*Free Artwork Check

To qualify for a *free artwork check you must place an order for printing.

We'll check your material, confirm it's size, margins and bleed, convert it into a format suitable for high resolution printing and provide you with an email proof for checking. We'll put right any errors and spelling mistakes you identify and email you a final proof for approval prior to printing.

If you're not sure if your material is good enough, don't worry - send it to us anyway and we'll confirm it's suitability.

We like 'print-ready' PDFs but we accept stuff from all the usual professional typesetting and graphics packages - both Macintosh and PC - as well as documents from virtually all Windows based applications.

How to create high-quality artwork for printing.

  1. Include 3mm bleed on every page. If your design doesn't go right to the edge of the paper then you don't need bleed.

  2. Allow a 3mm margin ( Quiet Border) around every page.

  3. Embed all fonts - or convert them to outlines/curves.

  4. Make sure all images are 300dpi.

  5. Convert your document to PDF. You can convert any document to PDF format if you have the right software. You can download a PDF creator here - it's free.

Booklets: Please don't assemble pages into pairs (unless requested to do so) - ours is a computer controlled process and requires single, correctly sized pages - they will be assembled in the correct order prior to printing.

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New to designing for print? Please read these tips first!

Note: fonts are copyright protected and are not automatically copied when you save your documents. Transferring your files to another computer will leave your fonts behind. Please ensure that all fonts are 'embedded' before sending your stuff. Search the 'help' file in your application to learn more.

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Artwork and Design Production Prices

Artwork only

  • £30 per A4 area (email proof included).

  • £20 up to A5 (email proof included).

  • £15 minimum charge.

  • Please note: minor corrections are free but substantial client additions and alterations are charged extra!

Design and illustration

Using the text and images you've supplied on disc or via email - we'll produce an appropriate design, supply a proof, amend and refine the design incorporating any reasonable amendments free of charge, produce 'print-ready' artwork and supply you with a final proof for approval prior to printing.

  • £50 up to A4 area (email proof included).

  • £25 minimum charge.

  • Please note: corrections are free but substantial client additions and alterations will be charged extra!

Scanning

Reproduction quality, 300dpi CMYK images from prints, 35mm slides or film positives and negatives. Cropped to size and sharpened. Maximum size of original: prints A4; film 70x50mm. (Larger sizes by quotation).

  • Up to A6 - £8.00 each.

  • Up to A5 - £10.00 each.

  • Up to A4 - £15.00 each.

  • Up to A3 - £20.00 each.

  • Retouching and image manipulation by quotation.

Photo adjustment

It takes years of experience to be able to visualise how an image will look when printed. If you're not doing it regularly (and comparing the original image with the final printed version) then the chances of achieving 'professional' quality is virtually zero. Strongly recommended! 

  • £6 per image.

Product Photography

Digital pictures under studio lighting. Maximum size of product 250 x 250 x 250mm approx. (Larger products by quotation).

  • £25 per shot.

Graphics

Publication design, graphics, layouts and visuals, logos, clip art, maps, illustrations etc.

  • By quotation only.

Proofs

Colour page proofs with trim and register marks.

  • Email proofs free!

  • High resolution colour corrected digital proofs are £3.25 each for A4 size + P&P - have a look at Photo Prints for more sizes and prices.

  • Press proofs are available at extra cost - email for a price.

Example Artwork Costs

If you don't have any existing material or if you want 'Artwork Only' - then the following charges apply.

Working to your layout we'll produce 'print-ready' artwork using the images and text you've supplied digitally on disc or by email and provide you with an email proof for checking. We'll put right any errors and typos and email you a final proof for approval prior to printing.

  • A4 Brochures - 4-page: £120

  • A5 Brochures - 4-page: £80

  • Business cards - credit card size: £15 per side

  • Business forms - simple £30; complex forms by quotation only

  • Compliment slips - DL size: £20

  • DL Brochures - 6-page: £90

  • Letterheads - A4:  £30 per side

  • Leaflets - A4: £30 per side

  • Model Cards - A5 - double-sided - up to 5 photos: £40

  • Magazine page make-up - A4: £30 per side

  • Maps: simple maps £30; complex maps by quotation only

  • Newspaper page make-up - tabloid: £50 per side

  • Posters - A2:  £30

  • Posters - large format:  £50

  • Reports - text based - any size up to A4: £20 per side

Can't find what you want? Email your specification.

All prices are for digital files. VAT extra.

Graphic design, literature design, page make-up, artwork for print, typesetting, adsetting, illustration, photography, photo-editing, retouching, scanning, digitising, repro and prepress.

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*Free Artwork check means that, using the digital documents you supply by email or on disc, we will check them for suitability and advise you of any obvious technical issues arising and then prepare your material for high-resolution printing. It does not mean that we will digitise, scan, create, supply or produce original material free-of-charge.