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December 26, 2012

Leave The Baggage At Home: Pick Up Your Business Trip Print When You Get To The UK

Coming to the UK on business? Forget lugging huge document boxes on plane for that important meeting and get everything you needed printed out at your destination.  Our digital printing services can print out all documents to the highest quality in no time at all so they’re all ready to meet you as soon as

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December 21, 2012

Fusing Internet Marketing With Print: QR Codes

QR codes are a recent phenomenon which offer some exciting marketing possibilities.  From bus stop posters, to magazines to leaflets QR codes can be printed anywhere and provide the perfect fusion of print and internet marketing.  Do some great print marketing, get a potential customer to scan the QR code and carry on their experience

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December 16, 2012

Are You Reading This? Scanning Digital Text Vs Reading Physical Print

You are reading this 20-30% slower than you would have thirty years ago.  Why?  Because this is on a computer screen rather than in print.  Research has demonstrated that that it takes a considerable time longer to read text online than in physical print, so is it really wise for businesses to move their marketing

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December 11, 2012

Gilt Edges: A Timeless Classic

Any piece of stationery or printed item with a gold or metallic edge has what we call a gilt edge.  Gilt edging has a long history and was one of the most prominent decorative finishing techniques used in early centuries.  Today a gilt edge exudes a subtle sophistication which goes with all sorts of looks

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December 5, 2012

Anchoring digital campaigns with the (not-so) humble Christmas card

WE were delighted when one of the UK’s leading marketing agency’s, Together, came to us with their latest marketing campaign and that ho, ho, ho, it included a printed Christmas card, no less! What with all the headlines about the death of print and the possible dip in sending Christmas cards this year following the

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November 30, 2012

What’s The Future Of Printing?

You might think that printing is under threat with the rise of digital media and communication; is it not true that people aren’t using paper and printed products as much? The truth is the digital revolution has provided the printing industry with a lot of the same advantages it has provided other industries.  It is

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November 26, 2012

Do Billboard Adverts Really Work?

With rise of social media and internet marketing it may seem like billboard adverts are becoming increasingly obsolete.  But if this is the case why do businesses still use them?  And it’s not just small companies who may be making a marketing mistake – huge companies still take advantage of the billboard from Channel 4

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November 21, 2012

Digital Printing Vs Offset Printing: Which One Should You Go For?

Both digital printing and offset printing have a role to play in the printing world depending on what requirements need to be met.  Read on for a brief guide to both types of printing and an outline of their respective advantages. Digital printing: the process The process of professional digital printing is much the same

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November 16, 2012

Tips For Home Printing

Should you print at home? It depends what you’re printing, but if you’re asking yourself this question then chances are you’re printing out more than a confirmation email or some e-tickets.  If you’re considering printing something important, like invitations, photos or business cards at home then you need to have a think as to whether

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November 11, 2012

Hot foil blocking vs cold foil blocking – what’s the difference?

Any printed item you see with a shiny foil design on it will have either undergone hot foil blocking or cold foil blocking.  It’s a very common design feature often seen on invitations, business cards, letterheads and the like and can add a striking and sophisticated visual effect to a printed item.  If you’re after

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October 30, 2012

Publishing Your Own Work

There is the well known belief that everybody has one novel inside them waiting to be written, whether this is true or not there are certainly plenty of people who have written their novel and want to get it published.  Simply because you have achieved the impressive feat of writing a novel doesn’t mean that

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October 26, 2012

How To Style Your Menu

If you work in a cafe or a pub or restaurant you will know just how important it is to make sure that you not only get customers coming through the door but that they then want to stay and order something.  In order to ensure that people come through the door in the first

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