Personalised Notebooks with your corporate branding are a great way to promote your company at events and conferences.
In this article:
- Supported notebook formats
- Designing a notebook for Gelato
- Uploading a notebook design to your library
- FAQ
Supported Notebook Formats
- Notebooks can be ordered with Wire-O binding
- The number of pages must be a multiple of 10, and between 30 to 150 (inclusive of front & back cover)
- Front and back outer cover pages can be designed in any color. Depending on the notebook design, printing option for inner pages can be selected as Blank, Coloured or Black & White.
Designing a Notebook for Gelato
Follow these steps to prepare a Notebook design file for upload to your Gelato account:
- Start with A4/LT or A5/LG (in Portrait or Landscape) file
- Setup footer and provide bleed and Safe area for Wire-O as explained here and here
- Insert front & back cover design (or if you have used an existing design, convert all images for front and back cover to CMYK)
- Provide inside pages with a coloured or black & white design, or leave them blank if intended
- Generate print-ready PDF using Gelato print preset and upload to Library
Uploading a notebook design to your library
After upload, the first thing you will have to do is to configure the product.
- Select size format as Notebooks (not Brochures). The system will recognize the design size and will suggest the closes standard format: A4/LT or A5/LG in portrait or landscape orientation
- Select Notebook page types: Full-color, blank or black & white. If your uploaded design file has full-color elements on inner pages, then those will be automatically converted to monochrome if you selected black & white option at this step
- Inner pages paper selection available from 90, 115, 170 gsm (60, 80, 100 lb) matte only
- 170 gsm / 100 lb matte paper is not available for selection for a notebook with more than 100 pages
- Cover (front and back) pages paper selection available from 300 gsm matte or 350 gsm silk (130 lb cover silk or matte for US, Canada)
- Select matte or glossy protection for cover pages. This option will be available only if the cover paper type is coated (silk)
FAQ
1. Is there a Notebook template on Gelato Print Plugin?
Yes
2. Is it possible to order a notebook that has colour images (custom CMYK) in inner pages?
Yes. However, this format can be ordered as a Wire-O brochure (not Notebook). You can design your file as a Wire-O brochure using a brochure template from Gelato Print Plugin.
Typical notebook file uploaded to your Gelato account, after configuring the format & paper shows properties:
