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BROCHURES SUNSHINE COAST

Half fold, tri fold, Z fold and gate fold on premium stocks.

Production speed — when your job leaves us
Standard3-5 business days
Next Dayordered, approved & paid by 12pm
Same Dayordered, approved & paid by 8am

Same Day and Next Day run on selected specifications. Ask for it when you send your job through, or call 1300 291 277. See what runs fast →

Every effort is made to get your job onto the press for the dispatch shown. On the odd occasion a press or freight delay pushes it out, and we will tell you as soon as we know.

Brochure printing with the price on screen

Every other brochure printer on the Sunshine Coast asks you to request a quote. Pick your fold, your stock and your quantity above and the price appears, GST and standard Australia-wide delivery included.

A brochure is still the hardest-working piece of print a small business owns. It sits on a counter, goes in a mail-out, gets handed across a table at an expo, and it does the explaining when you are not in the room. The trick is choosing a fold that suits how much you have to say, and a stock that feels like the business you are.

What brochure printing costs

Here is the real ladder for the most ordered job on this page, an A4 roll fold to DL on 150gsm gloss, printed both sides in full colour.

A4 roll fold to DL (trifold), 150gsm gloss, full colour both sides. Includes GST and standard delivery.
QuantityTotalPer brochure
250$354$1.42
500$391$0.78
1,000$439$0.44
2,500$587$0.23
5,000$836$0.17

Look at the jump from 250 to 1,000. You get four times the brochures for about a quarter more money, because setup and folding setup are most of the cost. If there is any chance you will reprint inside twelve months, print the bigger run now.

Brochure pricing starts from $228. Simpler folds and lighter stocks come in under the example above, heavier 250gsm gloss and larger A3 folds sit over it.

Which fold should you choose?

A4 roll fold to DL, the classic trifold. Six panels, finishes at DL so it fits a standard envelope and a brochure stand. The default choice for a service business: cover, three panels of detail, and a back panel for contact details.

A4 Z fold to DL. Same six panels, but it concertinas instead of wrapping. Every panel opens flat at once, so it suits a step-by-step sequence, a timeline or a price list where the reader wants to see everything together.

A4 folded in half to A5. Four big panels. The best choice when photography is doing the selling, so real estate, tourism, weddings, venues and menus.

A3 folded in half to A4. Four A4 panels, a serious document. Use it for capability statements, annual reports and property campaigns where you want size to signal substance.

A5 folded in half to A6. Small, cheap and easy to hand out or letterbox. Good for events, promotions and anything going into a bag.

Which stock?

115gsm gloss is the mail-out and letterbox weight. Light, cheapest to post, perfectly good print quality. It will feel flimsy in the hand, which is fine when it is going in a letterbox.

150gsm gloss is the sweet spot and the most ordered. It holds a fold cleanly, feels like a real brochure, and still posts economically.

170gsm gloss or matt gives you a noticeably more substantial piece. Choose matt if there is a lot of body text, because gloss reflects under downlights and makes small type harder to read. Choose gloss if photography is the point, because it makes colour sing.

250gsm gloss is nearly card. Use it for a single-fold premium piece that will be handed over rather than posted. It is the right call for high-value services where the paper is part of the pitch.

Who orders brochures on the Coast

Trades and services

Capability brochures that live in the ute and get handed over at the quote. A trifold on 150gsm covers what you do, where you work and why you are worth the price.

Real estate

Property brochures and campaign pieces for opens across Caloundra, Maroochydore and Noosa. Half-fold A4 gives photography the room it needs.

Cafes and restaurants

Menus, function packs and catering lists. Matt stock reads better under warm lighting, and a heavier weight survives a service.

Health and allied health

Patient information, treatment explainers and practice introductions. Matt 170gsm for readability, printed in runs you can actually use before the details change.

Tourism and venues

Rack brochures for accommodation, tours and attractions. DL finished size is what the racks are built for.

Schools, churches and clubs

Enrolment packs, programmes, welcome brochures and sponsor pieces. A5 folded is cheap enough to print for an event and still look considered.

Setting up your artwork

Folded work is where most artwork problems happen, because panels on a folded piece are not all the same width. On a roll fold the panel that tucks inside has to be a couple of millimetres narrower, or the fold will not close. Our templates already account for this.

Bleed
3mm on all four sides
Colour
CMYK, not RGB
Resolution
300dpi at final size
Safe area
Keep text 5mm in from every trim and fold
File type
Print-ready PDF, fonts outlined
Pages
Supply as single pages in reading order, not spreads

Two things catch people out. First, colour set in RGB will shift when it converts to CMYK, and rich blues and bright oranges shift the most. Second, a black built from all four inks looks muddy on small text, so keep body copy on 100% black only.

Download a free brochure template → Every fold on this page has a template with the panels, folds, bleed and safe area already marked.

Every file is preflight-checked by a person before it goes anywhere near a press, and you approve a digital proof before we print. If something in your file is going to cause a problem we will tell you and suggest the fix, rather than printing it and hoping.

Frequently asked questions

Which fold should I pick?

A4 roll fold to DL is the classic trifold and the safest default: six panels, fits an envelope and a brochure stand. Choose A4 Z fold if you want every panel to open flat at once, A4 folded to A5 if photography is doing the selling, A3 folded to A4 for a serious document, and A5 folded to A6 for cheap handouts.

How much does brochure printing cost?

An A4 trifold on 150gsm gloss, full colour both sides, is $354 for 250, $391 for 500, $439 for 1,000, $587 for 2,500 and $836 for 5,000, including GST and standard delivery. Brochure pricing starts from $228. The calculator on this page prices your exact fold, stock and quantity.

Why is 1,000 barely more expensive than 250?

Because setup dominates. Getting the job on press and setting the folder costs the same whether you print 250 or 1,000, and the paper is a small part of the total. If there is any chance you will reprint within twelve months, the bigger run is almost always the better buy.

Which paper stock should I choose?

150gsm gloss is the most ordered and suits most jobs. Use 115gsm for letterbox and mail-outs, 170gsm matt when there is a lot of body text to read, 170gsm gloss when photography is the point, and 250gsm gloss for a premium single-fold piece that gets handed over rather than posted.

Gloss or matt?

Matt is easier to read, because gloss reflects under downlights and makes small type harder work. Gloss makes photographs and strong colour look richer. If your brochure is mostly words, choose matt. If it is mostly pictures, choose gloss.

How fast can I get brochures printed?

Brochures are one of our fast-turnaround products. Order and approve artwork before 8am for same day dispatch, or before 12pm for next day. Standard production is 3 to 5 business days. Every effort is made to get your job onto the press for the dispatch shown. On the odd occasion a press or freight delay pushes it out, and we will tell you as soon as we know.

Do you deliver to the Sunshine Coast?

Yes, and Australia-wide. Local Sunshine Coast deliveries we often run out ourselves. We do not offer pickup from Baringa.

What file format do you need?

A print-ready PDF in CMYK at 300dpi with 3mm bleed and fonts outlined. Supply folded work as single pages in reading order, not as spreads. Free templates for every fold on this page are available from our artwork templates section.

Can you design my brochure?

Yes. Send your logo, your copy and any photos and we will lay it out and send you a proof to approve. If you have a designer already, they can use our free templates, which have the panels, folds, bleed and safe area marked.

Why do the panels have to be different widths?

On a roll fold the inner panel wraps inside the others, so it has to be slightly narrower or the brochure will not close flat. It is the single most common artwork problem we see on folded work. Our templates already have the allowance built in.

Will I see a proof before you print?

Always. A person preflight-checks your file, then you get a digital proof. Nothing prints until you approve it.

Can I print a small quantity?

Our brochure runs start at 250. Below that the setup cost makes each piece expensive enough that a digital short run or a folded flyer usually makes more sense. Ask us and we will tell you honestly which is the better buy for what you need.

You might also need

Download your artwork template

Free print-ready Aura Print templates with bleed, finished-size and safe-area guides. Design inside the guides, export a print-ready PDF in CMYK with fonts outlined, then attach it to your online quote or email .

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