Business report covers come in various price ranges and designs. Even if your budget is tight, you can still produce a professional looking report. You can buy clear report covers and sheet protectors for a simple look, or, when your budget allows, go all-out with a full-color embossed cover produced by a printer.

Give your report a custom look with a special cover or professional binding. Report covers can be printed professionally and then collated with the contents and bound on an in-house binding machine.

Many options are available in every price range. Ways to produce custom report covers:

1. Choose an off-the-shelf product that is clear or has a die-cut window in it to allow your title page, or part of it, to be visible when the cover is closed.
2. Have your company logo foil stamped to produce custom report covers that show off your corporate identity.
3. Order custom embossed report covers for a look of understated elegance.
4. Purchase custom printed report covers in full-color to promote your message and identity before the reader even opens the report.

Action Steps
The best contacts and resources to help you get it done

Buy standard business report covers for basic business reports

For a report that does not need to stand out from the crowd, buy off-the-shelf report covers. If your company produces a large quantity of such documents, consider buying report covers wholesale.

I recommend: Purchase report covers at discount prices at Discount Office Supplies. Buy report covers, sheet protectors and other binders and accessories at My1Stop.com including clear report covers and portfolio covers.

Produce custom report covers in-house

You may not need to enlist the services of a printer in order to produce custom report covers. Buy high quality diecut and embossed report covers to make a report produced in-house look like it was professionally printed. A local copy center can bind reports that you have printed yourself, or you can make the investment in binding equipment.

I recommend: Order custom paper, cover stock and binding equipment from NSC International. Buy quality embossed and diecut report covers to customize in-house at Paper Direct.

Have your report cover printed by a custom printer

Obtain the ultimate custom cover from a printer. It can be printed with one color or full color, or even embossed or foil stamped, or a combination of a couple of these methods.

I recommend: Order one- or two-piece report covers, custom printed, at Company Folders, Inc., where you can also request a price quote or a free sample. Obtain foil-stamped and embossed professionally printed folders at Folders.com.

Tips & Tactics

Helpful advice for making the most of this Guide

• •  Printing companies that print report covers may also be able to help you print the contents of your report as well.
• •  A local copy store may be able to copy and collate the contents of your report.