Search Blog
-
Recent Posts
Categories
- Business Cards (6)
- Design Guides (26)
- Environmentally Friendly printing (10)
- Funny Friday (80)
- Leaflet and Flyer Printing (7)
- Marketing Tips (25)
- Printing (13)
- Solopress Spotlight (8)
- Tech News (13)
- What's Going On @ Solopress.com (27)
Archives
- February 2012 (1)
- January 2012 (13)
- December 2011 (13)
- November 2011 (10)
- October 2011 (11)
- September 2011 (18)
- August 2011 (13)
- July 2011 (12)
- June 2011 (10)
- May 2011 (10)
- April 2011 (11)
- March 2011 (8)
- February 2011 (8)
- January 2011 (8)
- December 2010 (9)
- November 2010 (9)
- October 2010 (9)
- September 2010 (9)
- August 2010 (7)
- July 2010 (8)
- June 2010 (6)
- May 2010 (2)
- April 2009 (3)
- March 2009 (3)
- February 2009 (2)
- July 2008 (1)
- June 2008 (1)
Tag Cloud
350gsm silk flyers 2012 A5 A7 Adobe advertising brochures business card printing career case studies Christmas competition contest customer service design designer design tips digital eco printing Essex Facebook flyers free guide help hints iPhone leaflets London marketing posters printers printing news printing services printing tips prize show sign Solopress Spotlight stickers testimonials tips winner Xmas
Category Archives: Printing
Printing Buyers Guide
Baffled by all the choices and technical terms when you need your business cards, flyers, leaflets, brochures, posters, stationery and more professionally printed? Solopress.com’s printing guru Tim Hann is here with expert advice on how to get your commercial print … Continue reading
Glossary of Printing terms
Here at Solopress we know the printing industry inside out, but we appreciate that it can be a confusing world. If you don’t know your gloss from embossing, or think that CMYK is a designer label check out some of … Continue reading
Top Questions Asked Before Printing
Solopress has been in business for over 12 years now and despite lots of changes in the way we operate, we still tend to be asked the same questions time after time. It’s not that we mind answering our clients’ … Continue reading
Posted in Printing
Our ordering process – automated printing with the ‘personal touch’
Solopress is a really ‘techie’ printing company with powerful and well-organized systems that allow us to provide a first-class printing service with ultra-fast turnarounds. However, whilst we continue to invest in new technology to give us the edge on speed, … Continue reading
Posted in Printing
Raw material prices
There is no questioning that the past year or so has presented the printing industry with some tough challenges. Unfortunately it seems that printers may be faced with further challenges following a warning by the British Coatings Federation (BCF) that … Continue reading
Posted in Printing
VAT changes
Most businesses are no doubt aware that as of 4 January 2011, UK VAT will increase from the current rate of 17.5% to 20%. Whilst it is likely that most people will have considered the impact and consequences of this … Continue reading
Posted in Printing
Key findings from the Print Week wide-format printing report
Print Week have recently revealed the findings from their annual wide-format print report, which includes a comprehensive survey of printers and print buyers. The survey reveals that having gained dominance in recent years, wide-format printing is in a similar market … Continue reading
Posted in Printing
Government printing costs
In a time of cost saving and concern over efficiency levels, the recently published report into government efficiency revealed that government spending on commodity purchases are often far from competitive. In fact, the report states that the government is paying … Continue reading
Posted in Printing
Digital printing speed
The debate between digital vs lithographic printing has been well documented in our previous blog entries. However, regardless of your stance on the two printing types, it is almost impossible not to acknowledge the impact that digital printing has had … Continue reading
Posted in Printing
Printing Showdown – B2 Inkjet vs B2 Offset
The future of printing was hotly contested at last month’s IPEX – the printing world’s annual get together at Birmingham’s NEC. The topic on most people’s lips was that of the ongoing battle between B2 digital (inkjet) and litho press … Continue reading
Posted in Printing













