Custom Linen Folders
Custom linen folders from 100 — presentation folders cut from linen-embossed cover stock, with pockets and card slits, finished with a foil-stamped, debossed or printed logo for proposals, welcome packs and menus.
A presentation folder you notice with your fingers first
- Stock
- Linen-embossed cover stock, 100–130 lb cover; white, cream, gray, navy, black and dyed colors
- Size
- 9 × 12 in for letter-size pages; A4 and custom sizes
- Pockets
- Two 4 in pockets standard; single pocket, capacity spine, card slits
Order online
Order linen folders
Starting from $0.75 per unit
Printed to your artwork or plain, sold in runs of 100 up to 5,000 units per product online. Freight to the US, UK, Canada and Australia is inside the price.
How an online order runs
- Add the units you needThen check out with your delivery address. Add other products to the same order on the way.
- A digital proof comes backLaid on the dieline, before anything prints. Change it as often as you need.
- Pay once you approve itPay by PayPal invoice or bank transfer after you approve your digital proof, or cash on delivery in the US and Canada.
- We make it and ship it deliveredYour delivery date is confirmed with the proof, against the spec and your fill date. Freight and customs are handled on the way to you.
Another size, board or finish, or more than 5,000 units? Send the spec for a price instead. Freight by market and our terms cover delivery and remakes.
Get a price for Linen Folders
Send the size and quantity — we reply the same working day with a price, a dieline and a date. Artwork optional at this stage.
- Free dielineThe flat drawing comes with the quote, before you commit.
- Proof before pressNothing is printed until you have seen it laid on the dieline.
- Die kept for reordersTooling is paid once. Every reorder skips straight to press.
- Quoted in four marketsUS, UK, Canada and Australia, in the delivery currency.
What the linen texture does and does not like
| Foil stamping | Excellent; the foil sits crisp on the raised weave |
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| Debossing and embossing | Excellent; the texture makes the pressed shape stand out |
| Small text and fine lines | Good at normal sizes; very thin rules can break on the weave |
| Large solid ink areas | Possible, but the texture shows through and solids look softer |
| Photographs | Best kept off the cover; print them on the inserts instead |
Stock weights and colors
Linen folders are cut from heavy cover stock, typically 100 to 130 lb cover, so the folder stands up when carried with a full set of pages. Natural white and soft white are the usual choices, with cream, gray, navy, black and deep colors available as through-dyed stock. Through-dyed matters: a dark linen folder printed on white paper shows white edges at every cut and fold, a dyed sheet does not.
Pockets, slits and the inside layout
If the folder is more about holding pages than presenting them, standard printed pocket folders in coated stock do that job for less.
- Two inside pockets, 4 in deep as standard, for letter-size sheets.
- One pocket on the right only, when the left panel carries a printed welcome or contents page.
- Business card slits on one or both pockets.
- A capacity spine, 1/8 to 1/2 in, when the folder holds a thick proposal.
- Glued or interlocking pockets; glued pockets hold heavier stacks.
Foil, deboss or both on the cover
Most linen folders carry one mark on the front: a logo foil stamped in gold, silver, copper or a pigment color, or blind debossed with no ink at all. Foil plus deboss in register gives the mark depth and shine together. Because a stamping die is made for the mark, the same die can be reused on later reorders and on matching stationery.
Send the logo as vector artwork. A raster logo cannot be turned into a clean stamping die.
Who orders linen rather than gloss
| Law, accounting and finance firms | Engagement letters, proposals, closing documents |
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| Hotels and venues | Room folders, event packs, wedding proposals |
| Restaurants | Menu covers and check presenters |
| Schools and universities | Admissions packs and certificates |
| Architects and designers | Project presentations with drawings inside |
Linen folders inside a wider stationery set
A linen folder usually goes out with matching letterhead, envelopes and business cards cut from the same stock family, so the texture and color match across the set. We print and cut those alongside the folders; our stationery and print range lists the pieces.
Linen Folders — specification
The rows that are specific to this build first, then what applies to every job we run. Anything not listed is a question, not a limit — send the brief.
This build
- Stock
- Linen-embossed cover stock, 100–130 lb cover; white, cream, gray, navy, black and dyed colors
- Size
- 9 × 12 in for letter-size pages; A4 and custom sizes
- Pockets
- Two 4 in pockets standard; single pocket, capacity spine, card slits
- Finish
- Foil stamping, blind deboss, foil plus deboss, or offset print
- Assembly
- Glued or interlocking pockets, delivered folded
- Minimum
- 100 folders per design
On every job
- Print process
- Digital below about a thousand, offset above it. Both sides as standard on cards, tags and leaflets.
- Color
- CMYK with spot colors for a brand match. Uncoated and cotton stocks print noticeably lighter than coated ones.
- Tolerance
- Trim plus or minus 1 mm guillotined, plus or minus 0.5 mm die-cut. Anything over about 170gsm is creased before folding.
- Tooling
- A die only where the piece is shaped, perforated or drilled, made once and kept. A plain rectangle needs none.
- Food contact
- Food-safe inks on menus and counter print that will be handled where food is served.
- Sustainability
- Uncoated and unlaminated stocks recycle without separation, and FSC papers are available across the range.
- Artwork
- Vector PDF or AI, 3 mm bleed, 4 mm safe area, fonts outlined. We check every file and send a proof before press.
- Dieline
- Supplied free with the quote, before you commit. Yours whether or not you order.
- Sample
- A plain unprinted sample at the finished size on request, for fit and construction.
- Reorders
- Skip the tooling and go straight to press at a lower unit price.
- Lead time
- Quoted with the price against your fill date rather than promised before we have seen the spec.
- Markets
- United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia — priced in the delivery currency, freight included.
Boards and films we build linen folders on
Sheet print is judged in the hand more than a box is: the weight, the surface and whether a pen works on it. These are the stocks we run for cards, folders, leaflets and stationery.
Coated card 300–400gsm
The workhorse. Sharp full-color print, matte or gloss, laminated where it is handled. Does not take a pen unless the finish is matte.
300–400gsmUncoated card
No clay coat. Colors read softer and warmer, a deboss goes deeper, and it writes on with anything. Photographs lose punch.
300–400gsmCotton and textured card
Soft, thick and fibrous. Takes a deep blind deboss and reads as an invitation. Foil sits beautifully; four-color does not.
400–700gsmDuplexed card
Two sheets bonded, often with a colored core, for a very thick card with a visible colored edge. The heaviest thing we print.
600–900gsmText paper 100–170gsm
Leaflets, folder inners and booklet pages. Folds without cracking and takes a full-color print on both faces.
100–170gsmManila and kraft paper
Unbleached, tan, and cheap. One or two colors read well; white ink gives a light mark. Envelopes, folders and tags.
90–300gsmSynthetic stock
Polypropylene sheet for tags and cards that get wet, torn or handled outdoors. Prints like paper and does not soften.
200–400 micronBoard-backed
A printed face laminated to grayboard, for a rigid card, a folder back or a display that has to stand up on its own.
1–2 mm boardNot sure which? Say what goes in it and where it is sold — the material follows from that. Our notes on recycled, recyclable and compostable cover which claims each stock can honestly carry.
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Send what you have
A dimension, a photograph beside a ruler, or the product itself. No technical drawing needed — that part is ours.
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We quote and draw
A price, a dieline and a date come back together. If a different build would suit the product better, that is in the reply too.
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Approve the dieline
The flat drawing is yours to check: which panel is the front, where the folds fall, how deep the cavity really is.
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Artwork on the dieline
You place your design on the flat we sent, or we place it for you, and you see a proof before anything goes to press.
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A sample if you want one
A plain unprinted sample at the finished size shows fit and construction — the things a drawing cannot.
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Cut, printed, shipped
The die is cut once and kept, so every reorder skips the tooling and goes straight to press at a lower unit price.
Format
Vector PDF or AI where possible. Raster artwork at 300dpi at final size, in CMYK.
Bleed
3 mm past every trim line, so a fraction of drift on the cutter never leaves a white edge.
Safe area
Keep type and anything important 4 mm inside the cut and away from every fold.
Color
Convert to CMYK before sending. Uncoated stock prints lighter; a spot color is the only exact match.
Fonts
Outline them or supply the files. A missing font substitutes silently and the proof will not match.
Barcodes
On a light, matte, unvarnished patch with the quiet zone clear — a code on gloss fails the scanner.
Not set up that way? Send it anyway — fixing a file is a short conversation, and we check every one before press. Our guide to preparing print files covers each point.
Sheet print takes the widest range of finishes of anything we make.
Matte lamination
Soft, fingerprint-resistant, and it still takes a pen. The default on anything handled.
Gloss lamination
Maximum color depth. Shows every fingerprint and refuses a ballpoint.
Hot foil
Gold, rose gold, silver, holographic or a color. The block is small so the die is cheap.
Emboss and deboss
Deepest on uncoated and cotton stocks; shallow and prone to cracking on gloss coated.
Spot UV
A gloss shape on a matte laminate. Best on a dark ground where the contrast reads.
Edge paint and colored core
Color on the cut edge of a thick or duplexed card. Only seen when the card is picked up, which is the point.
Soft-touch
A velvet laminate on a cover or a folder. Marks on white; excellent on dark.
Uncoated and textured
No film at all. Writes on, debosses deeply, and reads as considered rather than cheap.
Not sure which suits the shelf it sells from? Say where the product is sold and we suggest one — our notes on specialty finishes show them on real boxes.
Sizing printed sheets, folds and the grain: linen folders
A printed piece is specified flat and finished folded, and the difference between the two is where mistakes live. Send the finished size you want and we work back to the flat.
- Finished size
- The size after folding and trimming. A6, A5, A4, DL, US letter and legal are standard; anything else is cut on its own die.
- Bleed and safe area
- 3 mm of artwork past every trim edge, and nothing important within 4 mm inside it. The guillotine drifts by a fraction on every stack.
- Grain direction
- Paper folds cleanly along the grain and cracks across it. We set the grain to the fold, which is why a sheet is not simply cut from the biggest sheet available.
- Fold allowance
- On a roll fold or a gate fold, the inner panels are cut a millimeter or two shorter so the piece closes flat.
- Creasing
- Anything over about 170gsm is creased before folding. Without it the fold cracks and the coating flakes along the line.
- Trim tolerance
- Plus or minus 1 mm guillotined, plus or minus 0.5 mm die-cut.
Not sure your numbers are right? Send the product dimensions rather than the box dimensions and we work the box out — the full method is in our guide to measuring for a box.
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Spec your Linen Folders
Pick a shape, type a size, choose a stock and a finish. The preview on the left redraws as you go, and the spec lands with us exactly as you set it.
Frequently asked questions
Got a question about linen folders? The answers below cover what we get asked most. If yours is not here, send it with a brief, message us on WhatsApp, or call +1 503-461-4788 — we reply the same working day.
What is a linen folder?
A presentation folder cut from cover stock embossed with a fine woven crosshatch, which gives it a cloth-like texture and a formal look.
Can linen folders be printed in full color?
Yes, but the texture softens large solid areas and photographs. Linen folders look best with a foil or debossed logo and color kept for the inserts.
What size is a standard linen folder?
A 9 × 12 in folder holds letter-size pages. A4 and custom sizes are cut for other paper sizes.
Can a linen folder hold a thick proposal?
Yes, with a capacity spine of 1/8 to 1/2 in and glued pockets, which hold heavier stacks than interlocking ones.
Can I get a gold foil logo on a linen folder?
Yes. Gold, silver, copper and pigment foils all stamp cleanly on linen, and can be combined with a deboss for depth.
Are dark linen folders white at the edges?
Not when they are cut from through-dyed linen stock, which is the same color all the way through the sheet.
Do linen folders have business card slits?
They can, on one or both pockets, cut to hold a standard card.
What weight of stock are linen folders?
Usually 100 to 130 lb cover, heavy enough to stay rigid with a full set of pages inside.
Can linen folders match my letterhead?
Yes. Letterhead, envelopes and cards can be cut from the same linen stock family so texture and color match.
Can a linen folder be blind debossed with no ink?
Yes. A blind deboss presses the logo into the cover with no foil or ink, which suits the texture well.
Do restaurants use linen folders?
Yes, as menu covers and check presenters, because the textured stock hides fingerprints and wear.
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