Holum & Sons can help you deliver an impactful presentation by targeting the right audience and message. We provide creative design assistance to help you coordinate your binder's look and feel with your print theme. Your specific presentation will have positive results, whether it be for clients, prospects, employees or events, we have the answers to your marketing needs.

Extensive Custom Capabilities
Our in-house representatives can help you achieve a unique presentational product to separate you from the competition. Take comfort and be assured that after 65 years of service and numerous awards, your custom designed product will be constructed with the fine quality and craftsmanship that thousands of satisfied clientele have come to expect from us.

Samples and Quotes
Holum & Sons offer free product samples of interest to you. We will do our best to meet your requirements; however, free samples are limited to product overruns from previous production runs. Custom samples are available to order and can usually be produced within a few days, depending on availability of tooling, materials and artwork.

Quotations are free, and for most products, can be provided within a few minutes to a few hours. Custom designed and high volume quotes have a longer turn around time.

Graphic Services
Send us your artwork on diskette or on a color separate black and white sheet and let us lay it out for you. Product templates are available upon request for sizing and positioning.

Custom Binders and Packaging
Select the product that meets your needs. Choose from a wide variety of styles, colors, materials and decorative techniques.

In Line Six Color Silk Screening
Our state-of-the-art, in line six-color Horizon screen press enables us to efficiently print up to six colors at once. The Horizon's abilities have been recognized by the Binding Industries of America with awards of "Best of Show" for four-color process and tightly registered, multi-colored work.

Foil Stamping
Our state-of-the-art, 20-ton digitally controlled stamping press allows us to produce crisp clean images on a variety of materials. Our multi-colored stamping work has received the "Best of Show" award from The Binding Industries of America.

Debossing and Embossing
By depressing or raising the material, either of these techniques is an excellent choice to give your product a dimensional look and feel.

Hand Made Custom Packaging
When a design is truly unique, there may be one-way to produce it, the old fashioned way. Handwork has been the foundation of Holum & Sons since our inception over 65 years ago. With the craftsmanship and knowledge gained over the years we have the ability to manufacture award-winning work by hand for that one of a kind look and feel.

Personalization
Have your products personalized with foil stamping, blind debossing or silk screening. All products may be personalized prior to the final assembly and many after assembly.

Consultant Packaging
We will assist you to design a presentation product that reflects your corporate image. These products will then be manufactured with your logo art and held in stock. When needed, we will title the required amount with additional copy to reflect your specific project.

High Speed in Line Case Making
Our brand new, digitally controlled, robotic case making line enables us to produce high volume jobs quickly and accurately. The state-of-the-art features of this machine help to reduce cost, increase speed and accuracy while maintaining superior product quality.

Euro Creased Binders
If you have experienced difficulty with the hinges on your product failing after a short time, review the "Euro Crease" method. This process uses two creases to form a traditional flat back binder and multiple creases to form a rounded spine giving it a distinctive shelf presence. Since, one-piece board is used, it becomes an integral part of the hinge and resists failure through repeated use or cracking due to cold temperature.

Index Tabs and Collation
Compliment your packaging with custom index tabs that are available in many configurations and colors. Materials such as Mylar reinforced paper and durable polyethylene or polypropylene are available. Color separating index tabs by category is an excellent choice for easy identification. Collation, banding or shrink-wrapping and installation are all available prior to shipping.

Offset Printing
Photo realistic offset printing, at 150-line screen, will bring your image to life with bright, vibrant colors and are available on many different materials such as paper, vinyl, polyethylene, polypropylene and linen book cloth.

Lamination
Offset printing on paper should be protected and reinforced with a gloss, or matte laminate. This will enhance the appearance and protect the printing while creating a more durable product.

Warehousing and Drop Shipping
If you are limited on space, allow us to warehouse your products for you. Simply call us with your release requirements and we will handle the rest.

Shipping
Your custom packaging can be shipped anywhere in North America, or the world, as a partial or complete shipment. Multiple drop shipments of varying quantities to different locations are easy. Your products can be packaged with, or in, individual and multiple quantity shipping cartons. Heavy-duty boxes, built to withstand the rigors of today's carriers are available upon request.

Specifications

Minimum Order
A minimum order of $75.00 on all products and / or a minimum quantity of a case on all stock items are required.

Shipping and Handling
All shipments are F.O. B. factory unless otherwise specified. Under normal circumstances, anything under 200 lbs. is shipped via UPS or Federal Express. During extreme cold conditions, vinyl products shipping UPS or Federal Express may be held over to avoid damage during shipment. Large weights are shipped prepaid via common carrier unless otherwise specified. We will do everything we can to assure a timely delivery, however we cannot be held responsible for the arrival date of a shipment. Faster shipping methods are available upon request at a higher charge.

Drop and Split Shipments
A $12.50 net charge per location is billed for drop shipments. For orders requiring shipments on different dates: The entire order will be billed with the first shipment, and the entire order must ship within 6 months of the first shipment unless other arrangements are contracted in writing at the time of order.

Freight Claims
It is important to inspect all materials carefully upon arrival for any signs of damage or loss of product. All products are shipped and signed for, by the carrier, with a total piece, carton and pallet count. In case of loss or damage, the liability is with the carrier. You must file a claim with us within 10 days in order for us to file a claim with the freight carrier. We will cooperate with you to quickly and fully to resolve your claim.

Artwork
All quoted prices are based upon approval of furnished artwork that is camera ready and color separated. Camera-ready art is black and white mechanical art (not photocopies or faxes) which is color separated with size and positioning indicated. Films may be provided for silk screening of spot colors. They must be color separated, right reading, emulsion up, positives in position. Any copy that butts together should be reviewed by our art department in the form of a color proof for trapping requirements prior to submission. All art for four-color process work must be submitted on disk with a color proof. Holum & Sons will provide films and an "Intermediate Match Print" for approval. Disk prep/Mac Time $85 per hour.

Artwork and Copy Errors
Customer submitted artwork will be reviewed prior to production and every effort will be made to insure accuracy. Holum & Sons will not be liable for customer-submitted or customer approved errors, which become part of the product.
Specifications for Digital Files
PC or Mac Format/Can also accept zip disks and SyQuest
Programs:

Quark Express
PhotoShop
Adobe Illustrator
Freehand
CorelDraw
You need to include what program and version files were created (i.e. Quark Express version 7.0). Also, customer must provide all fonts used in creation.

Foil Stamping and Embossing
Camera Ready Art or a film negative emulsion up and right reading is required to produce foil stamping dies, and film positive, emulsion up and right reading for embossing dies.Solid stamping with reverse copy that has an inside dimension smaller than 2 points in any area of the reverse copy may fell in the reverse and should be avoided if possible. Please note that the reverse copy will fill in slightly at press and will not appear to be as large as the art. The amount of fill in will vary with the type of material chosen and the art supplied. A preview of all reverse copy artwork in the form of a black and white in recommended prior to submission. Note: fine detail will not show in faxes. The maximum recommended square inch stamping area for one position is 24". Foil stamping dies are a minimum of $52.00 for the first 20 square inches and $2.60 for each additional square inch.

Figuring approximate Die Size
Add 3/4" to the image size in each direction, rounding up to the nearest l/8

Embossing Counters
Minimum $45.00
Special counters based on $45.00 per hour
Figureness size / cost
(Length + 1") x (Width + 1") x $1.30 = Price
All sizes rounded to nearest 1/8

Film charges from your Black & White Art (not disk) $19.50

The file formats we accept:
A. It is important to note that we use PC's, but we also accept files from Macintosh as well, if they are saved in the proper fashion.
B. We use the following lists of Programs, and prefer the file types these programs can create, Adobe Illustrator 10, or lesser version, Adobe PhotoShop 6.0 and Adobe Streamline or any other program that can output in the following file types.
1, Preferred file types these programs can create:
a. Adobe (.PDF), BMP (.BMP), CorelDraw(.CDR), Encapsulated PostScript(.EPS or .AI), GIG89a(.GIF), JPEG(.JPG), Macintosh PICT(.PIC), PCX(.PCX), PhotoShop(.PSD), PIXCT file(.Pct), TIFF(.TIF).
C. For our purposes, vector-outlined formats such as .EPS and .Ai (which can be produced form programs like Adobe Illustrator and Adobe PhotoShop) are preferred for utilizing our CNC technology, or for printouts for copper etching. The outlines are made up of points and can be more easily manipulated. They also produce clean crisp edges for ideal printouts.
D. Raterized formats such as .BMO and .TIF are also accepted for printouts for copper etching. These file formats are saved with a certain resolution or DPI (dot per inch) and produce clean crisp edges. But these types of files tend to vary in size during the file transfer.
1. These type or files need to be sent our to us with a resolution of 250dpi, and in black and white only. The printout will be used to make a camera shot directly onto film for copper etching. We must also have the exact dimensions of the art to be used, to make sure the integrity of the file did not change.

Guidelines for sending digital files:
A. Saving files/Naming Files/Content of files
1. Saving files- Scaling should be 100%(only the size to be stamped/embossed) and the file should indicate the Right Reading.
a. For art created in Adobe Illustrator or Adobe PhotoShop all the text used needs to be created into outlines. If the text you used to can not be changed to outlines, we will need to know the program that was used to create the document and we will also need a copy of the font you used to download into our computer for proper translation of the image.
b. To simplify this problem with text you can save your document as a >PDF or a .BMP file.
2. Naming Files- If you are sending art from a Macintosh it is important to follow the PC format: do not use any more than eight characters for the filename, and follow with the correct prefix (i.e. .EPS or .AI).
3. Content of Files-
a. Include no imagery other than what you want to appear on the engraving.
b. Rasterized images should be black and white and saved with a minimum of 250 dpi.
c. If you file contains more than one layer of information, try to bring it all together in one layer.
It is important to remember that these format and guidelines are just a general rule of thumb. What is listed is not necessarily the only way we can accept electronic files. These are some guidelines that we have found to be the best and easiest to work with.

It is also recommended that we speak with the company sending the digital file before any work on either end begins. We use this on the phone to do our troubleshooting with the customer to cut back on valuable time lost with unusable or corrupted artwork.

If you have any questions or comments please do not hesitate to call us.

Ink Colors
A color match charge of $30 applies to all in house commercial P.M.S. matches. A charge of $75 applies to all out of house P.M.S. color matches. Heavy coverage may require an additional charge based on the square inches calculated after reviewing the art. Note that four-color process work will not replicate a spot P.M.S. color in many instances. If a specific P.M.S. color is critical with process work it should be produced as an additional color.

Proof / Art Charges for Silk Screening
Note: a Normal adjustment of camera-ready art/film to fit our dies is included.

* Multi-colored art with close registration or traps which requires matched sets of films is not included and will be quoted after review of art.

* In-house artwork alterations / typesetting $25 minimum / $25 per half hour (or part thereof)

* Reduced fax proof: No charge

* Screen proof: $35 per color

* Ink swatch / draw down proof: No charge

* Pre-press digital: $39

* Pre-press blue line: $33

* Pre-press intermediate match print: $130

Note: A"Match Print" is necessary for approval and to guide at press

* Pre-press 4-color "cmyk" $330

* Disk Prep / Mac time: $117 per hour

* In-house press proof: No Charge

* Horizon proof: multicolor (Includes 4-hours approval time) $175

* After 4-hours - resetting charge in addition to proof charge: $245

* New silk screen for P.M.S.: $58

* New silk screen for process: $65

* New silk screen for halftone (vignette/gradation): $87

Note: Hand made and paper proofs are provided as a general guideline and do not necessarily reflect the actual color and appearance that will be attained during a production run.

Preproduction Sample (as part of an order)

* (1 color, poly, heat sealed or case made with standard ring): $35
* Not included are purchase or delivery of special materials, messenger costs and delivery of proof.

* Additional operations / colors add $35
* Uncovered mock-up sample: No Charge

Construction Samples (custom dies not included)

* Poly/Heat Sealed/Case Made: $75

* Additional operations add $35

Off-Set Printing Proofs/Disk Prep/Film Prep

* Includes 1 HP (blue-line) & 1 Kodak Color proof

* With out order: $550 - $800

* Modifications + new HP (blue-line) proof: $195

Note: Hand made and paper proofs are provided as a general guideline and do not necessarily reflect the actual color and appearance that will be attained during a production run.

Holum & Sons can fulfill your promotional packaging needs through custom presentation and imprinted specialty products.