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Until next time...take care

New Products On The Way

We at Folkestone Printing are always looking to cover all bases in the world of promotion, so are looking to add a number of great products to our website. As always at very competitive prices to suit any budget. Please keep checking back so see these great new items....

New - Super Premium Business Cards Now Available

We at FolkestonePrinting.com are now proud to add a new product that we're sure you will really appreciate.

Super Premium Business cards are lithographically printed on 600gsm FSC silk with a matt laminate applied to both sides.

These super thick business cards have got to be seen to believe. They are soooo thick that they are like a credit card for thickness!!

So if you are looking for something extra special to impress your clients - you know that Folkestone Printing has the 600gsm cards you need...

Folkestone Printing Green Achiever Environmental Policy

Since becoming a member of the Green Achiever Scheme in 2009 whereby it enables companies to demonstrate their credentials to suppliers, customers and any other parties interested in green business; Folkestone Printing has progressed from Registered to Self Assessed status. This means that we are committed to making our company more enviromentally friendly and to demonstrate what we do now and what we are going to do over the next 12 months by allowing us to develop a company specific “Self Declaration of Environmental Commitment” (environmental policy).

You can download a copy of Enviromental Policy here.

New product added to Folkestone Printing website

We pleased to announce that we have now added small quantity digital flyers to a range of products we already have on our website.

Small quantity digital flyers offer the same great quality as litho produced flyers but offer greater value if you only require up to 1000 in quantity.

Like our litho produced flyers and leaflets, we offer 160gsm or 300gsm in paper weights and either single or double sided prints; again offering more options to the customer and keeping prices down where the budget is tight.

We also offer the same variety in sizes: Credit Card, A7, A6 Long, A6, DL and A5.

We currently offer quantities of 100, 250, 500, 750 and 1000; but if you require a different amount, please do contact us as with the joy of digital printing you can have 1, 53, 376, etc, an exact amount is achievable.

And the joy of digitally produced flyers is that the turnaround is super fast. Usually a one day turnaround and in some cases if you're able to collect same day!

Until next time...

Continuing our "Green Campaigne" with FSC accredited products

In the continuing effort of trying to support the environment in the work we do, we are now increasing the number of stock which is FSC accredited for printing onto.

FSC is an independent, non-governmental, not-for-profit organization established to promote the responsible management of the world’s forests.

Learn more about FSC in this video

Established in 1993 as a response to concerns over global deforestation, FSC is widely regarded as one of the most important initiatives of the last decade to promote responsible forest management worldwide.

FSC provides internationally recognized standard-setting, trademark assurance and accreditation services to companies, organizations, and communities interested in responsible forestry.

The FSC label provides a credible link between responsible production and consumption of forest products, enabling consumers and businesses to make purchasing decisions that benefit people and the environment as well as providing ongoing business value.

FSC is nationally represented in more than 50 countries around the world.

We can now confirm that the paper or board used to print our wide format posters, business cards, letterheads, compliment slips, laser posters, leaflets, silk flyers, gloss flyers and uv gloss flyers are sourced from either sustainable forests, or are 100% recycled, and are all FSC accredited.

All this is part of our efforts to contribute to our commitment to Green Achiever, a scheme that has been set up to enable companies to demonstrate their credentials to suppliers, customers and any other parties interested in green business.

We hope to add to this over the coming months, so keep checking back for updates....

New templates added to help you design

We at Folkestone Printing always try and make things as simple as possible for our customers, so have now added extra templates to aid the design process.

We have now added to the existing Adobe Photoshop templates to include Adobe Illustrator and Adobe InDesign.

Template sizes range include Credit Card, Business Card, A7, A6, A6 Long, DL, A5, A4 and A3.

We hope that this will be of help to our customers.

Please contact us for suggestions of other design program templates you would find useful.

Until next time...

Special Weekend Only Promotions

Now we at Folkestone Printing realise that not everybody that wants print work doing are able to place their orders in the week when most of our customers do; so we are gradually introducing some special weekend only promotions that start from midday Friday and last all the way through to Midnight on the Sunday. Look out for discount coupons on our standard products which include our most popular satin flyers and large format posters, as well as special "freebie" offers whereby you get something free when you spend a certain amount with us.....

Eg: Last weekend we had a special promo on whereby if you bought flyers costing more than £99, we gave you a free poster promo pack worth £94. Not bad eh? That could mean that your whole events promotion could have cost you just £99......

We've got plenty of ideas for promotions coming up, so make sure visit out website, Facebook group or event follow us on Twitter to be kept right up to date with our latest promotions, so you don't miss out on any offers...

Always remember, you can get in touch with us at anytime with you design or print requirements....

A3 Colour Laser Posters - We've decreased Our Prices @ Folkestone Printing

Always wanting to be one step ahead of the game and helping everyone as much as we can out of the biggest recession in oh so many years, we've reviewed our full colour laser poster printing prices and we're sure you'll be tempted by our newly reviewed prices.

Believe it or not you can now have 500 x A4 full colour laser posters for £80+vat including free UK mainland delivery or 1000 x A3 full colour laser posters for £195+vat including free UK mainland delivery....WOW

If that isn't something to help you promote your business out of the recession then maybe you need some flyers to go with that? 5000 x A6 sized 300gsm satin flyers for just £99 including UK mainland delivery......

Still not enough?

Why not add some vinyl banners for "off the road" attention with prices starting from just £30+vat for a 1m x 0.5m vinyl banner thats hemmed and fitted with stainless steel eyelets ready to install in your eye catching locations....

Already you're looking at a maximum exposure promotion at minimum outlay......

Make sure you visit our website for more details on other products we provide @ www.folkestoneprinting.com and see what we can do to help your business grow..

Adobe Creative Suite CS5

Always wanting to stay one step ahead of the competition; we at Folkestone Printing like to make sure that we can offer the best design experience and results for our customers, so being that we have invested in the very latest creative suite from Adobe - Creative Suite Master Collection CS5.

So if you're looking for a design with the most up to date software involved, then we're the people to talk to.

With our creative flare and imagination, you're guaranteed to get the very best club flyers, events posters or show banners to make your event go off with a bang!

We have an experienced team of designers that can tailor your requirements to your job and achieve the very best for your job, with design prices starting at only £25+vat.

So make sure you come and see us before the competition, for getting the very best up to date design skills and technical ability.....

Until next time...FolkestonePrinting.com

Increases in paper prices

There can be no denying that times have been tough for the whole economy in recent years – the global recession that was triggered by the explosion of the sub-prime mortgage business in the US has been painful for everyone and we are not out of the woods yet.

Here at Folkestone Printing, we are facing a less publicised issue that poses a real challenge to the printing industry as a whole – the price of paper that we print on is soaring.

The price of paper is a serious concern as prices have risen by as much as 12% in 2010 already, with further increase a real possibility.

The underlying causes of the price increase are quite complex, with a number of reasons including reduced wood and pulp capacity following a harsh winter and earthquakes in Chile to Finnish port and paper mill strikes which when combined create a global restriction on supply that is particularly acute in the UK, where a weak pound leads to poor pricing when compared to North America and Russia, where demand is strong.

We are therefore facing higher prices and the real risk of paper shortages. But what does this mean for our valued customers you may ask?

Most UK printers are increasing their prices to cover the increased costs but we are pleased to say that we are committed to keeping our prices at our same level as we know how tough it is for businesses in the UK.

So if you're looking for flyers, leaflets, posters or any printed stationery, then now is the time to order so you can benefit from our fast turnaround and make the most of the same print prices despite the rise in paper prices.

No one will Con-Dem our print prices...

Well the government may well be Conservative / Lib Democrat but we can say that no one will con-dem our prices on flyer, poster and banner printing!

We're pleased to say that our flyer prices start from as little as £39 for 2500 credit card 300gsm flyers, 50p for A4 colour laser posters and £30 for a 0.5m x 1m vinyl banner.

Quality products at amazing prices and produced in the UK, so supporting our countries growth!

So make sure you don't make a mistake and miss out on our great prices on print and design...

Visit us at www.folkestoneprinting.com or call us on 01303 276668 to discuss your next print project....

Order a free sample pack from Folkestone Printing

Not really sure what type of product you want to order from us at Folkestone Printing?

Well we might have the answer if you don't know the type of finish you want on your large format posters, club flyers, business stationery or even leaflets; as we'll happily send you a sample pack of previously printed products to help you choose the right finish for your job.

Simply visit our website @ www.folkestoneprinting.com and select the sample pack option, fill in your details and we'll send you samples free of charge.

If you're after specific types of samples instead of a general pack, please either call us on 01303 276668 or email us with your details stating either satin flyers, gloss flyers, uv varnished flyers, business cards, etc, and we'll do the rest.

Until next time....

No one hung on our print prices!

With the counts just coming in, it's clear that we wont be hung on our prices that Folkestone Printing can provide on it's quality 300gsm satin flyers, 300gsm gloss flyers and 300gsm uvflyers varnished that we produce at amazing prices, along with free UK mainland delivery on all orders over £39+Vat.

Not just amazing prices on flyers but jaw dropping prices on our laser posters, dayglo posters and large format posters with prices starting at just 25p. Why not utilise the massive impact that posters can make to promote special events or offers you may have?

Posters not big enough? Why not "go larger" with vinyl banners that are suitable for internal and external use printed on heavy weight pvc banner or mesh material that will last for years. Our banners are printed with eco friendly solvent inks, so we do the best we can for the environment and are also hemmed for extra strength and fitted with stainless steel eyelets for ease of fixing. Also with free UK mainland delivery on orders over £39+vat.

So clearly we have an outright winner with Folkestone Printing and that's just a few of our amazingly priced products. Make sure you have a look on our website for more products and prices and remember to contact us if you can't find what you're looking for.

Until next time from the Folkestone Printing towers....

Add us on facebook

Don't forget to add yourself to our Facebook group and be part of the action.

See what work we've been working on.

We display the most recent work of flyers, laser posters, dayglo posters and large format posters.

http://bit.ly/bXFEkt

Just a small seletion of what we think you'll like to see from us at Folkestone Printing...

As always if you would like to speak to us about any of your print requirements...just either email or call us on 01303 276668.

Don't forget we're on Twitter too.... http://twitter.com/FolkestonePrint

Until next time

Download FREE templates to help you design your artwork

We aim to make designing your files as easy as possible; so we 've now added a few of our most popular Adobe Photoshop templates for our most popular flyer sizes..

Sizes available so far include Business card, CC flyer, A7 flyer, A6 flyer, A5 flyer, A4 flyer and A3 flyer templates.

We have set these up so you know where to keep your text within and let your pictures go out to, without anything being cutoff that you don't expect...

If you require a template for a size not shown, please contact us and we'll happily set one up for you to enable easy artwork setup....

We're always here if you need advice on setting up your artwork.....

Don't forget we can provide a professional design service should you require it. Why stress about getting it right?

Call Folkestone Printing on 01303 276668 or email info@folkestoneprinting.com for more information.

How on earth do we supply artwork to you correctly?

All files are recommended to be supplied in a PDF format.

Please check the following before you create your PDF from any program:

• All fonts and images are present.
• The job contains no RGB images.
• The job contains the expected number of colours to print.
• If bleed is required, set to a minimum of 3mm.
• Any text or logos are 5mm away from the edge, unless they are intended to run off the page into the bleed.
• Double sided artwork are supplied as two sides, not in pairs to view.
• Folded items are supplied as spreads to view.
• Multi page documents are supplied in single pages and in page order.

Useful guide for saving from commonly used programs:

Photoshop

• Convert all images to CMYK.
• Ensure your images have a resolution of 300dpi.
• Save as TIFF, EPS, JPEG or PDF format.

Illustrator

• Include all embedded images & convert all text to outlines.
• Save as EPS or PDF format.

QuarkXpress

• Ensure all placed images are in CMYK.
• Export to PDF format choosing 'Press Ready Option'.

InDesign

• Ensure all placed images are in CMYK.
• Export to PDF format choosing 'Press Ready Option'.

Corel Draw

• Ensure all placed images are in CMYK.
• Publish to PDF format choosing 'Press Ready Option'.

Freehand

• Ensure all placed images are in CMYK.
• Export to PDF format choosing 'Press Ready Option'.

It is not recommended that you use the following programs for your design:
Word, Excel, Publisher, Powerpoint & Pagemaker.

However if you have, please output to a PDF and supply that to us.

If you are having difficulty doing this, here is a link to a website that can convert any of these files into a PDF online and it is FREE!

http://convert.neevia.com

Following these guidelines ensures that there will be no delays with printing.
If you have any problem, don't hesitate to call our customer support team who will be more than willing to help.

Tel: 01303 276668 (Monday to Friday - 9am to 6pm)

Placing an order on Folkestone Printing new website

We aim to make placing an order as simple as possible...

Choose your product from the list of products and select the quantity you require...
Whether it be business cards, letterheads, compliment slips, flyer's, leaflets, posters, banners or roller banners; we can provide a fast quality service and to sacrifice any quality....

Supply your artwork or request that we need to design for you.

Confirm what you have ordered and pay for your printing online.

It couldn't be simpler....

Free Delivery On All Orders Over £39

New website and new ideas and deals.....

We're pleased to announce that we can now offer Free Delivery on all orders over £39+Vat for any items from business cards, flyers, posters and even vinyl banners.

Just make sure your basket total is more than £39+vat and we'll deliver them at no cost to you, straight to your door.....

Another great idea from the team at Folkestone Printing.....

More ideas and deals coming soon...

New website now live

After much development we're pleased to announce that Folkestone Printing now has a new website that is all singing and all dancing.

The new websites main achievement is to allow customers to buy any of our most popular print products (flyers, posters, banners and stationery) in three simple steps......

Step one.

Choose your product and quantity.

Step two.

Supply artwork or request design.

Step three.

Confirm your order and pay online

You couldn't say simpler than that....

We aim to take the hassle out of print buying, so make sure you give us a try and look at our great selection of prices on large format posters on gloss, matt, satin and backlit film at amazingly cheap prices...but of course not compromising on quality at anytime.....

Until next time - enjoy the new site and feedback is always appreciated.

New website under development

Folkestone Printing is proud to announce that their new wesbite is now under development and will be launched in the coming months with a wider selection of print items to buy in 3 simple stages. We have expanded our club flyer section to include gloss flyers, satin flyers and uv varnished flyers with quanties available directly online from 2500 right up to 100000!

We have also expanded our large format poster section to include a number of different media types and weights.

More details to come soon, so keep checking back for progress updates!

Folkestone Printing Will Not Be Affected By Royal Mail Postal Strikes

Folkestone Printing are pleased to announce that they will not be affected by any of the proposed Royal Mail postal strikes planned to start from Thursday 22nd October 2009.

We work with a number of other courier / delivery services including City Link & Interlink to ensure that any flyers, posters, leaflets, stationery, or vinyl banner orders are delivered promptly as you would always expect.

So until next time!

What is the difference between Digital Printing & Lithographic Printing?

As Lithographic & Digital printers we are well aware of the confusion that can occur when talking about printing your marketing brochures, business cards, flyers & leaflets.
There are so many choices in paper weights, paper finish and paper colours - there are also different printing processes!
How do you know which one is best for you and your business? While there are advantages and disadvantages to both, we have tried to explain the difference between the two most common processes below.

Digital Printing vs. Lithographic Printing

Digital printing is the reproduction of digital images on physical surface, such as paper or photographic paper, cloth, plastic, etc.
Litho printing is a technique where the inked image is transferred from a metal plate to a rubber blanket, typically, printing plates are attached to a cylinder in the press.
Ink is applied to the plate’s image area and transferred directly to the paper.

Digital can be differentiated from litho or offset printing in many ways, such as:

Every impression made onto the paper can be different, as opposed to making several hundred or thousand impressions of the same thing from one set of plates, as in traditional printing methods.

The ink or toner does not absorb into the paper, as does conventional ink, but forms a layer on the surface. It generally requires less waste in terms of chemicals used and paper wasted in set up.

Digital is a excellent solution for quick turnaround, or small print runs!!
Offset printing is most commonly used for high volume printing as its image quality is much higher and more consistent than that of the digital press.

If this still doesn't make sense? Call us on 01303 276668 as we'd be happy to discuss in more detail.

Printer’s Bleed

If you haven’t designed print ready artwork before then one of the most important factors to take into consideration is printer’s bleed.

Firstly, you need to understand how a commercial printer prints, the following applies to the majority of printed products, however, as an example:

Say you require 5000 300gsm A6 Flyers, these are not printed onto individual A6 pieces of card like some people think, instead we print 8 x A6 Flyers onto SRA3 card, this is slightly larger than standard A3 at 450mm x 320mm. We then trim the printed Flyers down to the required A6 size.

So what is a bleed?

It is not possible to print all the way to the edge of your A6 Flyers, to achieve this we have to print a larger area than is needed and then trim the card down to the required size.

Images, background images and fills which are intended to extend to the edge of your Flyer must be extended 3mm beyond the cut line to give a bleed. A finished A6 Flyer is 105mm x 148mm, you would assume that your artwork should be the same size? You'd be wrong! You need to add a further 3mm onto each edge of the artwork, this is the bleed, this means your artwork should now be 111mm x 154mm.

What will happen if I don’t add a bleed?

There is very small element of movement when trimming artwork, this can be as small as 1mm-2mm, however, this can cause problems. If you supply your A6 Flyer artwork at 105mm x 148mm and there is 2mm of movement to the left when trimming, this means that on the left handside of your artwork will be a 2mm white border, although very small this will still be noticeable and will not look good. This scenario also applies to the top and bottom.

Another point to bear in mind is if your content is too close to the cut/trim line, there is a very small chance that it could be cut off.
Therefore, ensure all content such as text, logos, etc, sit around 5mm in from the cut/trim line or 8mm in if including the bleed.

The above is print industry standard and applies to all commercial printing.

Print Ready Microsoft Word Documents!

If I had £1.00 for every time a customer said to me “I have print ready artwork” and then supply a Microsoft Word document, I would be a rich man sat on a beach somewhere drinking cocktails. Unfortunately this is not the case so I thought I would post some information for those looking to design their own artwork for print.

If your chosen design software is Microsoft Word then STOP NOW!

Microsoft Word is capable of creating some complex layouts for brochures, newsletters and similar that will print great to your desktop printer, but it is not a professional design program that is suitable for producing flyers, posters, banners, etc.
More importantly, Microsoft Word is not designed for creating digital files for commercial printing.

If you don’t require high volume printing, Word may work fine for all your needs. However, if you intend to have your artwork printed commercially, be aware that while some printers will accept your Word files, you can often expect to pay dearly for them to re-draw your artwork from scratch, which is the case 99% of the time.

Commercial printers require certain specifications with regards to the artwork they print, such as bleed, CMYK colour mode, resolution, the list goes on, unfortunately Word cannot address any of these requirements.

The only time a Word document design would be of any use would be to give your chosen professional graphic designer a rough idea as to what you are looking to acheive. Your rough layout ideas will be a huge help and time saver for your designer, which in turn may save you some money if they are charging by the hour. They can then turn your ideas into a professional looking brochure, business card, flyer, poster, etc.
If you choose to do this then don’t spend hours tweaking and perfecting the design, it will be used as a rough guide only.

It is possible to design your own artwork, but you really need to be using professional design software like Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Corel Draw or similar.

Quick update for Folkestone Printing.

Just a little update to everything happening in the world of Folkestone Printing!

We’re pleased to welcome the forth of our large format poster printing machines into the business, to help us keep up with the heavy workload that has been steadily increasing over the summer period from nightclubs, bars, restaurants and festivals to name just a few. The second Canon iPF8000s machine will enable us to produce full colour posters faster than ever, from A4 size up to over 1 metre wide and up to 30 metres in length (just in case you need an extra large one!).

With the introduction of the new poster printer will enable us to turnaround most short run poster jobs in minutes, instead of hours!

Upload your file in our online shop or drop in your usb drive – go and have a coffee or drive to us and your poster should (he said) be ready. Can’t say fairer than that can you?!

If you’re not local to collect, we aim to get your posters delivered next working day to most UK mainland addresses….

Right, I’m off to grab a coffee myself and prepare for the rush – now that the word is out!

Keep up to date with Folkestone Printing

Good Afternoon everyone,

Just a quick update today to tell you about the other ways you can get in touch with us here at Folkestone Printing. Since launching our new website, ecommerce shop and blog, we have also now created both a Facebook and twitter account.

We will be placing our latest special offers onto our Twitter account, which you can view without signing up or registering with twitter, here: http://twitter.com/folkestoneprint.

On our Facebook Group you will be able to follow the latest launches, products and offers direct from your Facebook account. This will allow you to keep up to date on our latest product lines, discounts and offers, all from the one website. The address is: http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/group.php?gid=12408371837&ref=ts

For now I have to run off and sort out a few large flyer orders for a local nightclub.

Until next time
Regards

Stuart.

Our large quantity flyer printing service

“Summer is always one of our favourite times of the year, not only because it’s hot and sunny (if you’re lucky) but because of the festivals and outdoor events that take place where we produce flyers and posters for.

Because of how large scale these events can be, we can provide extra large quantity flyer print runs of 50000, 100000 or more, at special rates not listed in our on-line shop.

We find that many of our customers back up their flyer campaigns with large quantity poster orders to display in ticket outlets and other shops. We’ll be introducing a new section to our shop shortly whereby you can place orders for larger quantity litho print posters.

In the meantime, please get in touch with us if you’re looking to promote your events with flyers, posters or vinyl banners.

Until next time…..

Folkestone Printing.

Christmas Flyer Printing and our new Flyer website

Hello Everyone,

Sorry about the delay between this post and the last. Its been a busy few weeks here at Folkestone Printing. Not only have we got our new website up and running, we have also installed a new online flyer shop.

In our online shop you can browse the large selection of printing options we offer as well as upload your artwork directly to us.

With the weather being as hot as it has been over the last few weeks, you would have thought that Christmas would be the last thing on your mind.

You’d be wrong! Folkestone Printing is already way ahead and is producing Christmas party leaflets for a number of our clients in anticipation of a busy festive period in their restaurants, bars and nightclubs.

Make sure you don’t get left behind with the competition and get your Christmas flyers, leaflets and posters ordered now.

As always we want to know what you think about our website and service, you can either leave a comment below or get in touch with us by visiting our “contact us” page.

Until next time
Regards
Stuart

Flyer Printing

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