12-Month Calendar Printing – 28-Page Custom Calendars
Print 12-month, 28-page calendars at discount prices and keep your business, organization, products or services in front of customers throughout the year. Printed in full-color CMYK on quality #100 gloss text paper, these custom calendars can showcase your photographs, advertising, branding, important dates, coupons and promotional messages while providing customers with something useful they can keep and use all year.
At Discount Printing Service, every custom calendar order includes a FREE pre-flight check of your submitted artwork for common technical issues along with a FREE digital PDF proof for approval before printing. You can supply your own press-ready PDF artwork or have us provide professional graphic design services for an additional charge.
Calendars - File Requirements and Specifications
- File Type: PDF suitable for commercial printing and full-color CMYK output
- Calendar Length: 12 or 13 months
- Page Count: 28 pages, including the front and back self covers
- Finished Size: 11.5" wide x 8.75" tall (closed)
- Opened Size: 11.5" wide x 17.5" tall
- Paper: #100 gloss text, including covers
- Ink: Full Color (CMYK)
- Printing Method: Professional digital printing
- File Resolution: 300 dpi recommended for optimum quality; 1200 dpi recommended for vector artwork
- Margin: 1/4" recommended; 1/8" minimum
- Bleed: 1/8" minimum required on all sides where artwork extends to the edge
- Binding: Saddle stitch with two staples, centered
- Hanging: One drilled hole for hanging
- Free File Check: All artwork files are pre-flighted for technical errors before printing
- Proofs: FREE digital PDF proof
- Graphic Design Services: Available for an additional fee
Free Calendar Layout Templates
Free calendar layout templates can help you set up your artwork using the correct page dimensions and provide a starting point for organizing photographs, calendar dates, logos, advertising and other design elements.
12 Month Calendar Template
Be sure your final artwork meets the file requirements above before submitting it for printing. If you need help preparing your artwork, our File Preparation for Commercial Printing guide provides information about document size, margins, resolution, color and other print-file requirements.
Use Calendars to Promote Your Business All Year
A custom calendar can do more than display dates. It can become a year-round promotional tool that keeps your business name, products and services in front of customers every month. A calendar can feature your logo, photographs, contact information, products, services, special offers and other promotional content while providing something useful that customers are likely to keep.
Businesses can use custom calendars as customer appreciation gifts, holiday giveaways, promotional mailings, sales incentives and marketing materials. Calendars can also be included with customer orders or handed out during sales presentations, trade shows and other promotional events.
Calendar Advertising, Coupons & Special Offers
Calendars provide plenty of opportunities to promote products and services throughout the year. Businesses can feature special offers, coupons, discounts, seasonal promotions, advertisements and calls to action on individual calendar pages or throughout the calendar.
A restaurant could feature monthly photographs of popular menu items along with a special offer or coupon. A contractor or home-service company could showcase completed projects and promote seasonal services. A real estate professional could feature local photographs while keeping contact information visible throughout the year. A medical, dental or professional practice could use photographs, helpful information and appointment reminders to maintain a consistent presence with patients and customers.
Calendar Fundraising for Schools, Sports & Organizations
Custom calendars can also be an effective fundraising tool for schools, churches, nonprofits, sports teams, volunteer fire departments and other community organizations. One approach is to sell advertising space or coupons in the calendar to local businesses that want to support the organization while promoting their own products and services.
Schools and sports programs can use custom calendars as fundraisers by selling advertising space and coupons to local businesses. Each participating business can purchase space in the calendar or provide a special coupon or offer, giving the business valuable exposure to local families while helping the school, team or sports program raise money.
A school or sports calendar can feature team photographs, student activities, schedules, important dates, sponsor advertisements and business coupons, creating a useful year-round product that supporters can purchase and keep.
A volunteer fire department, for example, could create a community fundraising calendar featuring department photos, firefighters, fire trucks, equipment, safety information and important community dates while selling advertising space to local businesses and sponsors. Businesses can sponsor a month, purchase an advertisement or provide special offers and coupons, helping generate fundraising revenue while giving local supporters valuable year-round exposure.
Common Uses for 12-Month Custom Calendars
Custom calendars are useful for a wide range of businesses and organizations that want to combine practical information with year-round promotion. Common uses include:
- Business promotional calendars
- Customer appreciation gifts
- Holiday and Christmas giveaways
- Real estate marketing
- Healthcare and professional services
- Contractors and home-service businesses
- Restaurants and food-service businesses
- Schools and educational organizations
- Churches and nonprofits
- Sports teams and fundraising programs
- Volunteer fire departments and community organizations
- Photographers and tourism organizations
- Employee and corporate calendars
- Sales and marketing campaigns
- Trade show and promotional giveaways
Design Your Custom Calendar
A professionally designed calendar should make your business or organization easy to recognize while keeping the information useful and readable throughout the year. Strong photography, consistent branding, clear typography and well-organized promotional content can help create a calendar customers will want to keep and use.
We can print your existing artwork or help you create a professional, press-ready design from your ideas. Our Graphic Design Services can help develop calendar artwork using your logo, photographs, company information, advertising, colors and other design elements.
If you already have a design but need help getting it ready for commercial printing, our Graphic Design & Print File Preparation resources can help you understand the requirements for preparing professional print files.
If you prefer to create your own artwork, our Free DIY Graphic Design Software for Printing guide provides information about free and low-cost tools you can use to create your own calendar artwork.
Quality Calendar Printing
Our calendars are professionally printed in full-color CMYK on #100 gloss text paper using professional digital printing equipment. The finished 11.5" x 8.75" calendar opens to 11.5" x 17.5" and is saddle stitched with two centered staples and a drilled hole for hanging.
For the best print quality, we recommend supplying raster artwork at 300 dpi and maintaining vector artwork as vector whenever possible. All customer-supplied artwork is pre-flighted for common technical issues, and a FREE digital PDF proof is provided for approval before printing.
Calendar Production & Shipping
Calendar production times vary depending on the quantity, artwork requirements and other project details. Please allow additional production time for calendar orders compared with many of our standard printing products.
Available UPS Ground, 2nd Day and Next Day Air Saver shipping options are shown at checkout based on your order and shipping destination.
Start Your Calendar Order
If you're planning to use calendars for year-round business promotion, customer appreciation, advertising, coupons or fundraising, getting your order started early gives you more time to distribute your calendars before the new year.