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Order your 2012 Calendars and Year Planners now and get 15% off!

We’ve also just added our brand new range of 2012 Wall Calendars, CD Desk Calendars and Year Planners – all fully customisable with your own artwork, photographs, colours, logos and messages! These items make great Christmas gifts for friends and family, or for your customers, ensuring that you’re in their minds all year round. To 

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New Christmas Card Templates & 2012 Calendars now available to order online!

Spread the cost of Christmas – buy your Christmas Cards online now. Our personalised Christmas Cards are a great way to spread your festive messages whilst promoting your business, or to create something really special for friends and family. Upload your own festive artwork or photographs, or choose from our range of templates, which are 

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The Big Banner Sale Continues

Now get 25% off pull-up banners! Just a quick reminder that you can still get 20% off all banners ordered online until midnight tonight (Thursday 15th September). Simply place your order online as usual, and enter the code banners20 at checkout. And from tomorrow, you will be able to order our pull-up banners online at 

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Preparing your artwork for Printing

PREPARING TO PRINT Once the layout and design of a job is complete, you’ll need to decide how to hand over your files. At The Printing House (Print Buying Direct) we usually prefer a single PDF but can work with all of the source files. Either way, you’ll want to run though a preflight checklist. 

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20% off outdoor banners for two weeks!

Our outdoor banners are the ideal solution for quick and easy outdoor promotions, temporary building signage, exhibitions, or anything else you want the world to know about – and right now we’re offering 20% off all banners ordered online in the next two weeks. We have a range of pre-designed templates for all sorts of 

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25% Off poster printing until the end of August

Our online poster printing is ideal for advertising or as promotional material, and prices start at just £16. But order between now and the end of the month (Midnight on 31st August) and we’ll give you 25% off! Just place your order online, and enter discount code posters25 at checkout. Upload your own print-ready artwork, 

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Noise & The Printing Process

The Printing Industry has seen a considerable increase in environmental and safety legislation, making us all aware of the European and worldwide issues on pollution, safety and the environment. How your company needs to respond to these issues will vary but your performance will be measures against standards such as the following: The Control of 

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Half Price Letterhead Printing for Two Weeks

Letterheaded paper is a simple and effective way to add some clout to your written communications, and help to present a professional image. Whether you’re running short, or have just decided you need some, order online in the next two weeks and get our Full-Colour Letterheads for half price! Between now and 5:00 pm on 

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What measures can a print firm take to improve energy efficiency?

Many energy saving measures come under the categories of ‘common-sense’ or ‘good housekeeping’, and cost very little in staff time or real money to implement: these are the obvious things such as switching off lights, controlling building temperature properly, reducing steam or compressed air leaks, switching off motors when not needed. If there is nothing 

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How much energy are we using when printing?

A good start to answering this is to obtain appropriate free EEO publications (from your REEO, or one of the other contacts listed at the end): Practical Energy Saving Guide for Smaller Businesses, produced by the EEO in conjunction with industry through the Advisory Committee on Business and the Environment. This is written as a 

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