Zine Printers

[Shapes of Sweetness]

Anyone got any recommendations for getting your zine printed professionally?

[Jimmy]

yeah, I second that question....I'm trying to find someone that prints on newspaper stock. Kind of like those Car Classified ads you get at the convenience store. I would think something like that wouldn't be too much mula....

[Andrew Culture]

Zinesters always used to use local newspapers to get newsprint done, I don't know if that's still possible or not? If you're in the UK then www.footprinters.co.uk are the only people to consider!

[Dan 10things]

Try to find a local printer, it usually ends up more cost effective than printing out of state and getting it shipped to you. What I've done multiple times is written up the specs for what I want done, then sent them out to every local printer I could find for a price quote. And let them know that I'm printing a new issue every 3-4 months, so I'm looking to do repeat business with the printer that offers me the best deal. Things they will want to know is paper type (and you can get quotes for newsprint vs. white paper), print run size, paper size, pages, do you want a different type of cover stock or any color. For offset printing, as opposed to photocopying, you really have to be doing at least 500 issues in your print run, often below 1,000 it still can be cheaper to photocopy. I made the jump from photocopying to printing when I started printing 1,000 copies of each issue, but I have the feeling most zines don't do print runs that big anymore.