The BIGGEST revelation in print…
it’s not just ink on paper… that certainly got your attention didn’t it? Well it should. I wanted to talk today about the huge separation that exists these days around print. You’ll notice I use the generic term ‘print’ there, I could say Business Card or Brochure but lets face it – there’s no real difference – […]
QR Codes – Quick Overview
• QR Code stands for Quick Response Code, it’s intended to allow it’s contents to be decoded at high speed. • A QR code is a matrix code (or 2-dimensional bard code) created by Japanese corporation Denso Wave in 1994. • The use of the QR code is free of any licence, clearly defined and […]
Full Colour Printing (CMYK)
You may be surprised to find out that when any photos or pictures are printed they’re printed out of 4 inks. CMYK. C for Cyan M for Magenta Y for Yellow K for Key or Black CMYK is the standard print terms for professional print, most of the time it’s referred to just as four […]
Folding & Creasing
Often overlooked – an area of your print job that should always be considered is your finishing. The small details can sometimes make (or break) your printed marketing. Here we’re going to take a quick look at why & when to crease, along with some standard folds. There’s many ways your print can be folded. […]
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 […]
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 […]
Customer Spotlight – The Art of Wood
This month we look at Northampton-based The Art of Wood. The Art of Wood prides itself on providing a unique service, tailoring fitted and freestanding furniture to your bespoke specifications. With more than a decade of experience working for the country’s leading furniture makers we design, make and fit top quality products at the highest […]
Customer Spotlight
In the coming months we’re launching a Customer Spotlight area of our website. This great new page will have some great stories from our customers. It will also give you a more in depth look into what they do… how they do it and who they are. It will have some great pictures and what they’ve had produced by us for use in their […]
Pantone Colours
The Pantone system also allows for many ‘special’ colours to be produced such as metallics and fluorescents. While most of the Pantone system colours are beyond the printed CMYK gamut, it was only in 2001 that Pantone began providing translations of their existing system with screen-based colours. (Screen-based colours use the RGB—red, green, blue—system to create various colours.) […]
