Cut Out The Noise – Too Much Print Choice is a Bad Thing!

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It’s Ear Muff day today. Which I thought was a perfect analogy for this post! You see, there are thousands of printers out there and the age of the internet has only made these (and more) much more accessible.. but is that a good thing?

Stick it to ’em!

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Printed Labels & Stickers.. why use them in your business? This week we’re going to have a little look at labels & stickers. • Why use them in business? • How can they work for me? • What options do I have? That last one is pretty open (there’s LOADS of choice out there) but […]

Why print management is like your favourite supermarket!

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Why Print Management is like your favourite supermarket! It often occurs to me when people question Print Management companies or even Print Brokers. The process isn’t too far from people shopping in their local supermarkets.. yet there seems to be more of a hesitation to use a Print Management company than a supermarket? Lets have […]

What Paper Weight to choose?

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Paper Weight – what the numbers mean You’ve probably come across the term GSM before. If you’re ordering print of any kind. Whether that’s business cards, brochures, posters, or flyers you’ll have already used the term, maybe without knowing it! GSM means Grams per Square Metre. Basically, it’s the measurement of the weight of paper. […]

Back to Black

In 1909, Henry Ford said; “You can have any colour, as long as it’s Black!” This was about the Model T and keeping production consistent. Well if you’d have known that the choice of Black is much more open than you’d think, that wouldn’t be such a bad thing. You see, when we’re dealing with […]

Pantone Reveals Color of the Year for 2014

Pantone 18-3224 Colour of the year

Pantone, an X-Rite company and the global authority, announced PANTONE® 18-3224 Radiant Orchid, a captivating, magical, enigmatic purple, as the colour of the year for 2014.

What Wikipedia can’t tell you about Business Sabotage!

House Builder Sabotaged by their own staff!

Last week my wife, my son & I were in a certain house developers sales office enquiring about new houses and the development in general. I won’t mention which developer it was but here’s the situation we found ourselves in…

Glastonbury Free Press First Issue

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2013’s Glastonbury saw the release of their first on-site newspaper ‘The Glastonbury Free Press’. It was the local newspaper for the Festival, printed on site using vintage letterpress technology.