Premium Opaque Booklets
Saddle-stitched booklets on 60LB premium opaque uncoated stock: the choice when your booklet will be written on, tabbed, or used as a workbook. Premium opaque has excellent ink holdout for a no-coating sheet, so your brand colors stay accurate, but the surface accepts pen and pencil cleanly. 8.5"×11", 12 pages (4 cover + 8 inside), saddle-stitched, no coating. Minimum order 500, up to 5,000. Used for welcome packets, customer onboarding materials, service agreements, inspection forms, and any document that a technician, realtor, or consultant hands a client and expects them to fill out or sign.
- Saddle-stitch: 8–64 pages | Perfect bind: 48+ pages (spine width scales with page count)
- Page count must be a multiple of 4 for saddle-stitch
- Cover paper: 80lb or 100lb Gloss Cover | Interior paper: 60lb or 80lb Gloss Text, 80lb Matte Text
- Full color throughout, or color cover with black-and-white interior
- Standard size: 8.5″ × 11″, 5.5″ × 8.5″ half-size also available
- 0.125″ bleed on all pages, allow extra gutter margin on inner pages for binding
- Printed in NJ by L&B Printing. Family-owned since 1974
- Standard turnaround: 3 to 5 business days after proof approval
- Rush options available. Call us at 908.232.7770
- Shipped via UPS. Local pickup available in Branchburg, NJ
Saddle-stitched booklets on 60LB premium opaque uncoated stock: the choice when your booklet will be written on, tabbed, or used as a workbook. Premium opaque has excellent ink holdout for a no-coating sheet, so your brand colors stay accurate, but the surface accepts pen and pencil cleanly. 8.5"×11", 12 pages (4 cover + 8 inside), saddle-stitched, no coating. Minimum order 500, up to 5,000. Used for welcome packets, customer onboarding materials, service agreements, inspection forms, and any document that a technician, realtor, or consultant hands a client and expects them to fill out or sign.
- Saddle-stitch: 8–64 pages | Perfect bind: 48+ pages (spine width scales with page count)
- Page count must be a multiple of 4 for saddle-stitch
- Cover paper: 80lb or 100lb Gloss Cover | Interior paper: 60lb or 80lb Gloss Text, 80lb Matte Text
- Full color throughout, or color cover with black-and-white interior
- Standard size: 8.5″ × 11″, 5.5″ × 8.5″ half-size also available
- 0.125″ bleed on all pages, allow extra gutter margin on inner pages for binding
- Printed in NJ by L&B Printing. Family-owned since 1974
- Standard turnaround: 3 to 5 business days after proof approval
- Rush options available. Call us at 908.232.7770
- Shipped via UPS. Local pickup available in Branchburg, NJ
How It Works
Choose Page Count & Binding
Saddle-stitch for 8–64 pages, perfect bind for 48+ pages with a spine. Choose full color throughout or a black-and-white interior with color cover.
Design at the Correct Specs
Our templates account for bleed, gutter margins, and spine width so your layout works at every page. Page count must be a multiple of 4 for saddle-stitch.
Free Design Review
We check page sequence, gutter margins, cover spine width, bleed on all sides, and image resolution, before a single sheet goes through press.
Printed, Bound & Shipped
Arrives fully bound and ready to distribute. Turnaround is 5–7 business days to account for binding and finishing.
Design it yourself
Download a print-ready template
Setting up your own artwork? Download the exact dieline for this product — built with the correct size, bleed, and safe area so your file prints perfectly. Every order still includes a free expert design review before it goes to press.
Templates are EPS (open in Illustrator, InDesign, or any vector editor). Prefer to design online? Use the customizer — or upload any print-ready file at checkout.
Design specs & free templates
Designing your own file? Start from a print-ready template with bleed, trim, and safe-zone guides built in. Open it in Illustrator or InDesign, export a print-ready PDF, and upload it at checkout.
- Bleed
- 0.125" beyond the trim, all sides
- Safe zone
- Keep text 0.125" inside the trim
- Format
- PDF, 300 DPI, CMYK
- Not sure?
- Upload it and we review free before charging
The L&B Promise
If we make a printing error, we reprint your order at no charge. No forms, no delays, no argument. We've been standing behind our work since 1974. That's not a policy. That's a habit.
Questions before you order? (908) 232-7770. Mon–Fri 8am–5pm EST. We answer.
What Our Customers Say
“Our product catalog finally feels like a catalog. Customers flip through it at the counter instead of asking for the website.”
Lena K.
Hunterdon Outfitters, Flemington NJ
“We hand the program booklet out at every event. Sponsors love seeing their logo printed well.”
Paul R.
Somerset Youth League, Somerville NJ
Frequently asked questions
What binding type is right for my booklet?
Saddle-stitch (two staples along the spine) is the standard for 8–64 pages. It's economical, lays flat when open, and holds up well in normal use. Perfect binding (glued flat spine, like a paperback) is better for 48+ pages and gives a more polished look when the booklet sits on a shelf or rack. Page count for saddle-stitch must be a multiple of 4.
What paper stock should I use?
For full-color booklets, 80lb Gloss Text for the interior and 80lb or 100lb Gloss Cover for the cover is the professional standard. If you need a matte look, 80lb Matte Text is available. For a truly premium feel (event programs, annual reports, high-end catalogs), pair 100lb Gloss Text interior with 100lb Gloss Cover.
Does my page count have to be a specific number?
For saddle-stitch binding, yes. Total page count must be a multiple of 4 (8, 12, 16, 20, etc.). This is a physical constraint of how sheets fold. If your content runs 14 pages, you'll need to either add 2 pages of content or leave 2 pages blank. Our design review will flag this before printing if your count is off.
What's the minimum quantity?
Our minimum is 50 booklets. Most NJ clients order 100–500 for event programs and catalog distribution, 500–2,000 for product catalogs and annual reports. Large quantities benefit from offset press pricing. Ask us for a quote if you need 1,000+.
What file format do you need?
PDF is preferred. 300 DPI, CMYK, with 0.125" bleed on all pages. Pages should be submitted as single pages (not as spreads). Include cover and inside cover as separate pages. Our free design review checks page sequence, gutter margins, spine width, and bleed before any sheets go through press.
How long does printing take?
5–7 business days after proof approval. Booklets require additional binding and finishing time beyond flat printing. Rush is available for smaller quantities. Call us at 908.232.7770.
How much do booklets cost?
L&B Printing booklets start at approximately $120 for 50 saddle-stitched 8-page booklets on 80lb Gloss Text with a 100lb Gloss Cover. Pricing scales with page count, paper stock, and binding type. Perfect-bound booklets cost more than saddle-stitch at equivalent quantities. Every order includes free shipping and a free design review, including a page sequence and gutter margin check.
Why order booklets from L&B instead of an online printer?
L&B Printing has been producing booklets, catalogs, and event programs for NJ businesses and organizations since 1974. Booklet print errors (wrong page sequence, insufficient gutter margin, spine cracking, misaligned pages) are expensive to discover after binding. Our free design review checks every one of these points before a single sheet goes through press. That's 50 years of preventing the reprints that kill timelines and budgets.
What if something is wrong with my order?
The L&B Promise: if we make a printing error on our end, we'll reprint your order at no charge. In practice, it rarely gets that far. Our free design review process catches virtually every issue before we go to press. We stand behind every job. Call us at 908.232.7770 if you ever have a concern.
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