Frequently Asked Questions
Your yearbook is special to your Yeargroup. DPI offers loads of choice, so you get a book which suits the unique personality of your year . If you have a question not answered below – please talk to Anne or Peter on 01594 860504 or email info@designprint-i.co.uk.
A yearbook is a record in words and pictures of the life and times of your yeargroup in school, college or university.
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For our standard hard backed book – the minimum order is only 30 books.
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As may as you want – in multiples of 4 for A4 books (multiples of 8 for A5 books)
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You can have A4 or A5 size books. A5 is nicer if everyone wants their own page.
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- Leather look hard covers in a choice of colours, with the name of the school, etc (or your own special design) on the front in silver or gold – this is the most popular choice, or
- Printed hard covers with your own pictures, illustrations, etc.
- Soft covered books – in a range of options – talk to us about what you want
- Other forms of binding – for example, spiral, wire-O, etc. are also available – please ask.
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Get a group of students together who will help with the yearbook. School students will need to agree with a teacher that it is OK to go ahead with a yearbook.
Call DPI on 01594 860504 or email us at info@designprint-i.co.uk - we will give you all the guidance and help you need to make producing your yearbook fun to do.
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Prices vary according to how many pages are in your book, and the type of covers and binding you want. Prices range from £8.00 per book.
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You choose when you want the books delivered; and let us have your material 6 weeks before that date.
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- We provide lots of help and support:
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- A visit to your school or university to talk through the project
- Step-by-step guidance and checklists
- Our How to produce a yearbook – and still smile proudly in 20 years’ time manual
- Templates for pages
- Guidance on getting sponsorship and fund-raising
- Ongoing advice and help by phone or email throughout the project
- DPI also helps you benefit from what you learn through working on the yearbook
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- Mapping aspects of the project to work-related learning, enterprise, employability skills, key/functional skills.
- Mapping the yearbook to specific learning programmes
- Providing a certificate for each member of the yearbook team (to put in their Personal Progress Portfolios, CVs, ROAs, etc.)
- Help and guidance for teachers too (and certificates)
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- Our philosophy
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- Your yearbook is a one-off chance to capture and record precious memories and we want your yearbook to be something you are really proud of
- Students develop a whole range of skills working on a yearbook project; our approach helps you gain real benefits from this
- Our quality
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- All our yearbooks are printed on 120gm2 environmentally friendly paper
- DPI yearbooks use the latest digital printing technology to achieve high quality printing
- DPI hard-backed books are all section sewn and bound to be strong, lasting – and to look good.
- Our reliability
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- We won’t make promises we can’t keep
- Our flexibility
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- You choose what kind of yearbook you want – pages, numbers, covers, bindings, etc.
- You choose how you want to work on your yearbook, and how you want to produce your pages – and we will provide whatever help and support you need
- You choose when you want your book delivered
- Our prices
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- Our prices are very competitive – with loads of FREE help, guidance and support – to produce the actual yearbook, and tick lots of work-related learning, enterprise, employability skills, etc. boxes.
- Our prices include the books themselves, a visit to the school or university, the manuals and other project and learning support materials and delivery to one UK mainland address
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DPI Ltd also holds BITC’s Community Mark – for the quality of its work and corporate social responsibility.
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