size of calendar blocks: 297*145 mm. 
Why is it better to choose standard sizes for printing quarterly calendars? There are two reasons for this:
- These sizes are adapted and optimized for offset press formats. Without spending time and money on the production of new printing plates, the printing process itself will take a minimum of time.
- There are "standard" calendar blocks − finished sheets with calendar grids with a variety of designs. They are often used in calendar printing to reduce costs.
Therefore, choosing a standard size makes printing quarterly calendars cheaper and reduces lead times. Any non-standard size, on the contrary, always increases the cost of production by the price of a new printing plate, and with it the production time.
connecting springs for quarter calendars in the classic version 3. You can also choose a more economical version with 1 spring: then the calendar grid will be located on a single sheet.
It should be borne in mind that in this case, due to the lack of substrates for calendar blocks, the space for advertising information will decrease.
What other parameters can quarterly calendars differ in?
- Number of fields for advertising (from 0 to 3)
- Paper quality for calendar grid printing (offset or coated)
- Additional calendar processing
The same parameters affect the cost of output calendars. For example, printing "Midi" with calendar grids on coated paper will be more expensive than "Mini" with grids on offset paper.
Quarterly calendar structure
- Top poster (also called top or calendar header)
- calendar blocks
- Substrates for calendar blocks
- Spiral (1-3)
- Ring "Piccolo"
What are quarterly calendars made of?
To print the top poster and backing posters, one-sided cardboard with a density of 280-300 g/m is used. Often used matte or glossy lamination.
Calendar blocks are printed on offset paper with a density of 70-80 g/m or on thin coated paper (115 g/m). Thicker paper for calendar grids is not used - it makes it difficult to tear off sheets with the past months.
The tape and the cursor are made of plastic with an elastic fastening at the back. The cursor can be of different colors (mostly use red).
Are fastened together posters and blocks of quarter calendars with Wire-O spiral - a metal spring in the form of consecutive pairs of rings with a plastic coating of different colors.
What else you need to know about the production process of quarterly calendars
Offset equipment is used to print these products. Perhaps digital, but for very small print runs. In addition, in this case there are restrictions on the density of the cardboard.
At the beginning of the article, we listed what determines the cost of printing. It is worth mentioning that this parameter is also affected by the circulation: the higher it is, the lower the price of 1 copy.
The minimum number of quarterly calendars that is available for a print order is 50 copies. Why exactly 50? Roughly speaking, the production cost of 25 calendars is equal to the production cost of 50. Therefore, it is simply unprofitable for us to take on a smaller number of copies, but it will be much more interesting for you to order 50 pieces (at a price of 25) and distribute them to 50 customers.
There is no maximum number of copies to order. Our clients often order printing and several thousand pieces. Image calendars in business are a necessary thing. In addition, with such circulations, the cost per unit of production for the client is significantly reduced.
Production time printed products depend primarily on the workload of production and final circulation.
In addition, the production of calendars is not the easiest and not the fastest process. The printing of the sheets itself is done quickly, but a large number of time is spent assembling them - punching blocks and coiling springs, as well as installing cursors and piccolo rings.
We think it would not be superfluous to remind once again that the closer to the New Year, the denser the printing houses are “crammed” with orders for printing calendars. Place your order for printing in advance and be calm: you will have time to present calendars to customers and partners of your company in time.
You can learn about all kinds of ways to additionally finish quarter calendars from the article about printing wall calendars.
Calendar design
When developing quarterly calendar layouts, customers sometimes ask us to create a very bright and exclusive design. This desire is understandable, but you need to remember that the calendar is primarily a working tool. Therefore, the readability of calendar blocks should not suffer, and the design should not draw all attention to itself. Our recommendation is this: make your calendars stylish, harmonious, clear, and customers will be happy to use them as a relevant business accessory, and at the same time your advertising will unobtrusively affect them. In order to take into account all the nuances and create an effective advertising product, it makes sense to entrust the creation of a layout before sending an order for printing to specialists, such as in the GeoPress printing house.
If you have not yet decided on the design for branded quarterly calendars, come to our production. We have accumulated a huge number of samples that can be taken as a basis for developing a layout. In addition, you will be able to hold the products in your hands and evaluate the quality of our work.
Well, for those who want to develop an exclusive design, we are always happy to offer the services of GeoPress designers. From you - the basic wishes for the design of your calendars, from us - a competent, stylish design and high-quality printing.
Concerning layout structures, for all quarterly calendars it is approximately the same:
- Above is an advertising and information poster with an image image, the name of the company and its logo.
- Backing posters for calendar blocks usually contain contact information (phone, email, website address), as well as advertising information (description of the company's activities, benefits of cooperation, call to action, etc.).
- If the calendar is with one spring, respectively, the information should be distributed over the top header poster and the only backing poster located below the calendar grid.
You can read about the process of making quarterly calendars here.
Three questions that we will ask you when placing an order for the production of quarterly calendars:
- Do you have a sample or a finished image picture, what are your basic wishes for appearance company calendars.
- Have you prepared advertising and information data for placement.
- What edition would you like to order?
For all other parameters, our managers will advise you and help you choose the best option for printing and design.
Order the production of quarterly calendars in the GeoPress printing house and calmly go about your business. Within the agreed time you will receive high-quality products that will be an excellent gift for customers and partners of your company.