12 Month Calendar Printing – 28 Page Custom Calendars
Our 12 month calendar printing produces professional custom calendars in full-color CMYK on quality #100 gloss text paper. These 28-page calendars provide an effective way to promote your business, organization, products and services throughout the year, with space for photographs, advertising, branding, important dates and other content. Need help creating your calendar artwork? Our AI-assisted graphic design services can help create or prepare a professional calendar design for printing.
At Discount Printing Service, every custom calendar order includes a 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
Common Uses for 12 Month Custom Calendars
Custom calendars are a practical promotional item that can keep your business or organization in front of customers throughout the year. They are commonly used for business promotions, customer appreciation gifts, holiday giveaways, employee gifts, real estate marketing, healthcare and professional services, school and church calendars, nonprofit organizations, community organizations, school and sports program fundraisers, and marketing campaigns.
Schools and sports programs can use custom calendars as an effective fundraiser 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. Calendars 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.
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. For example, a volunteer fire department can 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.
Custom calendars are also well suited for local community calendars, real estate promotions, contractor and home-service businesses, medical and dental practices, financial and insurance businesses, photographers, tourism organizations and other businesses that want to keep their name and information in front of customers throughout the year.
A professionally designed calendar can combine photographs, important dates, business advertising, sponsor messages, coupons and other promotional content into a useful product that customers are likely to keep and use throughout the year.