Manuals that need to lie flat on a desk are usually wire-O — ask us to quote it alongside the bound version.
Training Manual Printing
- Single-page PDF, 3mm bleed on all edges
- Images at 300dpi, CMYK colour
- Free file check on every order — we flag issues before press
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Also available: Wire-O binding for desk use · tabbed dividers & section separators · printed covers with matt or soft-touch lamination · A5 and A4 · reprints held on file · runs from 10 to 10,000+.
How much does training manual printing cost?
The table shows the same A4 delegate workbook — 150 pages on 100gsm opaque, perfect bound — at six quantities, priced live by our calculator.
Course sizes rarely round to a neat number, so price your actual delegate count rather than the nearest bar — the calculator prices any quantity exactly. See full UK book printing prices or get your exact price →
| 10 copies | £14.43 |
| 25 copies | £6.58 |
| 50 copies | £4.91 |
| 100 copies | £4.14 |
| 250 copies | £2.94 |
| 500 copies | £2.35 |
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Cover template generator
A press-ready cover template built for your trim size, spine and cover material — in seconds.
Pre-flight check
Upload your PDF and we flag bleed, resolution and colour issues before anything reaches press — free.
Spine width calculator
Your exact spine width from paper, page count and binding — live, to the tenth of a millimetre.
Book size guide
Every UK trim size at actual size, with what each one is conventionally used for.
What people print
Corporate training
Delegate workbooks, facilitator guides, onboarding manuals. Branded covers, per-cohort quantities, updated content reprinted between intakes.
Coaches & course creators
Companion workbooks for courses, retreats and programmes. Retail-grade production that justifies a premium ticket price, from 10 copies.
Compliance & operations
Health & safety manuals, SOPs, equipment and operations documentation. Durable bindings, version-numbered reprints, tabbed sections.
Education & textbooks
Course readers, lab manuals, revision workbooks and short-run textbooks. Write-in layouts on uncoated stock, priced for education budgets.
Training manuals specification
Binding
- Wire-O — lies completely flat, folds fully back; the working-manual standard
- Perfect or PUR bound — printable spine for handbooks and textbooks
- Saddle-stitched for short session packs, 8–48 pages
- Thread-sewn for reference manuals that must last years
Paper
- 80–100gsm uncoated — takes pen and highlighter without smearing
- 100–120gsm for write-in workbook pages
- Silk 115–130gsm where photography or diagrams lead
- Recycled stocks across the range
Formats
- A4 — the training-room standard, room for exercises
- A5 for handbooks and pocket references
- Mono, colour, or mixed mono/colour sections priced separately
- Tabbed section dividers on wire-O manuals
Cover & extras
- Laminated covers that survive bags and coffee
- Versioned covers — course date, cohort, client or version number
- Numbered copies for controlled documents
- Shrink-wrapping in per-session counts
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Training manuals FAQ
Wire-O, in most cases — a manual that’s used at a desk needs to lie flat and fold back on itself, and wire-O is the only binding that does both. Choose perfect or PUR binding when shelf presence matters more than desk use (employee handbooks, textbooks) — the printable spine keeps a bookshelf of manuals navigable.
10 copies, with no setup fees — which changes how training materials work. Instead of printing a year’s stock that goes stale, print per cohort or per course date and keep the content current. A 15-delegate workshop ordering 18 copies is a completely normal job here.
Yes — reprints are the heart of manual work. Send the revised PDF, approve the proof, and the new version prints to the same spec at the same price. We recommend a version number and date on the cover or footer; versioned covers cost nothing extra and end “which edition is this?” forever.
That’s the point of the paper we recommend — 100gsm uncoated takes biro, pencil and highlighter without smearing or ghosting. For workbooks with heavy exercise content, 120gsm gives extra body. Avoid gloss stocks for anything write-in: ballpoint skids and highlighter never dries.
Yes — mono text sections with colour diagram or photo sections is the cost-efficient way to build a big manual, and the quote prices each section separately. A 200-page manual with 24 colour pages costs far less than the same manual in full colour.
Yes — tabbed section dividers are available on wire-O manuals and are worth it for anything used as a reference (compliance manuals, SOPs, facilitator guides). Tell us the section breaks and we’ll set the tab bank.
Standard turnaround is 3–5 working days from proof approval. For fixed course dates, give us the date at quote stage and we schedule backwards from the venue delivery — repeat courses run like clockwork because the spec is already on file.
Yes — short-run textbooks, course readers and revision workbooks print as perfect or PUR bound books on education-friendly budgets. ISBN barcoding is free where you supply the number; see also thesis & dissertation printing for academic one-offs.
From quote to delivered books.
Get a quote
Build the spec above — size, pages, paper, quantity — and the price updates as you go.
Upload files
Print-ready PDF preferred — the free file check flags resolution, colour and bleed issues.
Review proof
Free digital proof of cover and interior — we never print your run without your approval.
Printing
Covers and interiors printed in Exeter on presses profiled for accurate colour.
Bind & finish
Interiors printed, then perfect or PUR bound — or wire-O so the manual lies flat on a training-room desk.
Dispatch
Wrapped, boxed and dispatched via DPD or pallet courier, UK and overseas.
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