FINISHING OPTIONS

Scoring means creasing a job. It prevents the thick stock from surface splitting along a fold, leaving a ragged, unsightly edge. Greeting cards and covers on stock heavier than 200 gsm are scored before being folded.

When ordering multiple folds for a job (for example an A4 sheet folded twice down to DL size) always consider which way a reader will view the job as it unfolds again – as an example – a letter fold unfolds differently to a z-fold.

The diagram shows the wide range of folds that are available. The half fold is the more commonly asked brochure fold (A3 to A4 and A4 to A5), however, leaflets folded down to DL size are great for handouts or invitations and can easily be inserted into an envelope for mailout purposes.

Paper cutting on the guillotine is a quick and easy method which gives a professional look with clean, crisp edges. Most printed jobs have some guillotining involved, whether it be a booklet or a brochure, business cards or pamphlets. If you have high volumes of paper, need cutting at any time, we can cut and trim paper to any size you require.

Preserve your special items by having them laminated. Laminating does more than protect your prints, it improves its presentation whether it is handled a lot like a menu or price list or hung on a wall like a certificate or a poster. Unlike cello glazing which is trimmed to the edge, laminating allows us to encapsulate, which is where you cover a sheet of paper in plastic so there is a lip going all the way around it, making the whole sheet watertight. Laminating is available in Gloss or Matt.

Often referred to as “cello” there are benefits to both the Matt and Gloss options. Both Gloss and Matt cello can be either double or single sided.

Cello-glazing is a common finishing option in printing. Commonly used on business cards, presentation folders and booklet covers, it offers a high-quality finish to printed jobs. Available in both Gloss and Matt options, cello-glazing offers a professional look and feel to the finished product by adhering a thin sheet of film using heat and pressure. It has a smooth, silky feeling and offers added protection and durability to your print job. Cello-glazing covers the entire surface area of a printed product.

Matt cello is non-reflective and while it offers a silky, smooth finish, it can flatten out the colours in your printed piece. If you are looking to be able to write on your business card or print project, then we recommend using the Matt cello as gloss is difficult to write on. Matt cello complements well with a spot UV feature, which can be applied to design elements on your print piece after the cello has been applied.

Gloss cello offers a clear and shiny finish that tends to brighten and enhance your colours.

Both options offer protection, strength, and rigidness to your print project allowing it to be more durable or enable your product to stand upright. It’s a great option if your printed piece will be handled frequently or may encounter moisture.

Is a sheet of paper or card stock that has "perforation" lines punched into the paper. This allows the paper to be separated from one another by simply "folding and tearing along the line”. Use this finish on Raffle Tickets, Gift Cards, Name Tags and so much more.

Personalised notepads are excellent lasting giveaways. Notepads used as giveaways leave potential customers with a lasting memory of your products and services. They also make it easier for customers to get in touch with you as your address details, web page, and e-mail address can be printed on the notepads. To bring a simple notepad into the digital age, QR codes can be added to the pad so clients can bring up your business on their mobile devices, bringing your e-commerce site to their hands. Pages per pad range from 25 to 100 or more and are glued with brown strawboard (cardboard) backing. Our uncoated 100 gsm stock is very popular because of its writing ease.

This is a process where holes are drilled through large stacks of paper. Hole drilling can be done on any paper or card stock, and it can be drilled up to 27 mm from the edge of the paper. We drill holes for different ring binders, loose leaf collections, notepads, menus and even swing tags. Many of our products processed on the paper drilling machine is stationery, however, catalogues, brochures, and manuals can also be drilled for filing purposes.

We can round one, two, three or four corners of a printed sheet or card. By adding just one or two rounded corners, will create a distinctiveness and your card will give an edge to your business. Rounded corners reduce the wear and tear and give your job a professional touch. Rounded corners look great on business cards, brochures, booklets or catalogues.

We believe in providing quality from start to finish. Shrink Wrapping offers protection while not detracting from the full visual impact of your product. It also helps to preserve the print quality of your product whilst in transit. If you require our shrink wrapping service please talk to our friendly team.

Saddle-stitched jobs have two steel staples in the spine. They always have a page count in multiples of 4 (refer to “How pages in a document are numbered?” for more information). They may have a cover of heavier stock, e.g. 300gsm or stock of a different finish than the text (for example a gloss cello glazed cover but uncoated text). Jobs of up to 68 pages can be saddle stitched, after which they're too thick for the staples to be effective.