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Is your current print supplier as green as us?
Global warming is a serious issue. Its causes are complicated, made up of a combination of natural and human influences. The solutions to reduce global warming are, likewise, complicated but if together we can do our bit we will. This is what we are doing. ...
Print4UK is backing the Carbon Capture movement
Print4UK is backing the Carbon Capture movement The very nature of our business means we’re extremely aware of the impact our work can have on the environment. As many of you know, we’re always looking to reduce our carbon footprint through a range of measures such...
HP Indigo One-Shot Colour Technology
HP Indigo One-Shot Colour Technology If you’ve read my last blog, you’ll know I’m new to this industry. That’s why I put together my jargon buster, but some things need more than a few words to explain what they are. So I have a few blogs lined up, to explain...
Increase your chances of winning new business with quality, high spec printing – Case Study
Increase your chances of winning new business with quality, high spec printing In the busy world we live in, we often don’t dedicate the time to new business that we should. And yet we all know that a beautifully crafted proposal or slick presentation can make all the...
BKL Technology and Digital Brochure – Case Study
Spotlight on printing Brochure: BKL Technology and Digital Brochure The Challenge: BKL, a leading accountancy firm, were looking to produce a unique brochure about their services in the digital and technology world. We were asked to incorporate some of the best...
What is bleed and why is it so crucial?
What is Bleed and why is it so crucial? Here at Print4UK bleed is such a crucial aspect of the printing process, occasionally there is a small degree of movement on the press so to avoid unnecessary white borders we make sure that all our art work has at least...
The Leading Design Trends of 2018
The Leading Design Trends of 2018 Here at Print4UK we are always keeping up with the latest trends. We love to come up with new ways to make our clients print look and feel that little bit more special. We came across this great blog and wanted to share it....
Why you should use branded promotional products
What are the benefits of promotional printed products? Here at Print4UK Ltd, we love to show off all the services that we can provide and branded promotional products are one of them. So when we came across this blog we felt that it was perfect to show off all...
VGL’s fruity Tube job has the sweet smell of success
VGL’s fruity Tube job has the sweet smell of success At Print4UK we love to hear about new ways that the print industry is innovating with existing techniques. So when we came across this article we were very impressed by the techniques used. Check out this...
Business of the Year Award Winners!
Happy days! As we leave the long month of January behind us, we’re happy to kick off the new year with some great news. Two pieces actually. So, what is it that we can’t wait to share? Well the first piece is to announce that having been finalists for the much-coveted...
Top 10 marketing tips to help you through the year
Top 10 marketing tips to help you through the year We are always looking for ways to help our clients with their marketing campaigns, and this is a great blog with some of the top tips for marketing in 2018. If you’re sick and tired of using the same marketing...
Why Static Cling Vinyl is unsustainable, but we have the solution “CLINGZ”
Why Static Cling Vinyl is unsustainable, but we have the solution "CLINGZ" Here at Print4UK we provide clients with various techniques and substrates that they can use in their marketing campaigns. One of our personal favourites are CLINGZ. Don't have a clue...
6 Key Areas to Focus Your SEO Campaign
6 Key Areas to Help Focus Your SEO Campaign Here a Print4UK we offer various services, one of them is to help with our client's online marketing, and we love to learn all the new tips and tricks within the industry so whenever we come across a great blog, we...
How the Printing Substrate Changes the Ink Colour
The Printing Substrate Changes the Ink Color The print industry can be a very confusing place at times, and one big part of the industry is the substrate that the ink is being transferred to. So when we can across this blog we felt it perfectly explains...
What is voice search and should we be afraid of it?
What is voice search and should we be afraid of it? Voice search is the up and coming way to search the internet without lifting a finger. I know that is a scary thought but it is the way forward with the likes of Google Home and Amazon's Echo popping up...
What do we really know about Google’s ranking algorithm?
What do we really know about Google's new ranking algorithm? Seeing as the print industry is moving on we have decided to invest some of our time into helping our clients with some of their digital marketing needs, so when we heard that Google is coming out...
Why Clicks and Sessions are not friends?
Why Clicks and Sessions are not friends? Digital marketing is a very broad subject so we want to help you understand it. So when we came across this blog we thought that it would really help anyone who is just trying to understand the digital marketing...
The Printing Pre Press Dos and Don’ts
PRINTING PRE PRESS DOS AND DON'TS Here at Print4UK we are dedicated to making sure that every print ready file is perfect so that it makes the print production seamless. So when we came by this blog we felt that we should share all the do's and don'ts so that...
G . F Smith launches its “Extract” range made from disposable coffee cups
G . F Smith launches its "Extract" range Here at Print4uk we are always on the lookout for ways to decrease our environmental impact and then we came across this article and was really inspired by the whole concept and we will now use these papers whenever...
The Benefits of Short Run Printing
The Benefits of Short Run Printing Here at Print4UK we specialise in Short run printing as we know it provides our clients with the highest quality print. Short run digital printing is a fast way to print items with the quality of offset printing without the...
The Importance of #Hashtags
The Importance of #Hashtags As someone who’s comfortable in the digital space, it’s often easy to assume that people have the same level of knowledge as I do. But I’m quickly learning that the digital arena can sometimes be a bit of a mystery to those not in...
How do you identify premium?
DO OUR EYES DECEIVE US? Well, they do sometimes and if you identify yourself as a premium brand offering premium products and service, how can you best promote this to convince your audience to pay more when there are lower cost alternatives just around the...
Nominated for a Print, Design and Marketing Award 2017!
Keeping everything crossed – we’ve been nominated for a Print, Design and Marketing Award 2017! Now, we’re not one to blow our own trumpets, but when someone else recognises your work for being worthy of a nomination for a prestigious Print, Design and...
Two letters that will boost your marketing campaign
The two letters in question are QR, or to be more precise, QR codes. In essence QR codes are like Bar Codes except they contain much more information and are used as a paper based hyperlink that connects the physical world with the online world. For marketers, putting...
Out with the Old…..and in with the New.
Effective marketing is all about getting noticed and creating a call to action. Around the mid 1990’s, email started to take over our lives and quickly became the de rigueur as way to reach out to thousands in just a click. However no one could have envisage how much...
The Hidden Gem in the Marketing Tool Kit.
The so called demise of print has been talked about in marketing circles for some time now with the ever increasing role of on-line digital media becoming the default option. However, print should no longer be considered a competing alternative to digital. Instead,...
Is this your in-box right now?
Right now, the chances are that your inbox contains more emails trying to sell and promote products and services to you than ever. And if that's the case, why do we still insist on using this method? Because it’s cheap and quick, but is it affective? No! Do you...
Does your printer love you?
At Print4UK, we have one thing on our mind…love! Since 2008, we have established ourselves as one of London’s leading lithographic and digital printers by showing our clients lots of love and attention. Yes, we really do care and we do this by holding your hand...