Desk Pad Calendar Printing
We produce exceptional customised desk pad calendars for Amazon sellers, consultancies, logistics companies, medical and health centres, educational institutions, small to medium-sized businesses, not-for-profits, and more.
Our desk pad calendars are popular with businesses and organisations alike for their practicality and stylish design. While we can fully customise your calendar to your exact specifications, a typical desk pad calendar features a page for each month that can be filled in and then torn off when complete. Whether as a corporate gift, promotional tool, direct retail item, or for in-house use, our custom printed desk pad calendars are the ideal solution.
At QinPrinting, we believe that practicality and aesthetics go hand in hand with beautiful design and the highest quality materials. This commitment—combined with 25 years of success in the offset printing industry, our expert and enthusiastic team, state-of-the-art printing technology, cost-effective processes, and genuine customer service—has earned us a world-class reputation among enterprise and not-for-profit clients worldwide.
Desk Pad Calendar Printing Costs
At QinPrinting, we print superb desk pad calendars tailored to your specific needs and specifications. We understand that you need to work within a limited budget while maximising your return on investment. We have extensive experience supporting e-commerce sellers, start-ups, small to medium-sized businesses, not-for-profits, schools and colleges, medical facilities, self-publishers, and independent creatives. That’s why we regularly review our workflows and supply chains to ensure we continue delivering the finest quality desk pad calendars at prices that will pleasantly surprise you.
So, how much does it cost to print your desk pad calendar with us? Get an estimate now using our handy at-a-glance pricing chart.
Unlike many offset printing providers—which often require minimum print runs of 500 or even 1,000 units—we offer a minimum offset print run of just 100 calendars, still at a very competitive price. As you’ll see from the chart, the more calendars you order in one run, the lower your unit cost. That’s one of the key advantages of offset over digital printing.
How much does it cost to print a desk pad calendar?
Desk Pad Calendar Printing Price Chart (430 mm by 315 mm)
| Quantity | 100pcs | 500pcs | 1000pcs | 2000pcs | 5000pcs | 10000pcs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 sheets | Unit: A$17.86 Total: A$1786 |
Unit: A$5.95 Total: A$2976 |
Unit: A$4.46 Total: A$4464 |
Unit: A$3.73 Total: A$7440 |
Unit: A$3.23 Total: A$15120 |
Unit: A$3.10 Total: A$31000 |
| 18 sheets | Unit: A$26.05 Total: A$2605 |
Unit: A$7.70 Total: A$3850 |
Unit: A$5.71 Total: A$5710 |
Unit: A$4.46 Total: A$8928 |
Unit: A$3.84 Total: A$19206 |
Unit: A$3.62 Total: A$36208 |
- Please note that all prices are EXW our facility and do not include shipping costs.
- 100 gsm uncoated text paper, full color printing one side.
- Back: 1.5 mm thick gray board
Common Desk Pad Calendar Sizes
The exact dimensions of your desk pad calendar are up to you. Your design features, number of pages, graphics, added covers, and more will all influence the size. We can produce calendars in any size you like. However, our experience shows it’s usually best to choose standard sizes for most projects. This makes printing and production simpler, keeps costs down, and ensures a desk pad calendar that’s easy to store, handle, and distribute.
Our most common sizes for desk pad calendars are:
Desk Pad Calendar Paper and Material Options
Binding Options for Custom Desk Pad Calendars
Custom Desk Pad Calendar Design and Artwork Tips
Whether you’re preparing your own artwork in-house or commissioning a professional third-party artist or graphic designer, it’s important to understand how to prepare your artwork and text for printing. You’ll need to allow for bleed zones, safety areas, trim lines, and borders, and make sure the resolution and colour space are correct.
Export your files as vector PDFs for the best results. Our recommended software for desk pad calendar design are Adobe Illustrator or Adobe InDesign. These programs also allow you to convert your colour space from RGB to CMYK, which is essential for offset printing.
If you can't provide vectors—such as when exporting bitmaps from Photoshop—ensure your images are at least 300 dpi. Vectors don't require resolution adjustments, but all other images must have a high enough resolution to tolerate resizing without becoming blurry or pixelated.
Add a bleed zone of 3 mm around all photographic pages. A bleed is an extended area beyond the finished page edge. After printing, we trim your pages to the exact calendar size, cutting off the bleed to ensure your images fill the page fully without any white edges. Please mark bleed zones with red lines.
Inside the bleed zone, mark your trim lines to define the final page size. Make sure all important image elements stop at least 10 mm before the trim line. Leave an additional margin of at least 21 mm along the top edge of each calendar page to allow for the stapled binding area and the perforated tear-off edge.
A competent graphic designer will understand these technical details and can set up your files accordingly. We always manually check your files before printing. While you’re responsible for sending “print-ready” files, don’t worry—we’ll gladly guide you through the process, explain what’s needed, and liaise with your designer to ensure everything runs smoothly and you receive a perfect print.
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If you’re an entrepreneur, a small to medium business, a not-for-profit, or an independent creative looking for a first-class customised desk pad calendar at a great price, we should talk. Get in touch today to discuss your needs or request a no-obligation quote. We can’t wait to help you create your best and most effective desk pad calendar yet!
