The rarest book in the world

Published in 1640, the Bay Psalm Book is considered to be the first book to be printed in what was then the British colonies of North America. With only eleven copies left in existence. The Bay Psalm Book, one of 11 surviving copies of the first book printed in America, has sold for $14.2 million at […]

Rosettes in Print – not just for winners!

Screen Angles

In four colour printing, images are all made up of halftone dots – one for each of the colours (CMYK). It occurs when 3 or more are all overlaid at angles to create what you can see close up, as a moire pattern, or rosette. Below you can see this represented by Wikipedia with multiple […]

Appearance in the Chronicle & Echo yesterday

Northampton Chronicle & Echo - Blue Star Print Solutions SBS win

So while getting involved with the #Northantshour tweetup yesterday. I got speaking to the editor at the Chronicle & Echo, who asked… I swiftly sent back a message mentioning our recent #SBS win with Theo Paphitis and mentioned the Press Release we sent over. David got straight back in contact with us and mentioned it […]

Listed a success

Recognition From a Dragon - Blue Star Print Solutions scoops #SBS win

This morning we were extremely pleased to see we’d made it onto Nigel Botterill’s Success website for the Entrepreneur’s Circle – listed thanks to the #SBS win the previous week. We’re now gracing the page and letting everyone know the importance of winning things! The full page can be seen here – www.nigelbotterill.com/success/ More on the […]

The History of Business Cards

the history of business cards

Business Card History Usually business cards are an afterthought – something you pick up in your day to day life in business. What if someone was to ask you how they started. Would you be able to answer them? Well take a look below and have a look at the history of how business cards […]

Did You Know…

The Human Eye is 576 Mega Pixel!

* An average person blinks 12 times per minute – about 10,000 blinks/day. * Human eyes are composed of more than 2 million working parts. * Our human eye is 576 mega pixel !!! * Corneas are the only tissues that don’t require blood. * Human eyes can process 36,000 bits of information every hour. […]