Designing DVD Booklet Printer Spreads

Figuring out the correct page sequencing when designing your DVD booklet can be rather confusing for inexperienced designers or if you've never done it before. Sometimes there's a big difference between what 'looks right' and what is 'actually right', and this information on creating Printer Spreads will point you in the correct direction.
If you’d like to add printed biographical information or song lyrics to your DVD manufacturing project or DVD duplication project you will likely need to incorporate a DVD booklet into your budget and designs.

Booklets tend to be more popular than “folders” because we’re much more accustomed to the page turning format of the booklet. Just like a book or magazine, a booklet is folded in half and is stapled in the middle, so they are very compact and easy to browse through.

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Designing the booklet for your DVD manufacturing project or DVD duplication project shares many of the same design rules that apply to every other aspect of your project, but there is one commonly overlooked aspect we want to bring to your attention: Printer Spreads.

Through a whole lifetime of familiarity with books and magazines we know that ‘page 3’ comes after ‘page 2’ and then ‘page 4’ comes after ‘page 3’. This is absolutely correct after a book has been printed, cut, assembled and stitched but you actually have to design it counter-intuitively.

For the purposes of your DVD manufacturing project or DVD duplication project your ‘booklet’ is a series of 2 panel folders that are stacked together, stapled and then folded to create the book. There is a specific page order required to assure the booklet has the correct page sequence after it has been assembled, and this sequence (or page order) is referred to as Printer Spreads.

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DVDwest.ca is your partner for factory-direct DVD manufacturing and DVD duplication along with eco-friendly print and packaging solutions. Our offices and manufacturing facilities are located in Surrey, British Columbia in Canada (a suburb of Vancouver) and we ship to clients in Canada and the United States each day.
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Eco-Benefits of Digital Printing for DVD Duplication Packaging

It doesn't matter how you say it - eco-friendly, carbon neutral, environmentally friendly, earth conscious, green, sustainable, or any number of other popular catch-phrases… it’s really all about the same thing.

Without a doubt being ‘green’ is very much front-of-mind these days, and rightly so, but while the attention being put on being green is very important (and completely overdue) there are many shrewd marketers and advertisers who will try to cash in on what they see as nothing more than the latest trend so you still need to be a discerning consumer.

Digital Printing - Cleaner and Greener

At DVDwest.ca we recognize our responsibility to be a good citizen, both in a corporate and global sense, so we have invested in the right equipment, processes and materials to provide the most sustainable and environmentally-friendly printing solutions as possible for our customers. Well over 90% of the print and packaging products for our DVD manufacturing and DVD duplication is printed in-house on state of the art digital printers, intentionally so, and for very good reason.

You see, the evolution of digital printing has revolutionized the printing industry. While traditional offset printing is considered an industrial process, digital printing is a computerized process which happens to be less wasteful and less demanding on resources compared to conventional print. In turn, less waste and less consumption equates to a more environmentally friendly method of printing which is beneficial for everyone... even a DVD manufacturing and DVD duplication company like us!

Digital printing has eliminated many stages of traditional printing that were time, energy and resource-consuming. This includes processes that were accompanied by liquid waste, solid waste and fumes - some of which actually require specialist treatment for disposal. Additionally, digital printing eliminates the use of chemistry for film and plate processing, as well as the substantial waste of materials used in the 'make ready' stage of offset printing.

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DVDwest.ca provides factory-direct DVD manufacturing and DVD duplication complete with eco-friendly print and packaging solutions. With offices and manufacturing plant located in Surrey, B.C. (a suburb of Vancouver) we ship daily to destinations throughout Canada and the United States.
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Vancouver DVD Duplication and Manufacturing

Are you looking for DVD duplication or DVD manufacturing services in Vancouver?

DVDwest.ca is your factory-direct partner for full service DVD duplication and DVD manufacturing including eco-friendly print and packaging solutions.

With our offices and manufacturing plant located in Surrey, B.C. you've actually got the only DVD replication plant in all of Western Canada right here in Greater Vancouver... your own back yard!

The Benefits of Factory-Direct

• Deal with the experts – as a DVD manufacturing plant we specialize in the replication, print and packaging of your discs. While we do offer some additional complimentary products and services, the core of our business revolves around the provision of professionally replicated and packaged DVDs.
   
• Save your money – dealing factory-direct means you’re not paying for the inflated prices of a broker or middleman. Having said that, if you find a more competitive landed price we’d love the chance to beat it. Just send us the details so we can make sure we’re comparing ‘apples-to-apples’.
   
• Bricks and mortar – you don’t have to worry about some sketchy ‘virtual’ business with only a website and a post office box. We’re an actual business located in Greater Vancouver (in Surrey to be precise) in a big ‘bricks and mortar’ building filled with equipment and lots of friendly and helpful people who are here to help you. Would you like a tour? We’d be happy to give you a tour around our Surrey replication plant, but please know that tours must be booked in advance.
   
• Warranty - any legitimate manufacturing company should have a warranty policy. We do, and you can review it here on our website.

Even More Benefits

• Locally owned – not only are we a local company here in Greater Vancouver, we’re also family owned-and-operated. When you do business with DVDwest.ca you’re money stays right here and supports our local economy.
   
• Print and packaging – there’s a lot more to us than just DVD discs. We produce our own print and packaging solutions in-house so we're also a fully functioning print shop. That means we're here to help you with a wide range of printing needs such as posters, stickers, postcards, brochures and much more!
   
• Eco-friendly – as a good community and global citizen we have invested in the right equipment, materials and processes to provide the best in environmentally-friendly print and packaging choices. Say "good-bye" to plastic cases and say "hello" to our eco-friendly alternatives.
   
• VIP program – we’d like to invite you to join our VIP Program so you can have access to a growing number of incentives, offers and even a monthly prize give-away that are only available to our VIP members. It’s easy to sign up and you can unsubscribe at any time.

DVDwest.ca is a brand of Precision Disc Manufacturing Corp. We provide factory-direct CD and DVD manufacturing along with eco-friendly print and packaging solutions to clients throughout our local communities here in Greater Vancouver as well as the rest of Canada and the United States.

Despite the recent tough global economic times we continue to grow our product offerings and our clientele. Did you know that we are the only Canadian replication plant east of Ontario? We must be doing something right!  :)

A Full Line of Products and Services

• DVD5 replication, DVD9 replication.
• DVD-R duplication (single layer, dual layer, Blu-ray).
• Mini DVD replication.
• Disc printing (silkscreen, offset, inkjet).
• Custom printed paper inserts, booklets, folders.
• Custom printed DVD eco-sleeves, jackets, digipak.
• Custom printed posters, postcards, stickers, etc...
• Sensormatic tags.
• Graphic design services.
• Barcode provision.
• FSC certified paper and board-stocks.
• Waterless printing technology.
• Eco-friendly inks.
• Automated packaging, shrinkwrap, overwrap, tabbing.
• Shipping services (Fedex onsite daily).

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DVD Digipak Special April Pricing

DVDwest.ca is pleased to be offering an April VIP Special that features the best DVD Digipak pricing in Canada.

To take advantage of this special offer you just need to join our VIP Program - it's totally free of charge and very easy to sign up.

This special offer is all-inclusive featuring DVD5 discs in our CS2000 style DVD Digipak. All set-ups, full colour disc print, 4/0 digipak print, assembly, wrap, barcode, pre-press of your artwork files and one round of .pdf proofs are all included in the price. For quantities of up to 200 units the discs are duplicated DVD-R (4.7gb single layer), and for quantities of 300 or greater the discs are replicated DVD5.

If you like this months special offer but you're not quite ready to take advantage of it, you can place a 50% downpayment in April to hold the price for you until you're ready to supply your production assets.

Questions? Comments? Don't hesitate to give us a shout... we'd love to hear from you!

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DVDwest.ca is your factory direct DVD manufacturing and DVD duplication partner in Western Canada. Located in Surrey, British Columbia (a suburb of Vancouver) we provide full service manufacturing along with eco-friendly print and packaging options.