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Text Imprinting

Letterpress Text Imprinting

Letterpress Text imprinting is imprinting with moveable type, ready for us to do in-house right away with no die-casting or logo etching processes to slow things down. Turnaround time is usually 1 to 3 business days. We offer both upper and lower case letters for excellent legibility, in either the standard 36 pt. Times Roman font, or in an elegant script-like font called Brush.

The setup costs are minimal and the per-folder stamping cost is also low; see the table below.

The usual location for choir name imprinting is centered, in the upper portion of the front of the folder, approximately 3 to 4 inches (8-10 cm) down from the top. The usual location for imprinting a singer or music director name is at the lower right front corner of the folder.

Letterpress Text Pricing One-time Setup Stamping cost per folder Stamping cost when 50 or more
One line, maximum 30 characters 3.00 2.00 1.50
Two lines, maximum 30 characters each 6.00 2.25 1.75
Three lines, maximum 30 characters each 12.00 2.50 2.00
Pricing for Extended line lengths up to 45 characters (any longer line requires a different press):
One line, over 30 characters 6.00 2.00 1.50
Two lines, any one over 30 characters 9.00 2.25 1.75
Three lines, any one over 30 characters 15.00 2.50 2.00

Die-cast Text Imprinting

Die-cast text imprinting uses type slugs cast from molten metal, and you have a greater flexibility in choice of size and font. We have 15 choices across various popular fonts. As you may expect, setup costs are higher, and turnaround time is typically 3-6 business days. However, the stamping cost per-folder is the same. Die-cast text, therefore, is also a very reasonable choice for repetitive imprinting of choir names since the somewhat higher setup cost spreads out nicely across a choir-size order.

For a single folder order, where a singer chooses a font for their name which they really like from the die-cast text choices below, the imprinting may cost more than the folder! However, given the quality and longevity of our folders, people do, and are very happy with the result. Given the higher setup cost compared to Letterpress text imprinting, we see this style of imprinting more often on individual orders which are gifts.

Note that if none of our listed fonts matches your existing typestyle, we can print anything in any font when it is done graphically as a logo (details are in next folder customization tab for logos).

Here are the font choices for Die-cast text imprinting:

N.B. Don't trust the screen or print size which you see to be precise, but rather, note that we have listed the point size of each font.

Die-cast Text Pricing Setup Stamping cost per folder Stamping cost when 50 or more
One line, maximum 30 characters 30.00 2.00 1.50
Two lines, maximum 30 characters each 40.00 2.25 1.75
Three lines, maximum 30 characters each 50.00 2.50 2.00
Pricing for Extended line lengths up to 45 characters (any longer line requires a different press):
One line, over 30 characters 40.00 2.00 1.50
Two lines, any one over 30 characters 50.00 2.25 1.75
Three lines, any one over 30 characters 60.00 2.50 2.00

Imprint Locations:

  • Mid-top front; centered
  • Upper right front; right-justified
  • Lower right front; right-justified
  • Inside folder in upper top left
  • Upper left back outer edge; left-justified
  • Mid-top back; centered
  • Lower left back outer edge; left-justified

Pre-Order Information

Pre-Orders reserve future production for you in our current allocation of B2C (direct sales to musicians: 50%+) and B2B (sales to music stores, up to 50%), from each production run.Full disclosure:

We are currently producing thousands of folders each month for you. We typically produce 2000-3000 of one type of folder at a time and cycle through about 5 types of our most popular folders. So, it might be a few weeks to a few months if 'your' folder is in an upcoming production run (that is not already fully reserved). Or it might be 3-6 months if the next production run of a few thousand folders is ALREADY filled up and we cycle through building 10,000-15000 other folders before doing 'your' type again.

Our this-year goal is to ramp up to about 6000-8000 folders/month which should meet demand and catch up. That's a lot of folders.

Thanks for your patience and understanding of this fair system of reservation that we are implementing.

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Volume Discounts (per identical line item)

Individual orders: Yes! You can order just one...but consider taking two, or a few with friends, to quickly save when sharing shipping.

Group orders: When you place an order for as little as 15 (*identical*) folders, we extend quantity discounts:

Normal price applies to orders with fewer than 15 folders

(Tip: order with friends and save on shipping!)

4% discount applies to items at quantity 15-34.

6% discount applies to items at quantity 35-49.

8% discount applies to items at quantity 50-74.

10% discount applies to items at quantity 75-124.

11% discount applies to items at quantity 125-199.

12% discount applies to items at quantity 200 and higher.

As you order, set the quantity first if you are customizing many folders with repeated imprinting (i.e. a group name or logo).

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