Three Month Calendar Printing
Three-month calendars are an excellent way to promote your business by featuring your logo, artwork, and contact details—turning them into real ambassadors for your brand.
Our three-month calendars are popular for their practicality and style. Unlike regular calendars, they display three consecutive months at a glance. We can also add a date slider for added convenience. You can customise all our calendars, or simply send us your logo and text, and we’ll handle the rest! We guarantee your calendar will make a strong impression wherever it’s seen. Whether as a corporate gift, a promotional tool, or for in-house use, our custom printed three-month calendars are the perfect solution.
At QinPrinting, we believe that functionality and style go hand-in-hand with high-level design and premium materials. That commitment—combined with 25 years of success in the offset printing industry, our expert team, state-of-the-art technology, cost-effective processes, and unbeatable customer service—has earned us a world-class reputation among enterprise and not-for-profit clients worldwide.
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Common Three-Month Calendar Sizes
The exact dimensions of your three-month calendar depend on various design elements, the number of pages, the quantity of photographs and graphics, and more. We can produce calendars in virtually any size you prefer. However, our experience shows that it’s usually better to stick with standard sizes for most projects. This simplifies manufacturing, helps keep your costs down, and ensures a three-month calendar that’s easy to distribute and enjoyable to use.
Our most common size for a three-month desk calendar is 320 mm by 168 mm (folded). That said, at QinPrinting, we’re happy to customise three-month calendars to any dimensions you require. Just keep in mind that complex customisation—such as oversized display calendars, intricate multi-page die-cutting, or soft-touch lamination—tends to be more expensive and takes longer to produce due to additional pre-press work and setup.
Sometimes, the extra investment in customisation can be worthwhile. The choice is yours. However, for most projects, it’s more cost-effective, easier to handle, and equally impactful from a marketing perspective to choose standard sizes.
Three-Month Calendar Paper Options
Most three-month calendars feature full-colour photography and graphics on the cover and header board, alongside the basic dates-and-days grids below when the calendar is folded out or hung on the wall. We recommend printing the cover, panels, and header on 350 gsm single-sided coated cover paper for the best results. The coated surface provides an ideal finish for vibrant colour or black-and-white printing that really makes your three-month calendar images stand out.
For each month’s date grid, we suggest using 80 gsm or 100 gsm uncoated (offset) paper. Uncoated paper is excellent for writing on, adding practical functionality to your calendars. The more your clients can interact with the calendar, the more useful it becomes—and the stronger their positive connection to your brand.
For the date sliders, we offer colour options in red and yellow.
Three-Month Calendar Sliders
A handy and attractive feature for any three-month calendar is the slider. This simple addition makes it easier to track and view the current date at a glance. While sliders aren’t included as standard, just ask us and we’ll happily make one for you. You can choose between the traditional red slider or a yellow one.
Special Finishes, Lamination, and Foil Stamping
Not every calendar includes a cover sheet—but most do. And with good reason: your calendar’s cover is the first thing a client or potential customer sees, so it needs to make a strong and lasting impression.
Some of the most popular finishing options include:
Shiny and reflective, perfect for vibrant graphics and photos.
Glossy highlights on specific areas for a striking contrast.
Smooth and non-reflective for a simple yet professional design.
Similar to matte lamination, but the resulting surface has a delightful, almost velvet feel.
A glossy finish applied to specific areas for a bold and distinct look.
Metallic or pigmented foil for a shiny, eye-catching effect.
Raised designs for added texture and elegance.
Cut a shape out of the paper material
Binding Options for Custom Three-Month Calendars
We mount your custom three-month calendar on a folding set of cardboard panels, making it easy to store and post, while providing strength and durability when unfolded. The most effective and visually appealing binding method for a three-month calendar is what we call Wire-O binding.
Wire-O Binding for Folded Three-Month Calendars
Wire-O binding uses a “punch-and-bind” technique. We punch evenly spaced holes along the top edge of each section of the calendar pages, then thread a flexible wire—formed into a double loop of circular coils—through the holes. This wire coil holds the pages securely while allowing them to flip over smoothly.
We can also laminate the pages to increase toughness and water resistance. Additionally, we offer premium finishing options such as foil stamping, embossing, debossing, and die-cutting to enhance your calendar’s look.
On request, we’ll pre-package each calendar individually in a plastic sleeve or bubble mailer, ready for posting.
If you have a special feature in mind for your three-month calendar that isn’t mentioned here, no worries! Just get in touch with us. If it’s feasible, we’ll make it happen.
Custom Three-Month Calendar Design and Artwork Tips
Whether you’re preparing your artwork in-house or commissioning a professional third-party artist or graphic designer, it’s important to understand how to prepare the artwork and text for printing. You’ll need to allow for bleed zones, safety areas, trim lines, and borders, and ensure that resolution and colour space are correct.
For best results, export your files as vector-based PDFs. We recommend using Adobe Illustrator or Adobe InDesign for three-month calendar design. These programmes also allow you to convert your colour space from RGB to CMYK, which is necessary for offset printing.
If you cannot provide vector files—for example, if you're exporting bitmaps from Photoshop—make sure the resolution is at least 300 dpi. While vectors are resolution-independent, all other images must be high resolution to avoid becoming blurry or pixelated when resized.
When designing the header, be sure the space matches your chosen dimensions, especially if you're opting for an unusual shape.
Add a 3 mm bleed zone around all photographic pages. The bleed is an extended area beyond the final trim size to ensure that your images or backgrounds run right to the edge after cutting. Once printed, pages are trimmed to the exact size for your calendar format, and the bleed area is cut off. Please mark your bleed zones clearly, preferably with red lines.
For Wire-O bound three-month calendars, always leave an additional binding margin of at least 5 mm on the edge to be punched. For instance, if your general page margin is 10 mm, the binding side margin should be 15 mm.
A competent graphic designer should be familiar with these technical requirements and able to prepare your files accordingly. We will manually check your files before printing. While the responsibility to submit “print-ready” files lies with you, don’t worry—we’re here to guide you through the process, explain what’s needed, and liaise with your designer to ensure your calendar prints perfectly.
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Three-Month Calendar Printing Costs
At QinPrinting, we produce premium-quality three-month calendars tailored to your specifications. We also understand the importance of working within your budget and maximising your return on investment. We specialise in supporting start-ups, small to medium-sized businesses, self-publishers, and independent creatives. That’s why we continually review our processes to ensure we deliver the highest quality three-month calendars at prices that suit your budget.
So, how much does it cost to print your three-month calendar with us? Get an estimate now using our convenient 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 very competitive rates. As you’ll see from the chart, the more calendars you order in one run, the lower the unit price. This is one of the key advantages of offset over digital printing.
How much does it cost to print a three-month calendar?
Three-Month Calendar Printing Price Chart (folded size 320 x 168mm)
| Paper Type | 100 copies | 500 copies | 1000 copies | 2000 copies | 5000 copies | 10000 copies |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 80 gsm / 54 lb uncoated text paper |
Unit: A$11.43 Total: A$1143 |
Unit: A$4.65 Total: A$2326 |
Unit: A$3.61 Total: A$3607 |
Unit: A$3.16 Total: A$6317 |
Unit: A$3.07 Total: A$15364 |
Unit: A$3.00 Total: A$29997 |
| 100 gsm / 68 lb uncoated text paper |
Unit: A$11.63 Total: A$1163 |
Unit: A$4.76 Total: A$2378 |
Unit: A$3.70 Total: A$3697 |
Unit: A$3.24 Total: A$6484 |
Unit: A$3.16 Total: A$15788 |
Unit: A$3.08 Total: A$30819 |
- Please note: All prices are EXW from our facility and do not include shipping costs.
- Header: 350 gsm C1S paper with varnish on one side
- Panels: 350 gsm C1S paper
- Binding: 3-part Wire-O binding
- Packaging: Individually packed in plastic bags
For a more detailed quote, try our easy and convenient online Printing Cost Calculator. Simply follow the link, enter your details into the fields, and get an instant quote!
If you have any questions, please get in touch—one of our printing experts will be happy to assist you.
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If you’re a business, a not-for-profit, or an independent creative looking for a top-quality custom three-month calendar at an unbeatable price, let’s talk. Get in touch today to discuss your needs or request a no-obligation quote. We can’t wait to help you create your next three-month calendar masterpiece!
