For our Pesta Gawai and Kaawatan event, we had to print flyer and backdrop for the indoor stage. We made our own design to minimize the cost and next find the most affordable printing shop around the Seberang Perai area of Penang.
I found seberal printing shop at Bukit Mertajam and after requesting for quotation, I found that the pricing offered by Percetakan Nasional Malaysia Berhad (PNMB) at Bandar Perda is the most affordable. In fact, the pricing is among the cheapest in the market.
The person-in-change of the printing department is the friendliest salesperson ever!
Between exchanging emails and through PNMB's website I found that the minimum flyer to order is 500 pieces but Mr. Shahrul of the printing department allowed us to print 200 pieces since we only need that much. How kind of him!
And since designing for the 10 feet × 10 feet indoor banner we need a higher resolution image, I had to asked Mr. Shahrul to design it for me. And guess what, he didn't charge me for designing! Adui, where else can you find a bargain like this! For the info, designing for printing marketing tools such as banner or brochures is included in the pricing. My last experience of printing a backdrop, one certain shop charged me RM20.00.
Designing process which includes 4,5 amendments and still Mr. Shahrul is patient as ever!
The finish product. I got to say I am fully satisfied with the color of the image printed.
For the flyer, since it's going to be circulated to the public, it has to be attractive in term of color and designs. I regret that I didn't take photo of the finish product.
The term preforation only come to my knowledge when printing this lucky draw ticket. Perforation is row of small holes punched in a sheet of paper so that a part can be torn easily.
Small details like this costs more. One shop quote me over RM200.00 just for the perforation (not including the printing!) since they'll be using machines to make the fine cut. So we decided to just print it and manually cut it later on.
For the reader's information, I am a freelance designer. For those who are interested in designing flyer for all occassion please leave comment below or email me at feliciawilliambinsol@yahoo.com.
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