Printing and custom production
Printed materials produced to written specification rather than picked from a catalogue. Offset, digital and wide-format, with the finishing, kitting and distribution that follow the press.
Printed products, made to your specification
Each of these is quoted against your artwork, dimensions, stock and quantity. Nothing here is a stock item with your logo added afterwards.
Catalogues, manuals & booklets
Multi-page bound documents, reports, training manuals, program guides and annual reports.
Direct mail & addressed campaigns
Addressed and unaddressed mail, self-mailers, envelopes and reply devices, prepared to Canada Post requirements.
Flyers, brochures & inserts
Folded and flat pieces, notices, information sheets and bilingual public communications.
Large-format signage & displays
Rigid and flexible signage, wayfinding sets, banners, lawn and site signs, exhibit and display systems.
Forms, statements & variable data
Carbonless and multi-part forms, statements, notices and any document where each copy differs.
Labels & identification
Pressure-sensitive labels to your die and material, asset and barcode labels, tags, badges and lanyards.
Packaging & cartons
Printed corrugated, folding cartons, inserts and protective components made to the dimensions of the goods.
Branded goods & apparel
Screen printed, embroidered and pad printed items, workwear, uniforms and promotional goods.
Event & presentation materials
Name badges, signage, folders, tabbed sets and printed collateral produced as one coordinated package.
The process is chosen by the job, not the other way round
Quantity, page count, turnaround and how much each copy varies decide which press a job belongs on. We price the method that suits the run rather than the one that suits us.
Offset printing
For longer runs. Plate setup costs more up front, then the unit price keeps falling, and colour holds consistently across the whole run. The right choice above a few thousand copies.
Digital printing
For short runs, versioning and fast turnaround. No plates, so no setup cost and no minimum that makes a small quantity uneconomic.
Wide-format printing
For signage and display. Direct to rigid substrates or to vinyl and banner material, in sizes a sheet-fed press cannot carry.
Variable data printing
Where every copy differs: addressed mail, sequential numbering, riding-level or site-level versions, individual names and codes.
Bindery & finishing
Saddle stitch, perfect bind, coil and wire-o, folding, scoring, perforating, die cutting, laminating, drilling and tabbing.
Kitting & fulfilment
Printed items assembled into pre-packed sets, so a delivery arrives ready to issue rather than as separate cartons to be sorted.
Warehousing & release
Produce the full quantity once, hold it, and release against call-ups. One print price, delivery when you need it.
Distribution management
Single-site, multi-site and addressed distribution under one order, with delivery scheduled per location.
What it can be printed on, and what can be done to it
If your specification names a material we have not listed, send it. This is what is ordered most often, not the limit of what can be sourced.
Paper and board
- Uncoated, silk and gloss text and cover
- Bond, offset and index stock
- Carbonless (NCR) and multi-part sets
- Recycled and FSC-certified grades
- Synthetic and tear-resistant stock
Rigid and flexible
- Corrugated plastic for site and lawn signs
- PVC, acrylic and foam board
- Aluminium composite for outdoor use
- Vinyl, adhesive film and magnetics
- Banner and mesh material
Finishing
- Matte, gloss and soft-touch lamination
- UV and spot UV coating
- Foil stamping and embossing
- Die cutting to a custom shape
- Grommets, hemming, stakes and frames
Priced alongside the standard option, not instead of it
Public sector buyers work under green procurement obligations, and the usual obstacle is not availability but not knowing what the greener option costs. Where a job allows one, we quote both.
- FSC-certified and post-consumer recycled stock
- Vegetable-based and low-VOC inks
- Recyclable rigid substrates in place of composites where the application permits
- Right-sized packaging, to cut both shipping volume and waste
- Run quantities matched to actual need, with the balance warehoused rather than overprinted
Where a solicitation sets a specific environmental standard, we quote to that standard and say plainly if a substrate cannot meet it.
Nothing goes to press without a signed proof
Print is the one category where an error multiplies by the run length. These four stages exist so a mistake is caught while it still costs nothing.
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Digital proof
A PDF proof for content, layout, spelling and dimensions. Fastest stage to change something, and the cheapest.
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Prototype or hard proof
A physical sample on the actual stock, so colour, finish, folding and substrate behaviour can be judged in the hand rather than on a screen.
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Production run
Released only against written approval of the proof. Colour is checked against the approved sample through the run.
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Finishing and delivery
Finished, kitted where required, and delivered to the date confirmed before the job was released.
Send us the artwork and the specification.
We will come back with production options, unit pricing at each quantity break, and a lead time.
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