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Order your Christmas Cards Online in October and Save

Print Buying Direct Marshfield Bank, Crewe Cheshire CW2 8UY Tel: 0870 950 8444 http://www.printbuyingdirect.co.uk/ Order your Christmas Cards Online in October and Save £££s Our Xmas Cards are printed in full colour throughout on a 350gsm Silk Board Dear Customer It may only be October, but Christmas is coming and with Royal Mail Strikes looming it’s best to be prepared and start thinking about your Company’s Christmas Cards now. This month (October) we’re offering 30% off our standard Christmas Card Prices when you order and pay for them online. Simply quote the code ‘XMASOCT’ when you get to the checkout screen.* This year our Christmas Card Templates have been completely revamped with new designs and competitive pricing. If you have your own designs you can still ‘upload your artwork’ and we’ll print for you. To get started please visit our Christmas Cards webpage. If you would like something special that isn’t covered by our website we can produce any type of Christmas Card you like. To make your card truly special ask us about Variable Data, Gold or Silver Foiling, Die Cutting or lamination. Call 0870 950 8444 for a free estimate or click here. *Please note this discount only applies to cards ordered online before Midnight 31st October 2009 and doesn’t discount Carriage costs. Thanks for taking the time to check out our promotion. Please remember that this is for a short period only and will expire at midnight 31st October. Sincerely, Peter Harrison www.printbuyingdirect.co.uk Annual Reports Appointment Cards Brochures Business Cards Calendars Catalogues Continuous Stationery Compliment Slips Delivery Notes Die Cutting Embossing Envelopes Exhibition & Display Flyers Foil Blocking Folders Graphic Design Lamination Leaflets Letterheads Mailers Menus Mouse Mats Newsletters Point of Sale Post Cards Posters Presentation Folders Tickets Variable Data

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Digital pre-press part 1 – 22nd September 2009

This is the year of the hybrid workflow and digital printers are increasingly looking to add capacity with conventional offset and direct imaging presses. In order to get the most out of their new press investments, digital printers are looking at workflow systems to drive both static and variable data output.
Setting up a system to drive two different workflows isn’t desperately challenging or expensive. And, there are plenty of system developers who can tell digital printers where and how they can spend their hard earned money to do it. But that isn’t the hard part. The hard part is setting up a system so that the same job printed using two different production workflows, looks absolutely identical from press to press.
And it gets worse, because a print application might include some material with variable data and some without it, even though the majority of the job is the same. If the run is only a few thousand it is obvious that such a job can easily be printed using variable data software to manage the data flow and print the job on a digital press. If the job is tens of thousands thought, there needs to be tight colour management and control across both workflows.

Colour conscious

Quality control across devices isn’t just a concern for digital printers setting up hybrid workflows. It is also an issue for printers wanting to get equivalent colour quality across their fleet of digital presses. Fortunately suppliers have recognised that device profiling isn’t just a matter of creating a generic profile for their specific press technologies. We can then expect to see far greater improvements in colour quality this year as digital printers start to really get to grips with colour management, exploiting the device profiling tools that manufacturers such as Xerox with iGen3 press, are making available and to be shown at drupa this coming may. Being able to accurately profile an output device will help digital printers to improve their overall quality control, not just for individual short run work. It will also help them to maintain colour consistency throughout longer runs, and to ensure that subsequent reprints are colour accurate. To support hybrid workflows and to help ensure colour output quality, developers such as EFI, Creo PODS and Fujifilm are introducing new workflow technologies capable of driving multiple devices and workflows. The idea is to have a front end system with the capacity to support any quality demands and to be able to run high speed digital presses at rated speed. The scope of technology options for such front end systems will be even greater in 2008 as developers increase the options and tools they include with their systems. New soft proofing options from FFEI with Realvue and Dalim with its Virtual Library technology will allow digital printers to extend their workflows across media. Both of these tools, developed originally for job phototype and remote production proofing, are ideal for presenting media online as part of a publication or job ordering system.

To be continued…

Order your Christmas Card Printing early – click here for prices and more information about your Corporate Christmas cards

We’re now in the final run up to Christmas, orders for printing Christmas Cards are still coming through daily. So we thought it wise to post the last dates that Royal Mail will accept for the posting of you Christmas cards, or indeed any promotional printing that you need distributing before January.

For 2nd class post the last posting day is the 18th December

For 1st Class Post it is the 20th December

So if you need to order Christmas Cards or anything other printing else then please either call 0870 950 8444, email enquiries@theprintinghouseltd.co.uk or order online here.

Our Christmas cards are all printed to the highest specification, using quality board and inks, and are finished to perfection by our skilled team.

Extend season’s greetings and warm wishes this Christmas and New Year with our fantastic Personalised Christmas cards, great for your corporate needs or show off to family and friends.

With stunning designs and 1000’s of free images to choose from your Christmas card is sure to stand out and get you noticed! Or why not make it really personal and upload your own photographs.

Our quick and easy online ordering system means you don’t even have to go out in the cold to get them!

See our website for pricing and to order