Flat Flyers
No folds — just clean, high-impact single sheets. The most cost-effective format for promotions, handouts, inserts, and direct mail. Available in multiple sizes from 4×6 up to 11×17.
Single-sided or double-sided flat sheets — the workhorse of print marketing
Available Flyer Sizes
Different sizes work best for different applications. Here's a guide to choosing the right size for your campaign.
Postcard-size — great for coupons, event announcements, and mailers
A versatile mid-size format for promotions and invitations
Half-sheet — compact handout or insert
Full letter size — maximum impact for menus and sell sheets
Tabloid size — high-visibility event posters and display pieces
A2-size compact promotional sheet
Folded Brochures
Folded formats that organize more content into a compact, professional piece. Great for brochure racks, direct mail, service menus, and trade show handouts.
Single fold in the center creating 4 panels — the classic brochure format
Classic letter fold creating 6 panels — ideal for racks and direct mail
Accordion-style Z fold for easy reading and independent panel display
Accordion folds and other specialty options for creative presentations
Fold Type Reference Guide
Not sure which fold is right? Here's a quick comparison of panel counts, finished sizes, and best use cases for each format.
Paper Stocks
The right paper stock changes how your flyer feels in someone's hand — and how seriously they take it. Here are the most common options and when to use each.
Standard coated stock with a glossy surface. Bright colors, crisp images. Most common for general flyers.
Non-reflective coated stock for an upscale look. Easier to read in bright light.
Natural, writable surface. Great for forms, schedules, and anything recipients need to write on.
Heavier, stiffer stock with a gloss finish. Ideal for sell sheets and premium handouts.
Thick, sturdy, non-reflective stock. Feels substantial in hand — excellent for leave-behinds.
Lightweight gloss stock perfect for high-volume distribution where cost matters.
Best Use Cases by Industry
Flyers and brochures work across virtually every industry. Here's how different businesses use them most effectively.
Nothing moves a promotion like a physical flyer in a customer's hands. Design around your offer with big, bold visuals and a clear call-to-action. Include a QR code linking to your checkout or landing page.
Full-color 8.5×11 property sheets with floor plans, photos, and pricing. Tri-fold brochures make excellent property marketing kits that prospects take home and study. High-quality paper stock reflects the quality of the property.
Half-fold brochures work beautifully as compact menus, drink lists, and daily specials inserts. Flat flyers are perfect for promotional BOGO offers and new menu launches distributed at the door or counter.
Patient education brochures in tri-fold format. Service menus for spas, chiropractic offices, and wellness centers. Appointment reminders and new patient intake flyers work great as half-sheets.
Door hanger-style flyers and leave-behinds for HVAC, pest control, landscaping, roofing, and cleaning services. A 4×6 flyer left on a door is the most cost-effective prospecting tool in home services.
Course catalogs, event programs, enrollment brochures, and parent communication flyers. Tri-fold or accordion-fold brochures organize detailed information into a readable, portable format.
Event schedules, speaker bios, sponsor recognition flyers, and session guides in accordion or Z-fold formats. Flat flyers make great event handouts and are easy to stuff in registration bags.
Product sell sheets, seasonal catalog inserts, loyalty program announcements, and packaging inserts. Matte laminate flyers feel premium in a shopping bag. Include a QR code or discount code on every piece.
Design Tips for Print-Ready Flyers & Brochures
Follow these guidelines to ensure your artwork prints sharp, accurate, and exactly as you designed it.
Keep the hierarchy clear
Headline → subheadline → body copy → call to action. Every flyer needs a single most important message. Don't bury your offer in body copy.
Use CMYK at 300 DPI
Convert all colors from RGB to CMYK before exporting. Use 300 DPI images throughout. Blurry images and unexpected color shifts are the two most common print issues.
Add 0.125" bleed all around
Extend your background color or images 1/8" past the trim edge so you get a clean, edge-to-edge result after cutting. Our templates include bleed guides.
Design for fold lines (brochures)
In folded brochures, never place important text, logos, or images across a fold line. The fold will interrupt the visual flow. Leave at least 1/4" of clear space on each side of every fold.
Include a clear call to action
Every flyer should answer "What do I do next?" — Visit this URL, call this number, scan this QR code, visit us at this address. One action per flyer gets the best response rate.
Use white space strategically
Cluttered flyers get ignored. White space directs the reader's eye to your most important message. Less content, placed better, always outperforms a wall of text.
Free Design Templates
Download templates for every flyer size and brochure fold type. Each template includes the correct dimensions, bleed guides, safe zone marks, and fold lines already set up. Available in EPS (for Illustrator/InDesign) and JPG (for reference preview).
Brochure templates include panel marks and fold lines on a non-printing layer. Export your final file as a PDF with bleed or a flattened JPG/PNG at 300 DPI.
Shipping & Turnaround
We print fast and ship everywhere. Here's what to expect from order to delivery.
- •Standard: 3–5 business days in production
- •Rush options available at checkout
- •Turnaround starts after artwork approval
- •Folded brochures may add 1 production day
- •Ground shipping (3–5 business days transit)
- •2-Day Air (arrives in 2 business days)
- •Overnight (next business day delivery)
- •Free ground shipping on qualifying orders
- •Flyers arrive flat in protective packaging
- •Brochures arrive pre-folded and banded
- •Inner wrap protects laminate finishes
- •Tracking number emailed at shipment
- •100% satisfaction guarantee
- •Reprints at no charge for print defects
- •Color accuracy within industry standards
- •Report issues within 10 days of receipt
Frequently Asked Questions
Everything you need to know about ordering flyers and brochures from Catdi Printing.
We offer flat flyers in a wide range of sizes including 4×6, 5×7, 5.5×8.5, 8.5×11, and 11×17 inches. The 4×6 and 8.5×11 are the most popular. The 8.5×11 letter size maximizes visual impact for menus, sell sheets, and event announcements. The 4×6 is the most cost-effective size for mass distribution campaigns like door-to-door handouts or mailer inserts.
A flyer is a flat, unfolded sheet printed on one or both sides — typically 8.5×11 or smaller. Flyers are great for quick, high-impact promotional messages. A brochure is folded into multiple panels, creating a structured format that holds more information in a compact, organized way. Brochures are better for explaining services, products, or detailed information that benefits from a panel-by-panel reading flow.
For most marketing flyers, 100# Gloss Text is the standard — it gives vibrant colors and sharp images at a cost-effective price. If you want a more upscale look, 100# Matte Text has a refined, non-reflective surface. For something recipients will write on (order forms, schedules), use 80# Uncoated Text. For premium leave-behinds like real estate one-sheets or high-end sell sheets, upgrade to 100# Gloss or Matte Cover stock for extra thickness.
Yes. Flat flyers (especially 4×6 and 5×7) can be mailed as postcards with USPS if they meet mailing specifications — ask us about direct mail services. Tri-fold brochures are designed to mail without an envelope when a return address and postage area are incorporated into the back panel design. For bulk direct mail campaigns, we offer EDDM (Every Door Direct Mail) as well.
A tri-fold brochure has 6 panels — 3 panels on each side of the sheet. The front panel (cover), two interior panels when opened, a back panel, and two additional panels create a logical left-to-right reading flow when unfolded. The fold-in panel (the right panel that folds inward first) is slightly narrower than the other panels to allow clean folding — our templates handle this automatically.
Both a Z-fold and a tri-fold create 6 panels from a single sheet, but they fold in different directions. A tri-fold (letter fold) has both folds going the same direction — the panels layer on top of each other. A Z-fold alternates direction — the panels fold like an accordion or the letter Z. Z-folds are better for step-by-step content where each panel needs to stand alone, while tri-folds work better for rack display and sequential storytelling.
Submit a press-ready PDF with 0.125" bleed on all sides. For brochures, fold lines should be indicated as guidelines (not visible lines) in your file. If you're using Canva, export as "PDF Print" with bleed enabled. Files must be in CMYK color mode at 300 DPI minimum. We also accept high-resolution JPG and PNG files, though PDF gives the most accurate colors and sharpest text.
You should design around fold lines, but don't include visible fold lines in your final artwork file. Use our templates, which show fold and bleed guides as non-printing layers. Keep all important content (text, logos, key images) at least 0.25" away from any fold line on each side, so the fold doesn't interrupt your design. Backgrounds can cross fold lines.
Flat flyers are available with UV Coating (high-gloss, excellent protection), Aqueous Coating (eco-friendly water-based gloss or matte), or Uncoated (natural feel, writable). Matte laminate is available for a premium, soft-touch upgrade. For brochures, coatings are applied before folding, so all panels receive the same finish. Uncoated is recommended if recipients need to write on the brochure.
Standard turnaround for flat flyers is 3–5 business days in production after your artwork is approved. Folded brochures take 4–6 business days due to the additional folding step. Rush options can reduce production to 1–2 business days for flat flyers. Add shipping transit time (typically 2–5 business days via ground) to get your total delivery estimate.
Minimum orders start at 100 pieces for flat flyers and most folded brochure formats. The per-piece price drops significantly as quantity increases — ordering 1,000 flyers typically costs less than 3× the price of 250. For large campaigns (5,000+ pieces), contact us for volume pricing. We also offer split-address shipping for campaigns going to multiple locations.
Yes — all flat flyers are available as single-sided (front only) or double-sided (front and back) prints. Double-sided printing is a cost-efficient way to include more information — use the front for the main promotional message and the back for product details, a schedule, or a map. Each side is uploaded as a separate artwork file at checkout.
Yes — all brochures are printed full color on both sides. A tri-fold brochure, for example, is one sheet of paper printed on both sides and then folded, giving you 6 panels of full-color printing area. Each side (outside panels and inside panels) is submitted as a separate artwork file.
Download one of our free templates — they're sized correctly with bleed guides, safe zones, and fold lines already marked. Build your design to fit the template, then export as a press-ready PDF with bleed. Our pre-press team reviews every file before printing and will contact you if there's a problem. We catch most common issues (low resolution, wrong color mode, missing bleed) before they reach the press.
Yes. We ship anywhere in the contiguous United States. We're based in Houston, TX and use UPS and FedEx for delivery. Ground shipping takes 3–5 business days in transit. 2-Day Air and Overnight options are available for time-sensitive orders. For same-day or next-day delivery, combine rush production with overnight shipping and place your order before noon.
We stand behind every order. If your flyers or brochures arrive with a print defect, color issue, or production error, contact us within 10 business days of receipt and we'll reprint at no charge. We ask that you photograph the affected pieces so we can diagnose the issue accurately. Damage from shipping carriers is covered — we'll file the claim and send replacements.
Yes — we can split your order and ship to multiple addresses. Each destination can receive a portion of the total run. Contact us when placing a multi-ship order so we can set up the addresses correctly and provide shipping estimates for each location. Volume discounts still apply to the total order quantity even when split-shipping.
Is a Tri-Fold Brochure Right for You?
If you're leaning toward a brochure instead of a flat flyer, the tri-fold is usually where we point people first — and for good reason. Folding a single 8.5×11 sheet twice gives you six panels, which is enough room to tell a complete story without overwhelming the reader. The letter fold also creates a natural reading flow: the cover draws them in, the inside panels unfold left to right, and the back panel is free for contact info or a call to action.
A tri-fold is the right call when you have a service, a process, or a small product line to explain — think menus, real estate kits, patient education, or anything that benefits from a step-by-step layout. It also slips into a standard brochure rack and, when you design the back panel with a return address and postage area, it mails on its own with no envelope required. That makes it a strong pick for direct mail as well as in-person handouts.
Want the full breakdown of panel sizes, fold setup, design tips, and mailing specs before you commit? Our Tri-Fold Brochure Guide walks through everything, and you can compare folds on our brochure printing page.
Ready to Print?
Choose your format, select your size and paper stock, set your quantity, and upload your artwork — all online. Our pre-press team reviews every file before it goes to print.