flyer design question

[mike lane lawn care]

making full color flyers has become much too expensive for me. how would i go about making a black and white flyer? and what color paper should i print it on. i would like to be able to print them at home on a laser printer, but i can also go to staples and print them for 7 cents each. advice is appreciated

[mcwlandscaping]

I went to staples and used lime green paper with black lettering, they came out really nice.

[hillibilly]

This is a major question I have been wondering about too.

[mow2nd]

Staples, black and white, economy paper is .02 after 2,000 copies, get 2 flyers per page and have them cut so basically ur flyers cost .01 cent a piece, can't get much cheaper than that, GOOD LUCK!!!

[bigjeeping]

I purchased a Brother HL-5140 LASER PRINTER, and a few toner cartridge refills off ebay. I've had the thing for about 8 months and have already printed about 10,000 flyer with it. It's still going strong!

I figure that staples does double-sided B&W for $.07/each.

at 10,000 flyers that's $700!

Well the printer only cost me $150, the ink is cheap as dirt when you buy toner refills on ebay, and you can find reams on paper for nothing when you shop sales!

However I do take MY printed flyers to staples for tri-folding. They charge $.02/each for folding.

[amar]

However I do take MY printed flyers to staples for tri-folding. They charge $.02/each for folding.[/QUOTE]


A folding machine may be a good investment for you. Around the cost of 15000 folded flyers.

[nherweck]

actually, you can get one on ebay for about 2,000 of those flyers...i was going to purchase one that was about 40 bucks. so not bad!

[gslawncare]

I got a laserjet 2200 for 100 on ebay. works great and prints 500 in about 6-8 mins. the folding part sucks though. I honestly had a few buddies come over. Got sloppy drunk and we all folded about 1000 flyers each. It was cheaper and more fun than keeping a rip-off printing company in business.

[amar]

actually, you can get one on ebay for about 2,000 of those flyers...i was going to purchase one that was about 40 bucks. so not bad!


I'm talking about quality. Not some POS! The problem with the smaller ones is they only hold a few papers, some only do one at a time. I'm sending out a few hundred statements a month in the season and I hate folding.

:gunsfirin Billing SUCKS

[nherweck]

I'm talking about quality. Not some POS! The problem with the smaller ones is they only hold a few papers, some only do one at a time. I'm sending out a few hundred statements a month in the season and I hate folding.

:gunsfirin Billing SUCKS

Wow, I'm sorta glad I'm still new in the business and don't have to worry about that many statements. Hah, I'm only sending out about 20 a month.