Congratulations, your artwork is all finished and looks stunning. The exhibition space is booked and scheduled to open shortly. Now, what better way to promote it, gain some publicity and add an extra revenue stream than by printing a catalogue to accompany the show.
Hi, we’re Ex Why Zed! We are the artist catalogue print company you have been looking for. Day in, day out, we help transform artist’s ideas in to print!
So, what does that mean? Well, from the first contact with us you will be pleasantly surprised by our fast response time, friendly and helpful team. We offer a huge range of papers, sizes and binding choices, expert file set up advice and most importantly fair prices that make printing your artist catalogue commercially viable.
We will give you a wealth of resources, knowledge and friendly advice to broaden your understanding of the print process. We take pride in helping everyone from the complete novice to the print rockstar.
There are almost infinite possibilities on size, finishing and papers so we offer expert knowledge and advice before your job goes to press, a competitive catalogue print quote to stretch your budget and a high quality standard of printing delivered nationally throughout the UK and worldwide too.
Your work will be printed using the highest quality digital and litho presses to produce a vibrant catalogue that shows your work in the best light.
An appropriate size for every type of project
For cost-effective sizes keep your catalogue within A4 portrait, A5 landscape or 210x210mm square – these are the cheapest sizes to print but do choose the size that best fits your publication. The largest portrait size we can print is an impressive A3 (420mm high x 297mm wide). Our maximum square size is 297x297mm. The maximum landscape size is 210mm high x 297mm wide.
Add an eye-catching extra dimension
We are creatives too so we offer foiling, embossing, debossing, spot varnishing, die-cutting, motion cutting, fold out pages, GF Smith papers and many more solutions to make your project unique (all these options are premium and do jump the cost up so might not be ideal if you’re on a budget). Find ideas and inspiration on our premium extras page.
We have been doing this a while now and have seen a lot of impressive publications come off our presses. To give you a head start with your catalogue printing, here are three print specifications which work well (and photos of them, see right). Each has its own characteristics which have proven to be winning combinations from a production perspective, cost per unit and most importantly, have reader appeal.
If any of our showcase options would work for your project, take a note of the spec and jump on our quote form to receive your bespoke quotation. Or ping us an email on hello@exwhyzed.fixed-staging.co.uk if that is easier.
Showcase 1 – a smart looking A5 landscape, stapled catalogue which is not only cost-effective to print but cheap to post:
A5 Landscape Wire Sitched Books
4pp Cover onto 300gsm Silk
Matt Lamination to outer
16pp Text onto 130gsm Silk
Four colour print throughout.
Showcase 2 – a professional catalogue to showcase your exhibition’s complete works:
A4 Perfect Bound Books
4pp Cover onto 300gsm Silk
Matt Lamination to outer
36pp Text onto 120gsm Uncoated
Four colour print throughout.
Showcase 3 – a high-end, stylish catalogue that will impress your recipient:
A4 Perfect Bound Books
4pp Cover onto 300gsm Silk
Matt Lamination to outer
100pp Text onto 130gsm Silk
Four colour print throughout.
Tweaks you could consider…
• Reducing the cover to 250gsm which also makes it easier to open.
• Switching to gloss lamination for a shiny aesthetic.
• Increase the size to A5 to save you money and make the publication more ergonomic.
• OR increase to A4 for a larger area of content.
• Increase the weight of the inside pages to 170gsm making it more substantial and impressive for the reader.
• Pick out some content on the cover for Spot UV varnishing which makes it shine (this is an additional £280).
Enjoy looking through our showcase of recent art book printing
If you were “just wondering” about one last thing, well “just wonder” no more, here are the answers!
Ready to place an order? Brilliant, you’ll need to upload the files using www.wetransfer.com sending them to hello@exwhyzed.fixed-staging.co.uk and in the comments box let us know the number of copies you’re going for and the best address for delivery. We’ll then give your artwork a free preflight check to highlight any potential issues and will email with any advice or recommendations before going to production.
Once we receive your print ready artwork, we’ll aim to deliver in 5/6 working days (we do get busy at degree show time). If you are working to a crucial deadline PLEASE allow more time – there’s no harm in getting the artwork to us early so we can deliver a few days before the show starts 🙂
We will aim to deliver the finished books in 5/6 working days after receiving your print-ready artwork. If you are working to a crucial hand in deadline then we strongly advise leaving more time in case there are any artwork issues with your files or courier problems with delivery.
Bespoke options do add extra time on the turnaround.
Unfortunately what is seen on an RGB, backlit screen is never going to be the same as it appears on paper in cmyk. It’s just impossible to achieve that and no printer could. You will have to allow for some difference in the colours between the two mediums but having something tangible in your hands and seeing the images on paper gives the publication a charm that just sending out a pdf wont do.
In turn, it is unlikely that what you see on screen actually matches your original painted or drawn artwork.
We don’t advertise our prices online because we prefer to open up a conversation with you and find out a little bit about the project. Your artwork is unique and bespoke, so in turn, we will provide you a unique and bespoke print quote for your job. I am sure you will take no fun in looking at a boring spreadsheet with rows of bemusing numbers so we don’t put you though that.
