How to Print Professional Low Cost Christmas Menus for your Restaurant?
As the run in to Christmas gets underway many bars and restaurants are about to introduce their 2014 Christmas menu. Having your menus designed and printed at a Commercial Printers can be costly and sometimes out weight benefits financially. One option is to design and print the menus in-house using your existing inkjet printer or laser printer. Is it cost effective is the first question many of us will ask and will the cost of the ink cartridges being astronomical? We can deal with the cost of the ink later, but first of all some tips on designing the menu. If your menu is going to be A4 (this is a good idea as it will mean you will have no trimming to do) then set up your file in Microsoft Word or Publisher. Typing out the menu is straightforward enough, try and use some different fonts that have the appearance of Christmas.
A nice font for the heading with snow on it would look effective. Many of these fonts are available online to download free and will give your menu that real Christmas feel. The layout of the content of the menu is very important, as it will need to display all your meals clearly and be easy for the reader to understand. When your content is typed then you need to decide on the layout â is it going to be one full sheet of A4 information or split into 3 columns and then fold to 1/3 A4 (this would be the size of a DL envelope when it is folded). The next part is the one that worries most people â the design. A good tip is to keep it simple with one background image. Search Google Images for an image you fell would look good as a background â this could be a Christmas scene, a tree or Santa Claus. Another tip here is to search for the image using your filter and only select high quality or Large file. This will ensure that you will have a high-resolution image in the background of your menu.
Now we come to the printing and âfinishingâ of the menu. You may need up to 100 menus so a part from the paper the next major cost is your ink cartridges. Try to print on the heaviest paper that your printer will allow, this could be around 160gsm â it feels heavier than a standard 100gsm paper but not quite as heavy as a card. Using compatible ink and toner cartridges bought online from as little as 1 Euro per ink cartridge the cost of your printing is suddenly affordable.
When you have printed your menu then you have the choice of presenting the menu as it is or having it nicely finished by laminating or folding depending on your layout preference. Using your own tools and printing with compatible inkjet or laser toner cartridges will give you more control over the cost of printing your restaurant menus this Christmas.
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Is there any way I can reduce the cost of printing the menus in my restaurant?
Printing menus in a busy restaurant can be expensive especially if you have daily specials that change every week. Many restaurants change their menus daily depending on the season or as a way to increase traffic through the door. Printing up to 100 A4 menus daily can be hard on the printer – more so if it is an inkjet printer as opposed to a laser printer. An inkjet printer will use up ink depending on the content of the menu being printed. If itâs possible to print in black and white that will reduce the amount of printer ink used and if at all possible refrain from printing large colour images.
The majority of the cost involved printing the menu comes from two sources; paper and ink cartridges. Ideally the paper can be a 90gm standard bond everyday paper and can be bought in bulk at bargain prices either locally or online. These can then be laminated if required or not if they are throw away on a daily basis. The printer and its ink cartridges are a very important factor in attributing to the cost. Original brand ink cartridges are expensive and will send the cost per sheet printed through the roof. Compatible inkjet cartridges are the biggest factor to take into consideration when trying to save money when printing menus. A typical Epson compatible cartridge can cost a much as 70% less than an original brand ink cartridge.
The compatible ink cartridges for all popular models are available online in bulk and with low delivery costs. Using these cartridges will allow any number of menus to be printed without being overly concerned about the cost. If itâs necessary to print colour images or a logo on the menu the compatible cartridges will allow you to do all this and more while still keeping the cost to a minimum. Some printer will print Duplex (double sided) and while this will not make a difference to the ink consumed by the paper it will mean you only use one sheet of paper instead of two.
A large number of printers will accept compatible or âremanufacturedâ ink cartridges without any problems. For those rare instances that there is an issue with them â it may be a faulty âchipâ on the cartridge and this can be the case with original brand cartridges too â your supplier will simply issue you a replacement after first asking you to carry out a few tests to confirm this.
Switching to compatible ink cartridges will save money and give you the freedom to print a menu for every day without keeping one eye on the cost.
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