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Commercial Printing

Brochures, folded leaflets, business cards and posters: the printed matter a company hands out, mails and puts on walls.

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Brochures, a folded leaflet, business cards and a poster tube laid out on a finishing table

Overview

Commercial printing covers the everyday printed pieces that carry a company's message to people: what a visitor takes from a stand, what a client keeps on a desk, what a team pins up in a corridor. The four categories below share the same basics. Paper, size and finish are decided first; artwork is checked and a proof is agreed before anything is printed.

Because these pieces are small, small decisions show. Stock, edge, fold and finish are worth settling before you send artwork, and each category page lists what to include so the quote matches the job.

In this category

Choose what you need and add it to your Quote Basket. We will quote to your specification.

Options and finishes

  • Paper and stock

    Weight and surface change how a piece feels in the hand and how colour sits on it.

  • Finish

    Gloss, matt or satin, and where a protective coating helps with handling.

  • Format and fold

    From a single sheet to multi-page and folded formats, sized to the way it will be used.

What to include in your request

The more of this you can send, the closer the first quote will be to the job.

  1. The piece you need and its finished size
  2. Quantity, and whether versions differ
  3. Paper preference, or what it will be used for
  4. Artwork files, with fonts and images included
  5. The date it must be in your hands
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Tell us what you need produced.

Send the specification, the quantity and the date. If the specification is not settled yet, send what you have and we will come back with the questions that matter.

  1. 01

    Specification

    What it is, what it is made of and how it is finished. A reference or a sketch is enough to start.

  2. 02

    Quantity

    How many, and whether the order will repeat.

  3. 03

    Date

    The day the work has to be in place. We plan backwards from it.

The specification, the quantity and the date the work has to be in place.

Up to 5 files, 10 MB each: PDF, PNG, JPEG or WebP.