Bull Dog Booklets
Flexible document with changeable pages
- Free standard UK mainland delivery over £50: tracked, 3-5 working days
- Same-day in London: up to 500 units with print-ready artwork, order and approve your artwork by 2.30pm Mon–Fri; priced at checkout
Flexible bulldog clipped documents. Delivers a simple, loose-leaf finish perfect for menus and changeable handouts.
- • Available sizes: A5, A4, Custom
- • Paper options: 100gsm Silk, 100gsm Uncoated, 120gsm Uncoated, 130gsm Gloss, 130gsm Silk, 150gsm Silk, 160gsm Uncoated, 170gsm Gloss, 170gsm Silk, 200gsm Silk, 200gsm Uncoated, 250gsm Silk, 250gsm Uncoated
- • Minimum order: 1 unit
- • Turnaround: Delivered within 3-5 working days of ordering, once your free print preview is approved.
Please supply your artwork as a print-ready PDF with 3mm bleed and no crop marks (we add our own). Make sure all colours are CMYK and imagery is 300dpi.
- • File Format: One PDF with the pages in reading order — we handle the imposition
- • Colour Mode: CMYK at 300dpi, with fonts embedded or outlined
- • Bleed: 3mm bleed on every page
- • Page Count: Loose sheets in reading order, single or double sided — pages are not folded, punched or glued
- • Clipped Edge: Leave the clipped edge (usually the top) clear of critical content so the clip does not cover it
Free design templates
Each template has the bleed, cut line and safe area already marked, so your file is set up correctly first time:
- Download your size: PDF for Illustrator, Affinity or InDesign; PNG for Photoshop or Canva.
- Open it in your design app, or place it on a locked layer at 100% size. It already includes the 3mm bleed.
- Design over it: run your background right to the red bleed edge and keep text and logos inside the green safe area.
- Hide or delete the template layer, then export a print-ready PDF (CMYK, 300dpi) and upload it with your order.
Delivered within 3-5 working days of ordering, once your free print preview is approved. That window is the whole job, not just the van: we print, finish and dispatch your order and the tracked carrier delivers it. The clock starts when you approve your free print preview, so approving promptly is the fastest thing you can do.
Choose your delivery speed at checkout. Every parcel is tracked:
- • Standard delivery: 3-5 working days, free to UK mainland addresses on orders over £50, £5.99 below that
- • Next-day delivery: next working day when you order and approve your artwork by 2.30pm Mon–Fri, priced at checkout
- • Next-day by 1pm or by 10.30am: next working day, with the courier aiming for the time chosen (a target, not a guarantee), when you order and approve your artwork by 2.30pm Mon–Fri, priced at checkout
- • Saturday delivery: Saturday, for orders approved by 2.30pm on Friday, priced at checkout
- • Same-day delivery in London: order up to 500 units with print-ready artwork and approve it by 2.30pm Mon–Fri, and a tracked courier delivers the same day. Priced at checkout, including same-day production.
Northern Ireland, the Highlands & Islands, the Isle of Wight, offshore and international addresses are priced live at checkout, as are unusually heavy orders: over 15kg is £14.95 whatever the order value. Flat prints bigger than A4, such as A3 posters or 25 cm stickers, travel in a larger, board-backed pack: paid delivery services carry a packing charge for it, shown at checkout, and free standard delivery stays free. Very large pieces (any side over 120 cm, such as A0 boards) go by courier rather than post, at the courier price shown at checkout for each service. Pieces over 150 cm, or over 100 cm both ways, are beyond the parcel couriers: they travel with a specialist courier at the rate shown at checkout, or we split the artwork into smaller panels for you free of charge. See live delivery prices and times.
Every order is covered by the Presswift Guarantee: printed to the print preview you approve and the specification you choose, or put right. If what arrives is damaged, short or does not match the approved print preview, contact us within 7 days of delivery with your order number, photos of the problem and a count of the affected copies, and keep the copies unused while we look. We reprint the affected copies to the same specification or, where a reprint is not practical, refund them; approved refunds reach your original payment method within 7-10 working days. Read the Presswift Guarantee.
Because every job is printed to your own artwork and specification, we cannot take a return simply because you have changed your mind, and errors carried through the print preview you approved, or colour and trim variation within normal print tolerance, are not print faults. That is what the free print preview is for: check the colours, wording and layout on the print preview and nothing goes to press until you are happy with it.
What exactly holds a bull-dog booklet together?
A single sprung steel bull-dog clip grips the loose sheets along one edge, usually the top. It applies firm, even pressure so the pages stay aligned but can still be released and rearranged by hand at any time.
Can I add or remove pages after delivery?
Yes. Because the sheets are not stitched or glued, you simply open the clip, insert or take out pages, and close it again. This makes bull-dog booklets ideal for documents you expect to update regularly.
How should I supply my artwork?
Please send a print-ready PDF set up in CMYK at 300dpi with 3mm bleed on all edges. Each page should be a separate sheet in your file so we can print and collate them in the correct order before clipping.
Is this binding suitable for a lot of pages?
A bull-dog clip handles a moderate stack of sheets comfortably. For very thick documents a glued or stitched binding usually holds better, so if your page count is high we can advise on a sturdier alternative.
Will the pages lie flat when opened?
The sheets below the clip sit completely flat and separate cleanly, so they are easy to read, photocopy or scan one at a time. Only the clipped edge is held, leaving the rest of each page loose.
How much do Bull Dog Booklets cost?
Bull Dog Booklets start from £14.50 with no VAT to add (zero-rated). The price updates live on this page as you choose your size, paper stock and quantity, and the price per unit falls at higher quantities.
What sizes do Bull Dog Booklets come in?
Bull Dog Booklets are available in 2 sizes: A5 and A4. You can also enter a custom size in millimetres. If your size or page count is outside what the page can price, request a quote and we will price the exact specification for you.
Which paper stocks can I choose for Bull Dog Booklets?
You can print Bull Dog Booklets on 100gsm Silk, 100gsm Uncoated, 120gsm Uncoated, 130gsm Gloss, 130gsm Silk, 150gsm Silk, 160gsm Uncoated and 170gsm Gloss, plus 5 more stocks. Every stock is listed with its weight so you can balance feel and budget, and the page reprices as you switch.
Can I get Bull Dog Booklets delivered the same day?
Yes, on orders of up to 500 items with print-ready artwork. Order Bull Dog Booklets, and approve your artwork, by 2.30pm Mon–Fri and a tracked courier delivers them the same day in London. Elsewhere in the UK, standard tracked delivery takes 3-5 working days, with express and next-day options at checkout (next-day: order and approve your artwork by 2.30pm Mon–Fri).
How much is delivery for Bull Dog Booklets?
Standard tracked delivery is free to UK mainland addresses on orders over £50 (£5.99 below that), and takes 3-5 working days from ordering. Northern Ireland, the Highlands & Islands, the Isle of Wight, offshore and international addresses are priced live at checkout, as are orders over 15kg (£14.95 whatever the order value). Express and next-day services are available at checkout (next-day: order and approve your artwork by 2.30pm Mon–Fri), and a courier can deliver in London on the day you order when you order and approve your artwork by 2.30pm Mon–Fri.
Do you provide free artwork templates for Bull Dog Booklets?
Yes. Free artwork templates for every bull dog booklets size, in PDF and PNG with the bleed, trim and safe area already marked, are in the Artwork Guidelines section on this page.
Do you offer bulk discounts on Bull Dog Booklets?
Yes. Bull Dog Booklets carry quantity discounts, so the price per unit falls as the run grows. Change the quantity on this page and the discount is applied to the total automatically.
About Bull Dog Booklets
Bull Dog Booklets are loose printed sheets held together at the top or side by a sprung metal bull-dog clip. Nothing is stitched, glued or punched, so pages stay entirely separate and can be added, reordered or removed in seconds whenever your document changes.
This is the least permanent of our binding styles, which is exactly what makes it useful. Where saddle-stitched and perfect-bound booklets fix the page order for good, a bull-dog clip keeps everything flexible while still presenting your work as one tidy, professional-looking set of sheets.
We print each sheet on a single side or both sides in full CMYK colour to your specification. Every order includes a free print preview so you can check your layout before we clip, and standard UK delivery lands within 3 to 5 working days.
Draft documents
Circulate working drafts that still need pages swapped or updated.
Sample sets
Present grouped sheets or swatches that are handled and reshuffled often.
Meeting packs
Hand out agendas and papers people can pull apart as needed.
Client selections
Share loose prints a client can sort and approve.
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Bull Dog Booklets specifications
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| Binding | Bull-dog clip (loose sheets) |
| Page count | 4 to 100 pages, in twos (each sheet is printed both sides) |
| Minimum order | 1 unit |
| Production and delivery | Delivered within 3-5 working days of ordering, once your free print preview is approved. |
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| Artwork | Print-ready PDF, CMYK, images at 300dpi, 3mm bleed on all edges, fonts embedded or outlined, and important content kept 5mm inside the trim |
Standard delivery is free to UK mainland addresses on orders over £50 (£5.99 below that) and takes 3-5 working days from ordering. Northern Ireland, the Highlands & Islands, the Isle of Wight, offshore and international addresses are priced live at checkout. Delivery details.
Quality Guaranteed
Every order is printed to the proof you approve and the specification you choose. If what arrives does not match them, or is damaged or short, tell us within 7 days of delivery and we reprint the affected copies or, where a reprint is not practical, refund them. Read the Presswift Guarantee
Fast Turnaround
Order, and approve your artwork, by 2.30pm Mon–Fri for same-day delivery in London, or standard delivery in 3-5 working days.
Expert Support
Every order gets a free file check and a free print preview within the hour (studio hours, 9am to 6pm Monday to Friday). Questions about your file? We reply within 24 hours, Monday to Friday. Contact us
