Menu Hard Cover
menu-hardcover menu kulit keras / 硬皮封菜谱 / قائمة طعام ذو غلاف سميك /菜单/ 餐牌/ 企业白皮书/ 公司简介书Just like our soft cover menus, we use HP indigo machines to provide you a higher and better quality printing, with guarantees of a clearer pixels and colors that are near to that of computer viewings. With us, you do not have to worry about qualities issues as printing with us allows an end product of quality-based menus produced from the hands of experienced print and designing professionals. All of which you can have at a standard pricing system!
Spec
MACHINE
digital offset
MATERIAL
cover : chipboard 1400gsm wrapped by art paper 157gsm + matt or gloss lam 1side (outside)
content : art card 260gsm + matt or gloss lam 2sides
FINISHING
crease line (content page)
glu wrapping (cover)
punch holes
skru binding (gold / silver)
SIZE
A4 : cover 218mm(w) x 305mm(h), content 210mm(w) x 297mm(h)
Square : cover 280mm(w) x 260mm(h), content 272mm(w) x 252mm(h)
Near A3 : cover 285mm(w) x 363mm(h), content 280mm(w) x 358mm(h)
PRINTING SIDE
cover : 1side (outside)
content : 2sides (front side + back side)
QUANTITY
20books
30books
50books
100books
PRINTING COLOUR
full color (4color CMYK)
FILE FORMAT
.pdf / .ai / .psd
.jpg / .jpeg / .png / .tiff
.doc / .ppt / .xls / .pub
FILE FORMAT
.pdf / .ai / .psd
.jpg / .jpeg / .png / .tiff
.doc / .ppt / .xls / .pub
PROCESS DAY
8-10days excluded saturday, sunday & public holiday
Process
(A) Pre-Work
(B) Printing
(C) Pickup
(A) Pre-Work:
// DEADLINE:
Pre-work involve frequent communication between customer (you) side and CETAK (we).
If customer take longer time to approve mockup or prepare design, the longer time taken of pre-work.
Standard take 5 working days to 2 working days for the pre-work process, subjected to the approval of flow number (3), (4) and (5).
1) PRICE QUOTE:
Price quoted base on customer open size
2) SALES ORDER:
Sales order (Performa Invoice) to be issued once a customer confirmed the price quote.
3) GRAPHIC DESIGN:
(4a) Prepare your own design:
We will provide you the dieline softcopy (.ai format), you will insert your artwork into it. We will preview (screenshot) the artwork through whatsapp for your approval.
(4b) Request us to design:
Package Jpg with RM2 per minute: One Layered Jpg file(s) will be provided for website / facebook display purposes.
Package Jpg with RM3 per minute: Original Source Files Adobe Ai / Psd will be provided. Customers can maintain the files own selves or pass to other designers to continue work.
We will preview (screenshot) the artwork through whatsapp for your approval.
4) BALANCE PAYMENT:
Our company practices full payment before printing. In such, we will collect balance payment after deducting your mockup deposit as per step (3).
// GO TO STAGE (B) ACTUAL PRINTING:
No amendment artwork are allowed due to we have finalised your artwork into print format.
Please refer to session "(B) Actual Printing" below for further flow.
(B) Printing:
// DEADLINE:
6-7 working days:
art card, boxboard, kraft card, white coated kraft + protective finishing.
8-10 working days:
art card, boxboard, kraft card, white coated kraft + protective finishing + beautifying finishing
13-14 working days:
carton box + protective finishing + carton finishing
15-16 working days:
carton box + protective finishing + baeutifying finishing + carton finishing
1) PAPER: *
Paper lie flattening, paper cutting followed designated size.
2) COMPUTER TO PLATE (CTP): *
For litho offset machine only
For digital Offset skip this step
3) PRINTING: *
2 options: litho offset / digital offset
4) PROTECTIVE FINISHING: *
Add on coating or plastic layer onto paper surface in order to protect paper from cracks and scratchs.
Option such as water base, uv varnish, matt lam, gloss lam & etc.
5) BEAUTIFYING FINISHING:
hot Stamping, emboss, texture emboss & etc
6) CARTON FINISHING:
carton lamination process to glue up the printed card (refer step 3) onto flute carton layers.
7) DIE MOULD:
2 options: do new die mould / reuse previous die mould
8) DIE CUTTING: *
2 options: manual die cutting machine / auto die cutting machine
if the size, shape and conditions not fittable to be auto die cut, we will use manual die cut machine.
9) GLUING:
2 options : handwork glue / machine glue.
if the size, shape and other conditions not fittable into auto machine, we will use handwork.
10) PACKING: *
Packaging quantity bundled usually range from 250pcs / 300pcs / 500pcs / 1000pcs depends on weight conditions. It will subject to our technician judgement.
// GO TO STAGE (C) CUSTOMER PICK UP:
* compulsory process
(C) Pickup:
1) SELF PICKUP:
Setapak : This is the default pickup method.
Serdang : You must notify us if you want to pickup at Serdang. Otherwise, your default pickup location will be the default location that is Setapak branch. Late or no inform will not be entertained due to the goods usually are quite heavy and consume energy to move in and out.
2) SHIP TO CUSTOMER:
J&T Courier : Our default courier company. We will weigh the goods and update courier prices to you. The courier time spent is subject to the J&T schedule, hence we will not TAKE RESPONSIBLE for courier delays. Courier fee is borne by the customer.
Lorry : Only for large quantity or large size jobs that used up 3 pallets and above. Lorry fee is borne by the customer.