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Printster prints from an uploaded file and couriers the finished job to a Howrah address, on a published window of 5 to 10 working days. What Howrah sends is long and singular: a document job here averages 114 pages, usually a single copy, and paperback books are 14.9% of everything we print for the city against 10.7% across India. Payment is online and in full before printing.

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114 pages, one copy: the shape of a Howrah document job

PDF and document printing heads the product rows we list for Howrah: 1,334 items, 78.7% of what we print for the city against 79.3% across India. On share alone Howrah reads as unremarkable; the page count does not. Those jobs average 114 pages an item, usually a single copy, so the ordinary upload from here is one long file rather than a short one run off many times.

That length sits above where the rate card turns. The standard per-page tier covers 1 to 49 copies of a document of 21 pages or more, at ₹0.60 a page for A4 black and white double-sided on 75 GSM Normal. Below 21 pages it is ₹0.63. A mean of 114 pages describes the Howrah row, not your own file.

Paperbacks at 393 pages, hardbound at 560, both above the national share

Howrah's book rows sit above the national mix. Paperback (soft cover) books are 253 printed items, 14.9% of what we print for the city against 10.7% across India, about 1.4 times, averaging 393 pages an item. E-book printing is 40 printed items at 2.4% against 1.8%, averaging 330 pages; hardbound books 28 printed items at 1.7% against 1.3%, averaging 560 pages. All three usually arrive as a single copy.

Two smaller rows run the same way. School book printing is 9 printed items, 0.5% of what we print for Howrah against 0.1% across India, about 5.1 times, at 248 pages an item; study material and guides 18 printed items at 1.1% against 1.0%, averaging 265 pages. Nine items is a count to report, not to argue from, and these are top rows rather than the full catalogue.

Pages are charged by the page and binding per copy, so a 393-page paperback carries one binding line. Soft cover (perfect) binding is ₹110 a copy on the 1 to 50 copy band, hard binding ₹250, and golden print ₹275 on the front or ₹350 on front and spine. The four totals we publish are for a 200-page thesis: ₹120 for the pages alone, then ₹370, ₹395 and ₹470.

Posters at 0.2 times the national share, business cards at 34 copies

Display and short-run work is thin here. Poster printing is 6 printed items for Howrah, 0.4% of what we print for the city against 1.9% across India, about 0.2 times the national share, at 5 pages an item. Business cards are 3 printed items at a mean of 34 copies, where every other product row listed for Howrah averages one copy an item. Both are counts we report rather than argue from.

That marks the honest limit of ordering this way. Two pages wanted this afternoon are a job for a counter you can reach on foot, not for a printer and a courier several days off. What the route suits is the planned job: the 114-page document, the 393-page paperback, the 560-page hardbound file.

Howrah leaves 47.1% of its work loose, against 53.9% across India

Finishes are counted in a table of their own, 1,682 lines against 1,694 product lines, so a share in one cannot be read into the other. Loose sheets, no binding, is the most-chosen finish on Howrah work, on 792 printed items and 47.1% of what we print here, under 53.9% nationally. Corner staple runs the other way: 235 printed items, 14.0% against 5.4%, about 2.6 times, at ₹2 a copy.

Soft cover (perfect) binding also sits above its national share, on 271 printed items at 16.1% against 11.4%; a second catalogue spelling of it carries 67 printed items at 4.0%, a row we do not add in. Spiral runs under the national figure, 221 printed items at 13.1% against 17.6%, at ₹40 a copy. Spiral does not extend production; soft cover, at ₹110 a copy, adds 1 to 2 working days on top of the 3 to 5 working days of printing.

550 orders into 33 pincodes, all on the 711 prefix

We have printed and shipped 550 orders to Howrah over 24 months: rank 27 among the places we ship to across India, rank 3 of the 53 we serve in West Bengal, and 6.8% of everything we have delivered into the state. That is a volume record, not a measure of market share. In the same district we also print for Sankrail, at 58 orders.

Our network is configured for 33 serviceable pincodes inside Howrah, every one on the 711 prefix, with 52 serviceable pincodes across the district over 8 places we deliver to, and 1,265 pincodes across the 61 districts of West Bengal. DTDC is the carrier configured on 22 of Howrah's pincodes, though we choose the carrier per order and name none in advance. The 257 locality names listed below, Bally and Uluberia among them, are addresses we deliver to.

Printout prices for Howrah

Per-page rates on A4/A5 75 GSM normal paper, standard order of 1 to 49 copies, 21 pages or more. Excludes GST at 5%. Effective 30 August 2026.
What you are printingPrice per page (ex-GST)
A4 black & white, double-sided₹0.60
A4 black & white, single-sided₹0.85
A4 colour, double-sided₹3.36
A5 black & white, double-sided₹0.38

A document of 20 pages or fewer carries a small surcharge — A4 black & white double-sided is ₹0.63 a page instead of ₹0.60. At 100 copies or more the rate falls to ₹0.54. The full rate card lists every paper and size.

Binding options delivered to Howrah

Per copy on A4, A5 and B5 at 1–50 copies, excluding GST. Binding is charged per copy, not per page.
BindingPrice per copy (ex-GST)
Corner staple₹2
Staple₹15
Centre staple (saddle stitch)₹25
Centre staple with lamination₹35
Spiral₹40
Comb₹45
Wiro (twin-loop)₹45
Glue / tape₹60
Soft cover (perfect) binding₹110
Hard binding₹250
Hard binding with golden print on front₹275
Hard binding with golden print on front and spine₹350

Soft cover, hard bound, glue/tape and saddle stitch binding add 1 to 2 working days to production. Spiral, comb and wiro binding ship within the standard window.

Areas we deliver to in Howrah

These 257 localities sit inside pincodes Howrah is serviceable on. They are delivery destinations — Printster has no counter or collection point in any of them.

Pincodes we deliver to in Howrah

Our courier network is configured for 33 pincodes in Howrah. Enter yours at checkout to confirm before you pay.

Who carries your order to Howrah

One carrier is configured for Howrah, and we choose per order on what is serviceable for your pincode. You do not pick the carrier at checkout.

Carriers configured for Howrah, and how many of its pincodes each covers.
CarrierPincodes covered
DTDC22

Where Howrah sits in our delivery network

Howrah is in Howrah district, West Bengal. We deliver to 52 serviceable pincodes across 8 places in Howrah district, and 1,265 pincodes across 61 districts in West Bengal. Those pages list every town and city we reach.

Frequently asked questions

What does it cost to print a 114-page document for Howrah?
We publish rates, not a total for your file. A4 black and white double-sided is Rs 0.60 a page on the standard tier: 1 to 49 copies of a document of 21 pages or more, on 75 GSM Normal paper. Below 21 pages it is Rs 0.63 and single-sided A4 Rs 0.85. Binding is charged per copy on top, plus GST of 5%.
Is 78.7% a share of the 550 orders you have shipped to Howrah?
No. It is a share of printed items, and an item is one line on an order rather than the whole order. Those 550 Howrah orders carry 1,694 lines between them, so one order here often holds several files. Every percentage on this page counts what we print for Howrah, not how many of its orders did something.
How long does a Howrah order take, and does the finish change it?
The published window to a Howrah address is 5 to 10 working days, and it already covers production. Printing runs 3 to 5 working days. Soft cover, hard binding, glue or tape and saddle stitch add 1 to 2 working days on top of that; spiral, comb, wiro and staple do not. The count starts the working day after we accept the order.
Why is corner staple chosen so much more often on Howrah work?
We do not know, and this data cannot answer it. The table records that corner staple is chosen on 14.0% of what we print for Howrah against 5.4% across India, about 2.6 times, on 235 printed items, and nothing about why. It is one of the top rows we list, so read it as a pattern rather than a fact about the city.
Do all 33 Howrah pincodes get the same delivery window?
Yes, 5 to 10 working days to any address on the 711 prefix. For the leg after printing the courier network publishes a transit band of 5 to 7 days for Howrah, and 17 of the city's pincodes are configured in that band, four in a 6 to 8 day band and one slower. That is configuration, not a record of what parcels did.
Can I collect a Howrah order instead of having it couriered?
No. Everything for Howrah goes out by courier to one of the 33 serviceable pincodes on the 711 prefix, paid online in full beforehand. Pickup exists at our Delhi production facility alone, for Delhi orders. Howrah is also recorded here as Bally Jagachha, and the 257 locality names on this page are places we deliver to, never premises.

Other places we deliver to in West Bengal

The same rate card, binding options and delivery windows apply across West Bengal: Kolkata · Durgapur · Siliguri · Medinipur · Serampore · Kalyani.

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