If your magazines need to be printed and then mailed directly to subscribers, members or customers, managing printing and mailing together can simplify the complete production process.
Magazine Printing Company can coordinate magazine printing, finishing, wrapping, fulfilment, postage and distribution through one experienced production team.
We have worked with magazine publishers and organisations since 1991. As the specialist magazine operation of Cliffe Enterprise Limited, we are independent of any single printing plant, printing technology or mailing process.
That means the complete publication can be considered before production begins — including how decisions about size, pagination, paper, binding and wrapping may affect the cost of getting the finished magazine to its readers.
Magazine printing → finishing → wrapping → fulfilment → postage → distribution
If you already know your print specification, you can get a magazine printing quote online.
For live magazine printing prices or international postage costs, you can also use our secure online quotation portal.
After signing in or registering, choose either Magazine Printing Quote or International Postage Costs. If you need printing and UK mailing managed together, contact our team so that we can assess the complete production and mailing requirement.
Can You Print and Mail My Magazines?
Yes.
We can coordinate magazine printing and mailing as one managed production process rather than requiring you to organise separate printers, fulfilment companies and postal suppliers.
Depending on the publication, the service can include:
- digital, sheetfed lithographic or web-offset magazine printing;
- binding and finishing;
- inserting supplements or other suitable items;
- paper wrapping or other appropriate mailing formats;
- mailing-data preparation;
- addressing and fulfilment;
- UK magazine postage;
- international magazine postage;
- bulk and individual distribution.
The appropriate production route depends on the magazine specification, quantity, publication frequency, mailing requirements, destinations and schedule.
For more information about the printing processes available, see our complete magazine printing service.
Why Manage Magazine Printing and Mailing Together?
Printing and mailing are closely connected.
Decisions made before a magazine is printed can have a direct effect on the cost of getting the finished publication to its readers.
For example:
- a heavier paper increases the finished mailing weight;
- additional pages can move the publication into another postal weight band;
- finished dimensions can affect the available postal format;
- wrapping adds weight and changes the dimensions of the final mail piece;
- inserts can affect both fulfilment and postage requirements;
- UK and international copies may require different mailing routes.
If printing and mailing are planned separately, these relationships can easily be missed.
By considering them together before production, we can look at the total cost of producing and delivering the magazine rather than simply concentrating on the headline print price.
Magazine Printing Before Mailing
The most economical printing process depends upon the magazine specification.
Shorter runs may suit digital printing, medium-volume magazines may be suited to sheetfed lithographic production, while suitable higher-volume publications may be produced more efficiently using web offset.
Because Magazine Printing Company is not tied to one manufacturing plant, we can select a production route according to the quantity, format, pagination, paper, binding, schedule and subsequent mailing requirements.
If you are still developing the physical specification, our guide to magazine sizes, pagination and print efficiency explains how these decisions can affect manufacturing efficiency and the finished publication.
Paper Weight and Magazine Mailing Costs
Paper choice is particularly important when magazines will be mailed.
A heavier stock may create a more substantial publication, but it also increases the weight of every copy entering the postal system.
Across a substantial circulation, a relatively small increase in the weight of each magazine can have a significant effect on total postage costs.
Paper should therefore be selected with both the appearance of the publication and its eventual distribution in mind.
Our guide to choosing magazine paper weights explains the relationship between paper specification, pagination and finished publication weight.
You can also use our Magazine Weight Calculator to estimate the finished weight of a proposed magazine before it goes to print.
Magazine Wrapping and Fulfilment
Before a magazine enters the postal system it may need to be addressed, wrapped, enclosed or combined with additional material.
The appropriate fulfilment method depends on the magazine dimensions, thickness, quantity, inserts, selected mailing route and required level of protection.
Options can include paper wrapping or other suitable enclosing methods depending on the publication and postal requirements.
Where supplements, promotional leaflets, membership information or other inserts need to be included, these should be identified before production so that the appropriate fulfilment process can be planned.
For more information, read about our magazine paper wrapping and mailing service.
UK Magazine Printing and Mailing
For publishers mailing magazines to UK subscribers, members or customers, the most appropriate postal service depends on the complete mailing specification.
Factors can include:
- number of magazines being mailed;
- publication frequency;
- finished magazine size;
- finished mailing weight;
- mailing-data quality;
- wrapping or enclosing method;
- the postal service for which the publication qualifies.
Some regularly published magazines may qualify for specialist Royal Mail publishing services where the appropriate criteria are met.
We can coordinate printing, fulfilment and mailing so that the physical magazine, mailing data and production schedule are prepared for the selected postal route.
Our guide to UK magazine postage costs explains the principal postal options and the factors that influence the cost of mailing magazines within the UK.
International Magazine Printing and Mailing
A single magazine issue may contain both UK and international copies.
Overseas copies can be separated during fulfilment and routed through appropriate international postal or distribution services.
The most suitable route depends on destination, number of magazines, finished weight, dimensions, required delivery speed and whether publications are travelling individually or in bulk.
European mailing can also involve customs, VAT and electronic shipment-data requirements depending on the destination and mailing route.
For detailed guidance, see our international magazine postage service.
If you already know the finished weight and destinations, our online quotation portal can also provide international postage costs.
GET INTERNATIONAL POSTAGE COSTS ONLINE
Magazine Mailing Data and Addressing
Accurate mailing data is important to both postal cost and deliverability.
Depending on the mailing route, address data may need to be processed and prepared according to the requirements of the selected postal service.
Poor-quality data can result in unnecessary mail, returned items and avoidable postage or fulfilment costs.
For regular publications, mailing-data preparation should therefore form part of the production schedule rather than being left until the finished magazines are ready for despatch.
Magazine Printing and Distribution
Not every copy in a magazine print run necessarily travels through the same delivery route.
A circulation can include:
- individual subscriber copies;
- membership mailings;
- bulk deliveries to offices or branches;
- event and exhibition copies;
- retail or newsstand quantities;
- international subscribers;
- bulk overseas shipments.
These different requirements can be coordinated within the same production schedule.
Our magazine distribution service explains the different distribution routes available for publishers whose requirements extend beyond individual postal mailing.
Regular Monthly and Quarterly Magazine Mailing
Managing printing and mailing together can be particularly useful for recurring publications.
A regular magazine involves a sequence of connected deadlines:
artwork → proof approval → printing → finishing → fulfilment → postage → delivery
Managing these stages through one production contact reduces the number of separate suppliers that the publisher needs to coordinate.
It also allows mailing requirements to be considered while each issue is being planned rather than after the magazine has already been manufactured.
If your team supplies finished artwork, our guide to print-ready magazine artwork explains the principal PDF, bleed and colour requirements before production.
Can Combining Magazine Printing and Mailing Reduce Costs?
It can.
The potential saving does not necessarily come simply from buying two services from one supplier.
The larger opportunity is often being able to optimise the magazine specification before production begins.
For example, changing paper weight, pagination, finished size or wrapping method may increase or reduce one element of the manufacturing cost while having a larger effect on the cost of mailing the whole circulation.
For a publisher mailing thousands of magazines several times a year, even a relatively small saving per copy can become significant across the annual publishing programme.
Why Use Magazine Printing Company for Printing and Mailing?
Magazine specialists since 1991
Cliffe Enterprise Limited has worked with magazine publishers and organisations since 1991, giving our team practical experience across printing, fulfilment, postage and distribution.
Independent production sourcing
We are not tied to one printing plant, printing technology or mailing process. Production can be selected according to the actual requirements of the publication.
Printing and postage considered together
Paper, pagination, format, wrapping and finished weight can be considered before manufacture where they may affect the eventual postage cost.
One point of contact
Printing, finishing, fulfilment, postage and distribution can be coordinated through one production-management relationship.
UK and international mailing
Domestic and overseas copies can be coordinated within the same magazine production programme.
Magazine Printing and Mailing FAQs
Can one company print and mail my magazines?
Yes. Magazine Printing Company can coordinate printing, finishing, fulfilment, postage and distribution as one managed production process.
Can you mail magazines directly to subscribers or members?
Yes. Individual copies can be prepared for mailing to subscriber, membership or customer databases using an appropriate postal service.
Can you include inserts with the magazine?
Yes, where the proposed inserts are suitable for the selected fulfilment process. Tell us about supplements, leaflets, membership information or other items when the job is being specified so that the appropriate enclosing and mailing method can be selected.
Can you handle both UK and international magazine mailing?
Yes. UK and overseas copies can be separated during fulfilment and routed through different postal or distribution services where appropriate.
Does paper weight affect magazine postage costs?
Yes. Paper weight affects the finished weight of the publication and can therefore influence the postal service available and the cost of mailing each copy.
Is it cheaper to organise printing and mailing together?
It can be. The main advantage is that the magazine specification and mailing requirements can be considered together before production. This can identify opportunities to reduce the total delivered cost rather than optimising printing and postage separately.
Do you handle regular monthly and quarterly magazines?
Yes. We work with recurring publications and can coordinate the production and mailing schedule from issue to issue.
Can I get magazine printing prices online?
Yes. If you know your printing specification, use our magazine printing quote page or our secure online quotation portal.
Get a Quote for Magazine Printing and Mailing
If you already know your magazine printing specification, you can obtain a live printing price through our online quotation system.
If you need international postage costs, the same secure system allows registered users to choose the International Postage Costs option.
For a combined printing and UK mailing requirement, send us the finished size, page count, quantity, paper specification, mailing quantity, destination requirements and details of any inserts or wrapping.
We can then review the production, fulfilment, postage and distribution requirement together.
Call: 01323 405978
Email: sales@magazineprintingcompany.com
Magazine Printing Company is the specialist magazine printing, mailing and distribution operation of Cliffe Enterprise Limited, established in 1991.
