General Print Quote Blog

Photo Studio Setup & Workflow

13 December 2011

In previous post I’ve described the planning of a small product photography studio. Several weeks of decorating, installing and one burned drill later the studio space has been finished and fully equipped, so let’s see how it came out and how it is set up. Part 1: Planning, budget and design Part 2: Realisation, setup [...]

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Keep it Simple……Get if Fast.

6 December 2011

Want a printing estimate fast? Before I proceed, let me define fast:  normally 24 hours or less.  Everybody wants their estimate quick but others in 30 minutes or under.  Estimators do not like wild goose chases, nor do they like overly dense, ponderous, or exceedingly vague estimate requests.  As an estimator, nothing is more frustrating [...]

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Don’t get into a (hinge) flap about perfect binding

29 November 2011

We must have printed hundreds of jobs that are finished as “perfect bound” books. This means the text sections are folded, and “milled” (to produce a rough edge that glue will adhere to on the spine edge); then they are gathered one on top of the other, and a cover with a spine is wrapped [...]

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Out with the Old. In with the New. Get 2012 Calendar Ready!

22 November 2011

The end of 2011 is upon us. As a busy time of the year a lot of us are already making plans for the next year, 2012. Either way we all need a calendar at some point. Printhouse Corporation is popular for producing calendars and hopefully this post will help you prepare, may it be [...]

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Suite FA!!!

15 November 2011

In recent times we’ve been getting more and more involved with specialist large format productions – anything from clients looking to jazz up their offices and suites to others producing product to sell on.  This last week brought 2 such requests that we hope will be the start of something big… New kids on the [...]

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If Black is Black? I want my Image back!!

8 November 2011

Work with Black backgrounds from Photoshop and Indesign. Image Background NOT black but dark grey? In the world of web where you’re designing for the screen black is black, zero amounts of Red Green and Blue (RGB). No problem. In the world of Print however, the four colour CMYK process is used, where K (key) [...]

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Changing Times

1 November 2011

Hi, I am Bhanu, I started working at Printhouse Corporation on 12th September as a cover for Sam’s maternity leave. Working in this company, made me realize how much the trade has change since I first started in repro. I began my career in graphic reproduction in 1964 as an apprentice. The pre-press process in [...]

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Pantomime Season – Oh yes it is …

25 October 2011

Although the number of shopping days to Christmas is not (and rarely tends to be) on my personal radar, as we move closer to November it’s naturally the time of year when the seasonal print requirements surface – namely … Pantomime Programmes Good fun to produce, very colourful and all in the best possible taste. [...]

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Printed Product Photography Studio

18 October 2011

PrintHouse Corporation is constantly busy printing some incredible pieces in the ‘ink on paper’ department. In order to showcase this high quality and share our extensive printed output with everyone, we decided to set up a small but fully capable photographic studio at our premises. I was tasked with that project, since I have much interest [...]

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Litho or Digital : -choose for me

10 October 2011

That’s the leading question that I see on the top of most quote forms that come through to me via our online print quote request  form. We are well aware of the confusion that can occur when talking about printing your marketing brochures, catalogues, leaflets etc, etc. There are so many choices in paper weights, paper finish [...]

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