Affordable Directory Printing
Printed Directories are a great way for your members to quickly find people within your organization as well as generate revenue from supporting advertisers.
Omnipress produces Printed Directories for:
- Professional and Trade Associations
- Organizations and Clubs
- Schools (elementary, middle, high school)
- Alumni Groups
3 Reasons to Produce a Printed Directory
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Finding people is fast and easy. Although there has been a trend of putting directory information online, nothing is faster than pulling out the Printed Directory to lookup someone of interest when comparing it going to the computer, loading your browser, going to your member web site (10 clicks in plus a password you must remember).
- The Printed Directory allows one to take notes on inside pages.
- You can generate revenue from supporting advertisers by charging for ads on covers and inside pages.
Affordable Directory Printing and Mailing Services
Omnipress has the equipment to print full-color and black-only pages from one book to 5,000 copies, then we can mail directories directly to members or in bulk back to your office!
- Quantities: 1 to 5,000 copies with page counts of 4 to 1,200
- Binding: Saddle-stitch, plastic coil, perfect bound, 3-ring
- Printing: Full color and black ink using traditional and digital printing
- Paper: Inside pages – 50#/20# coated or uncoated stock or recycled paper, Covers – 10ptC2S or 80# cover stocks
- Mailing: Domestic and international mailing available to individual recipients or bulk to your office.
Page Formatting and Layout
Probably the most challenging stage of producing a Printed Directory is the preparation of data and page layout, a time-consuming, frustrating task.
Omnipress takes the hassle out of creating your directory with our “From Prep to Print” services, or you can simply provide the final directory product in PDF format for printing.
- Data to layout manipulation including merging data into two, three, four and five columns, with multiple indices grouped alphabetically, by region, by specialty or other categories
- Professional page layout including headers, footers, page numbering and index creation
- Collection of advertisements from vendors, plus layout of ads
- Photo placement including cropping, reductions/enlargements and borders
- Initial layout proofs in PDF and hardcopy proofs provided before final production
- Guidance and best practices on book size, paper, layout and binding to help you reduce costs and still produce a professional directory you want
Directory Specialists... We work with:
- Association staff for Membership Directories
Most association staff find the preparation and page layout work time consuming and frustrating and seek outside help for this type of work. In some cases, association staff will even have the printer assist with the collection of advertisements.
The association directory usually contains up to three listings and includes advertisements to offset the cost of printing and mailing.
