STANDARD PAPER OPTIONS
Glossy Text-Weight Paper
Most businesses use a high-gloss paper for their brochures. We have two standard text-weight coated paper options priced on the website: a standard 80# text and a premium 100# text weight. Both come standard with a high-gloss aqueous coating to help protect the paper finish from fingerprints and scratches. An optional satin coating available by custom quote.
Coated enamel paper has two distinct advantages: (1) a high opacity, so 2-sided printing doesn't easily show through, and (2) photos and copy are extra sharp, since printing ink doesn't soak into a coated paper.
Cardstock Options
80# Gloss, 100# Gloss and 16pt Cover Stocks
We have three standard cardstock paper options. Our 80# and 100# gloss cover options are both a cardstock, the 100# being a bit thicker. The 100# is 9pt thick, and the 80# cover a 7pt. The two stocks are both sealed with an aqueous coating that adds a glossy sheen. and also helps to prevent scratches and minimize fingerprinting.
If you want an extra-thick brochure you might consider a 16pt cover. This premium cardstock can be printed, but is too thick to machine-fold. We do, however, offer scoring for easy hand-folding (creased like a Christmas Card). By default the 16pt is sealed with a high-gloss UV coating. A matte finish is available if you prefer without the gloss.
OTHER PAPER & FINISH OPTIONS
Dull (Matte) Text-Weight Paper
Our 80# and 100# premium dull texts are for customers who prefer a coated paper that is not glossy. A paper with a matte (or dull, or satin) finish is also a coated sheet of paper, and is also very opaque, but with only a slight gloss. Except on short-runs, our matte paper is also sealed with a satin aqueous coating for resistance to smudges, fingerprints and scratches without a high-gloss appearance.
Uncoated Paper
60# and 70# Opaque Text
In some cases you may prefer a totally uncoated paper for your brochures, especially if they will be written on, such as a brochure that contains a form that will be filled out by hand. Although a pen can write on a gloss paper with an aqueous coating, pencils do not write well on a coated sheet of paper. A paper with a UV coating can not be written on at all.
While the above papers are typical for most common printing projects, you are really only limited by your imagination. Summit Printing can provide your company a custom quote for any printing project. Whatever specifications you may require, from different papers, size, number of folds, special coatings, die cutting, or elegant features such as spot UV coatings, flat foil stamping, blind embossing or foil embossing.