Perforation Explained

What is perforation?

Perforation is the word used to describe adding a row of holes to a printed product, allowing you to tear off a section without ruining the rest of the design. Perf lines are often added to flyers and leaflets to provide tear-off vouchers and coupons, encouraging sales while allowing the customer to keep the original flyer for the product or event.

How are perf lines added?

We can add perforation to your printed flyer or leaflet using a perfing wheel. Alternatively, you can use die cutting.

Standard perfing vs microperfing

When you apply standard perf lines to your leaflet or flyer, when the customer removes the perforated section, there will most likely be left a jagged edge. This shouldn’t effect your main design at all – and as such this method is the most popular.

However, if it is important to have a clean break you might like to consider micoperfing for your custom flyers. Here, we create much smaller holes along the perf line, which when torn will leave a neat edge.