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Calendar printing offers a variety of styles such as wall, desk, and planners. With modern methods, colors stay true, and the quality lasts. These calendars are designed to be both useful and good-looking, meeting top quality standards.
How A Calendar Is Made?
The production process for calendars involves prepress, printing, folding, paginating and either saddle stitching or glue binding. This intricate procedure demands cutting-edge equipment and extensive experience.
With 36 years of industry experience, Huaxin Printing delivers a comprehensive in-house manufacturing solution, removing the need for outsourcing. Our expertise in color management guarantees that your products meet the highest quality standards.
Prepress
Elevate your print projects with advanced prepress experience and compliance with ISO 12647-7 color management standard.
Printing
Fully automated printing presses with the speed of up to 18,000 sheets per hour. CIP-3 ink management and experienced press operators.
Folding
Swift adjustment of any trim sizes from 8-page per signature to 64-page per sheet. Up to 700,000 sheets per day.
Paginating
Fully automated machine allowing up to 25 different signatures of printed sheets to be paginated at the same time.
Saddle Stitching
Fully automated saddle stitching machine making calendars completed all in once. Up to 200,000 pieces per day.
Gluing
Over 20m (65 ft)-long Kolbus casebound line with gluing, binding and tri-cutting all integrated together.
Our Works
Wall Calendar
Daily Tear-off Calendar
Desk Calendar
Binding for Calendars
Saddle Stitching
A saddle-stitched wall calendar features staples along its spine, providing a secure, flat, and clean binding, ideal for seamless month-to-month flipping.
Perfect Binding
A table calendar with a stand utilizes perfect bind glue along the top, ensuring a sturdy and sleek binding, facilitating easy page turns without compromising its upright display.
Wiro-O
A table calendar with a stand employs wire-o binding at the top, delivering a durable and flexible binding, allowing page transitions while maintaining a stable presentation.
Innovation
At Huaxin Printing, our calendars transcend traditional date tracking. We integrate practical features like pockets for storing important documents or cards, and magnets for secure placement on metal surfaces, ensuring high visibility. Some models also include a writing kit, allowing users to make notes or reminders directly on the calendar, enhancing functionality and user interaction.
Calendar with Sticky Note
Calendar with Pocket
Calendar with Magnet
Calendar Sizes
Huaxin Printing offers calendars in various sizes to suit diverse business needs. From compact desk calendars to larger wall-mounted options, our products are designed to provide maximum visibility and utility. Each size is tailored to fit different spaces, ensuring that your brand message is always prominently displayed.
| Calendar Type | Size 1 | Size 2 | Size 3 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wall Calendar | 8.5"*11" (216*280mm) | 12"*12" (305*305mm) | 12"*17" (305*432mm) |
| Desk Calendar | 8.5"*8.5" (216*216mm) | 11"*9" (280*229mm) | 10"*7" (254*178mm) |
| Daily Tear-Off Calendar | 5"*6" (127*152mm) | 7"*8" (178*203mm) | / |
Pricing
Desk Calendar Prices
| Extent | 500 Copies | 2,000 Copies | 5,000 Copies | 10,000 Copies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12pp+Cover | USD 1.85 | USD 1.28 | USD 1.21 | USD 1.15 |
| 24pp+Cover | USD 2.06 | USD 1.38 | USD 1.26 | USD 1.22 |
Remarks:
- All prices are EXW and do not include shipping costs.
- Cover: 200 gsm / 74 lb coated cover paper
- Interior: 128 gsm / 86 lb coated text paper, full color printing
- Frame: 2.5 mm thick gray board wrapped 157 gsm / 106 lb coated text paper with matte lamination outside
- Inside wrapped paper: 80 gsm / 54 lb uncoated text paper
- Cover and inner: full color printing
- Plastic bag for each one
Saddle Stitched Wall Calendar Prices
| Size | 500 Copies | 2,000 Copies | 5,000 Copies | 10,000 Copies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8.5"*11" (216*280mm) | USD 0.78 | USD 0.40 | USD 0.36 | USD 0.33 |
| 12"*12" (305*305mm) | USD 1.24 | USD 0.66 | USD 0.58 | USD 0.55 |
Remarks:
- All prices are EXW and do not include shipping costs.
- Cover: 200 gsm / 74 lb coated cover paper with matte lamination
- Interior: 128 gsm / 86 lb coated text paper
- 24pp+4pp
- Cover and inner: full color printing
- Plastic bag for each one
- 1-hole drilled
Finishing
In the calendar production process, cover finishing is a vital element that enhances both the visual appeal and durability of the product. Techniques available include gloss and matte lamination, along with advanced options such as embossing, debossing, and foil stamping. These choices play a key role in improving the calendar’s tactile feel, lifespan, and overall market competitiveness.
Lamination
Lamination adds a protective layer to book covers, increasing durability and offering options in gloss or matte for visual appeal.
Foiling
Foiling applies metallic or pigmented foil to the cover, providing a premium finish and enhancing the book’s visual distinctiveness.
Embossing
Spot UV
Spot UV applies a UV-coated layer to specific areas of the cover, creating texture contrast and highlighting key design elements for visual interest.
Gilding
Color edge gilding adds metallic foil to the book’s edges, making them more durable and giving the book a unique look that matches the cover.
Varnishing
Varnishing involves applying a liquid coating to the cover to improve durability and add shine, with options for gloss, matte, or satin finishes. This can be done either in-line or off-line.
Materials
Paper Materials
For calendars filled with vibrant visuals, art paper in either gloss or matte is ideal. Gloss suits image-heavy books, while matte is better for books combining text and images, ensuring both sharp text and bright pictures.
For hardcovers focused on text with simple black-and-white graphics, uncoated offset paper is a good choice. This type of paper is absorbent and has a natural white color, making it easy to read.
When customizing a calendar, you’ll need at least two types of paper: one for the interior pages and another for the cover. You can also include endpapers, which can match the interior paper or be different. Endpapers not only add a quality touch but also offer space for personal notes or autographs
Glossy Art Paper
Matte Art Paper
Uncoated Woodfree Paper
Paper Options for Calendars
While there are many paper options for printing calendars, certain types are more commonly used for calendar manufacturing. If you want your calendars printed quickly using widely accepted paper, consider the following options that are more readily available in the market.
Text Paper
- 80gsm/54lb coated
- 105gsm/71lb coated
- 128gsm/86lb coated
- 157gsm/106lb coated
- 80gsm/54lb uncoated
Cover Paper
- 250gsm / 92lb C1S Cover
- 300gsm / 111lb C1S Cover
Corrugated Board
- E-Flute (the thickest)
- B-Flute (the thinnest acceptable)
Cover Finishing Materials
When it comes to making a lasting impression with your calendars, several key finishing options are at your disposal. Lamination is often the go-to for adding both protection and a tactile quality, available in either gloss or matte finishes. If you’re aiming for a luxurious look, foiling can introduce metallic or colored highlights to your cover design.
Spot UV coating is another effective method for adding texture and drawing attention to specific cover elements. And don’t overlook varnishing; available in gloss, matte, or satin, it provides that final layer of durability and sheen.
By carefully selecting the right finishing techniques, you can significantly enhance both the durability and aesthetic appeal of your calendar cover, making it a standout product.
Lamination Materials
Given the difference of glossiness and texture, lamination can be categorized as glossy lamination, matte lamination, scuff-free lamination and soft-touch lamination. The latter two options usually result in higher cost.
Foil Stamping Materials
Metallic Foil: The most common type, often available in gold, silver, and bronze, adds a shiny, metallic finish to the cover elements.
Pigment Foil: Unlike metallic, pigment foils offer a matte finish and are available in various colors, including white and black.
Holographic Foil: This foil creates a 3D effect, adding a futuristic and eye-catching element to the cover cover.
Pearl Foil: Offering a pearlescent finish, this foil adds a subtle shine without being overly reflective.
Gloss Pigment Foil: This combines the color variety of pigment foils with the shiny finish of metallic foils.
Matte Metallic Foil: Provides the metallic look but with a subdued, matte finish.
Spot UV Materials
Gloss Varnish: This type provides a shiny, reflective finish, enhancing the vibrancy of colors on the calendar cover.
Matte Varnish: Offering a subdued, non-reflective finish, matte varnish is ideal for a more understated or elegant look.
Satin Varnish: Satin varnish strikes a balance between gloss and matte, offering a semi-gloss finish that’s not too shiny but still adds a touch of elegance.
UV Varnish: This is a special type of varnish cured with ultraviolet light, often used in Spot UV techniques to highlight specific areas of the cover.
Soft-Touch Varnish: This varnish gives the cover a soft, velvety feel, adding a tactile dimension to the book.
About Huaxin
A family business founded in 1988 with three generations involved, Huaxin Printing has been devoting all its effort to print calendars with the highest possible quality.
Hua Xin has been certified with ISO 9001:2015 as well as the FSC (Forest Steward Council), and has been audited by 4-Pillar Sedex for social compliance (SMETA).
Let's Talk
If you intend to make some calendars, or simply want to know more about us, feel free to send us a message.