BIG IDEAS. SMALL BOOK. TWO STAPLES HOLDING THE WHOLE THING TOGETHER.
Printed double-sided on premium 28 lb paper, folded and saddle-stapled. Standard printing includes a small white border.
Print your comic, poetry collection, art project, manifesto, instruction manual, event guide or collection of thoughts that refused to remain inside your head.
Our Classic Zines finish at 5.5 × 8.5 inches—the familiar half-letter size that feels substantial without becoming an actual book. Each zine is printed double-sided on smooth, bright-white 28 lb paper, then folded and saddle-stapled down the middle.
CHOOSE YOUR PRINTING
BLACK & WHITE
Affordable, sharp and ideal for writing, line art, comics, illustrations and anything that does not require the entire visible spectrum.
FULL COLOUR
For artwork, photography, graphics and pages that deserve considerably more drama.
PAGE COUNTS
Choose from 8, 12, 16, 20 or 24 pages.
Your page count includes every page in the zine, including the front and back covers. Zines must have a page count divisible by four. It is a folding-and-stapling thing, not us trying to control your artistic process.
HOW MANY?
Order 1, 10, 25, 50, 100, 200 or 500 identical copies.
Need more than 500? Excellent. Things are getting out of hand. Contact us for a custom quote.
GOOD TO KNOW
Classic Zines are printed without full bleed, so your pages will have a small white border around the outside edge.
Need colour or artwork to run right to the edge? We can add full-bleed trimming for an additional cutting fee. Contact us before ordering and we’ll help you work out the details.
The front and back covers are printed on the same premium 28 lb paper as the interior pages. A separate cardstock or gloss cover is not included.
FILE REQUIREMENTS
Supply one print-ready, multipage PDF containing individual pages in normal reading order, from the front cover through to the back cover.
Please do not arrange your pages as spreads or export your file using a booklet setting. We will handle the booklet imposition and prepare the pages for folding and stapling before printing.
Your PDF must be:
• 5.5 × 8.5 inches per page
• Set to the exact page count selected when ordering
• Arranged as individual pages, not spreads
• Exported with images at 300 PPI for the best print quality
• Supplied as one complete PDF
Your page count includes the front and back covers. Include any intentionally blank pages in the PDF. If you are unsure come in and see us or email us.
Keep important text, faces and other irreplaceable things at least 0.25 inches inside the edge of each page.
QUESTIONS? STRANGE FILE? UNCERTAIN WHETHER PAGE THREE IS ACTUALLY PAGE FOUR?
Email us at print@urbanartcollective.ca. We’ll help sort it out before the printer begins expressing its opinions.
