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IPG Ink logoThe missing INK in your supply chain.

Timely, economical digital printing provided at zero shipping cost.

  • Digital manufacturing can be turned around in as little as two business days, granting new life to your low-stock or out of stock titles.
  • The most you will pay for a 200-page 6 x 9 title is $3.13. Unlike other printers, IPG prints your inventory on-site. That means no costs to ship your inventory to us.
  • 15% and 20% discounts available for 200 + and 500 + unit orders.

Industry-standard trim sizes, paper stocks, and book finishes mean we have you (and your books) covered.

  • We can print your perfect bound titles in any conceivable size between 4.00” x 6.00” and 8.5” x 11.25”. Spines as thin as 1/16” and as thick at 2.5”.
  • Choice of 50# and 60# white and creme papers—along with a specialized 80# gloss coated stock—means we can produce your novel, or your graphic novel, and anything in between.
  • 10pt and 12pt cover stocks available with your choice of matte or glossy cover finishes.

IPG Ink's Printing Specifications - Interior

Type Brand GSM PPI Caliper Opacity Brightness All Sizes?
White 50# Williamsburg Offset Opaque 74 512 0.0039 91 94 Yes
White 60# Williamsburg Offset Opaque 89 444 0.0045 93 94 Yes
Creme 50# Pixelle B18 Natural Eggshell 74 500 0.004 92 74 Yes
Creme 60# Pixelle B18 Natural Eggshell 88.8 420 0.00476 94 74 Yes
Gloss 80# Endurance Digital Gloss Text 118 540 0.0037 93.5 92 Yes

$5M investment state-of-the-art equipment means efficient, high-quality production.

  • The oldest machine in our shop was born in August, 2018, with an average equipment age of less than 2 years.
  • Sophisticated, bar-code driven workflows augmented by brand-new, cutting-edge software in use by only the largest and most sophisticated book manufacturers in the US.

Custom-tailored printing solutions to fit your publishing program.

  • Books can be printed print runs as small as one copy, and as great as 4,000 copies—the choice is yours.
  • Maintain zero inventory at IPG, and simply manufacture to order. Or choose to keep inventory at our DC, with units replenished automatically when stock begins to run low.
  • Issue your own manufacturing orders through IPG’s web-based manufacturing portal.
  • Or, be your own supply chain. IPG is always happy to receive 3rd party digital printing or offset orders at our distribution center.
  • For maximum avaibility, take advantage of IPG’s deep integration with cutting-edge printing programs at Amazon and Ingram.

Program Essentials

  Lightning Source Kindle Enterprise Publishing
Perfect Binding
Case Binding

SDRP
Inventory Free
On Demand
Prepay

Free Shipping Excludes SDRP
ARCs
Hard Proofs

Interested? INKcredulous?

Contact your rep or email [email protected] to learn more.

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