Now, you do not have to be a printing professional to print pocket folders. Remember that pocket folders are just thicker and bigger types of the usual prints that you do these days. They are only specialized as containers of course of other documents. All it takes to create them is some good and decent printing practices that one can easily follow.

So if you want to print your own pocket folders, it should be easy. Let me give you the essential tips for personal pocket folder printing.

1. Research and acquire your most appropriate pocket folder template – For beginners, it is best to create your personal pocket folders through templates. As you would certainly imagine, there are tons of different pocket folder configurations out there, set in different sizes and with different kinds of pockets of course. It is best to use one of these instead of creating your own so that your process becomes less complicated. So go to an online printing company and try to download some of its templates. This will help you a lot, believe me.

2. Use a decent desktop publishing application to manage your draft – It is a good idea if you use a decent desktop publishing application to develop and manage the design and content of your draft design for pocket folders. Try to use something more than just a word processor for example. Design applications such as Publisher and InDesign are best, as long as you are familiar with using them. The better the software though, the better you can translate your personal design unto those prints. That is why you should try to get the most decent one you can get your hands on.

3. Use only high resolution images and graphics in the design – Take note that in pocket folder printing, low resolution images won’t really look good. So your typical clip-arts and internet based images won’t really be appropriate for it. To make your personal pocket folders look great, you will have to use only high resolution images in your design. A minimum of 300dpi is actually highly encouraged if you want those folders to look really professional and clean. Anything less and you should not really insert that image in the first place.

4. Minimize clutter and use only text content when necessary – A pocket folder is not a novel mind you. So it should not have a clutter of text content in its design (unless that is really the intention). You should ideally minimize the clutter of your pocket folder layout, only putting in enough to entice people to read what is inside of your folders. So make sure you take out any unnecessary content in your design before you actually print those.

5. Avail of the best materials you can afford – Finally, you should avail of the best materials that you can afford in pocket folder printing. To get that best personal design for your readers you should make the design stand out by providing them with good paper materials and inks. So make sure that you specify the use of the best thick paper with glossy coatings and of course the most vivid full color inks imaginable.

Great! Take all those tips to heart as you print your pocket folders. All those will help you create pocket folders that are made professionally but with that special personal touch of course.


Walker is an artist focused on catalog printing. Born and raised in Colorado, She is currently a freelance for online designing, promoting custom pocket folders.