Fancy a trim?
Trimming is the process of cutting a document down to its finished size. Commerical printing presses cannot print to the very edge of a sheet of paper so in order to achieve this effect, your design is usually printed onto a larger piece of paper. The excess unprinted border is trimmed off after printing using […]
Lamination
Laminate is a very thin sheet of clear plastic which is applied to one or both sides of a sheet of paper. It provides protection from handling and prevents ink from smudging or coming off on the hands. Lamination is commonly used on the outer covers of premium brochures, corporate folders & premium business cards. Lamination […]
What Does Your Business Card Say About You?
I want each of you now to reach into your back pocket – or your bag and pull out your business card. Take a look at it as if you were handed this at an event by someone else. What are your immediate thoughts? What does it say about you, not just in the […]
Customer Spotlight – Fong Spa
This month we’re taking a look at Fong Day Spa in Northampton. Owned and run by Yin Jeune, Fong Spa is a haven of retreat from the hustle and bustle of daily life. Your health and wellbeing is at the heart of Fong Spa and their aim is to ensure every client always feels welcome and special. Fong […]
Pantone Numbers – How they can help your brand
Last month we talked about the Pantone System, a standardised colour reproduction system used by almost every printer to help create specific colours. When you think of large brands, brands that incorporate colour into their identity – it’s more than likely they’ll use a specific set of number to represent those colours. Take for example Ladbrokes – they have a […]
Digital Texture Printing
Wouldn’t it be nice if you could feel your print as well as see it. Well with advances in digital printing – it’s now possible for that exact thing. Lets say you were printing a picture of an Orange, there’d be no reason why you couldn’t incorporate the texture of an orange peel into your artwork so you […]
Roller Banners
Some great new Roller Banners we’ve just produced for a customer of ours – these are 800 x 2000mm 210gsm Polyester Hybrid UV Cure printed, 90% stop-light. Great for mobile applications or more permanent applications – these are for craft shows. Roller Banners are a great way to exhibit your business or goods They’re […]
Photo Book Gift
It’s nice once and a while to get a completely bespoke piece of print. This book was created as a leaving gift for someone. Working with Spinnaker Direct we produced a 32pp Hardback Leaving book with pictures and notes from colleagues and friends. The book was also needed in a very sharp turnaround – so […]
Pantone Numbers
The Pantone Matching System is a standardised colour reproduction system. By Standardising the colours, different ink manufacturers in different locations can all refer to the Pantone System to make sure the colours match without direct contact with one another. One such use is standardising colours in the CMYK process. The CMYK process is a method of printing color by using […]
Print Freedom
What is Print Freedom I hear you shout! Well, Print Freedom is what everybody has the ability to achieve and can lead to some serious time savings if done correctly. Think back to the last time you ordered some print – did you spend a while looking around online to find the cheapest site or a site that didn’t […]
