Digital and Litho Printing

There are two main types of printing traditional litho and new digital printing. Digital printing is the new alternative to traditional litho printing, because of its many advantages over the older, more traditional printing method, Digital printing is rapidly becoming the first choice for many small businesses that require smaller print runs for their print jobs e.g. business cards, letterheads and marketing materials.

As the digital print process has no film output, no plate making nor does it require drying time, there are obvious advantages of both speed and cost. With Digital print, you have the option to print just one copy of your artwork, or you can print hundreds or even thousands, and every copy will look identical to the first one and because there is no set up of the printing press, your job can be printed in minutes rather than days.

Digital versus Litho

Digital	Litho
Speed - The first proof or even the first print could be rolling off the digital press in literally a few minutes from receipt of your approved files. So, if speed is of the essence then choose Digital printing for your printing requirements.	Speed – Plates have to be made and mounted, the previous ink on the printing press needs to be washed off and new colours mixed. This takes more time, but for longer print runs and less urgent jobs Litho becomes the better choice.
Cost - Since the set up time is so short, shorter run jobs work out considerably cheaper than when carried out on a Litho printing press. Therefore, for smaller quantities of Business Cards, Invites, Tickets, Leaflets, menus, reports, special offers, promotional leaflets etc, choose Digital for your printing requirements.	Cost - Once the printing press is set up and running, the unit cost for each print is much lower, So for larger print runs e.g. 2000+ A4 leaflets for example Litho can be the cheaper solution. Litho is also the choice for thicker material products and for textured papers.
Up to Date - Print What You Want . When You Want! You only have to print the quantity that you actually need in the short term, so that any fluctuations in prices, stock, range, colour etc can easily be updated and printed again next time, this is more environmentally friendly. Also there are no excess storage costs, too!.	Up to Date - As litho is far cheaper for larger print quantities, you can find yourself printing far more than you actually need which can result in a lot of old, out of date, incorrect or even obsolete printing. However litho is still the best choice for large quantities for mailings, many branch locations, exhibitions etc.
Variable Data – You may be familiar with mail merge from Word and the benefits of personalising your mailings, the good news is that now with digital print you can personalise each print with your supplied data, you can also change the graphics which makes the extra cost minimal compared to the increase in the effectiveness of the mailing.	Variable Data – New plates and the set up involved are expensive and there is no way to personalise each copy with litho printing, so you need to choose the most effective method for your requirements and we are happy to advise you on the best route forwards to provide you with the most cost effective, best quality solution for your needs.

We can provide a wide range of services including:

• Digital Printing
• Lithographic Printing
• Photocopying
• Finishing & Binding
• Artwork & Design

We are very flexible to our customers needs “You can now really choose how many copies you want - not how many you have to have, you can choose when you want it - not when it can be completed by on the press run allocation and how it is produced new digital or traditional litho printing”

So what does this really mean to you, the choice is yours, whilst Digital printing offers more speed, more freedom and a broader creative approach to printing your business cards, letterheads, brochures, leaflets, posters and booklets, traditional Litho is a far better choice for larger quantity print runs and for fine art printing.

Printing Options

To complement our traditional litho printing presses, we have invested heavily in new Colour and Black & White Digital Presses and the quality of the resulting material is superb across all mediums.

Photocopying

Black & white and Colour photocopying produced from your supplied files or documents can be produced on a wide range of papers, colours and sizes and can also be folded, collated, stapled or bound, to produce mailings, booklets, reports etc

Finishing Services

We have a full range of finishing services including: binding - saddle stitch, plastic & wire, folding, laminating, encapsulating, numbering, die cutting, embossing, foiling & thermographic printing.

Sending your files

You can send your files to us via disk, USB stick or email.

Software Supported

We prefer the files to be sent in Adobe PDF format, however, we can also support many types of software, including QuarkXpress, PageMaker, Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign, Corel and Microsoft Office Publisher. (Additional charges may apply).

Paper Types

We can produce your printing requirements on a wide range of paper stocks: 80gsm to 400gsm, colours: one, two or full colour and sizes A8 (business cards) to A0 (posters).

Designers

In addition to our dedicated Digital print operators, our designers are also fully conversant with these digital print machines and are able to run our digital printing presses, so if you use our design service, the designer can even run the first proof copy to ensure that it is just right.

Over 100 years combined experience and a dedicated team of professionals will ensure your job will be designed and produced with the utmost care and delivered on time.

Services

Our range of services include:

• business cards
• letterheads
• compliment slips
• purchase orders
• delivery notes
• invoices and statements
• brochures
• flyers
• leaflets
• manuals
• sales literature
• price lists
• catalogues
• change of address cards
• menus
• invitations
• Christmas cards
• small vinyl signage for shop windows
• and much more...just call and ask, we are happy to help.

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Are you interested and like what you see and read then call Vanessa on 07932 744204, or email me to get started now.

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