If multicolors are necessary for promotional purposes or recruitment, the costs of two, three, or four colors can be minimized by using a four-color press. Multicolors on a single-color press become prohibitively expensive. Use standard paper sizes Get to know paper types and use appropriate ones. Unique sizes may be attractive but they waste paper and cost more. You pay for the standard size sheet, the labor to cut this sheet to your size, and the scrap paper which is discarded or recycled.
Unique sizes are often time-consuming to fold and bind.
While you are not required to use type on all of the pages in a signature, you have paid for all of the paper, and although the pages will print, they will be blank pages at the end of your publication. When possible, try to make your longer publication page lengths in divisions of 8. Unless you have a special need for a particular type of paper, ask your printer about paper already in stock. Print shops buy paper in bulk to save money and will pass these savings on to you. Don't use heavier paper than you need Generally, the heavier the paper, the more it costs, the harder it is to fold and bind, and the more expensive it is to mail.