FROM THE BLOG
- Charity Christmas Prize Draw for SE1 2nd December 2019
- Thermographic Printing at Southside Print, London Bridge 23rd November 2019
- We’re Now Printers in WC1 Too! 11th November 2019
WHAT WE DO:
We’re graphic designers; we’re digital printers; we’re litho printers; we’re large format printers; we provide print management; we’re website designers & we offer a copying & duplication service in SE1.
CONTACT US
Southside Print London Bridge
27 Tabard Street
London
SE1 4LA
t: 020 7378 6754
Email us here
Charity Christmas Prize Draw for SE1
/in Borough, Borough High Street, Christmas, Digital printing, London Bridge, Printers, Printing, Printing services, Prize Draw, Promotions, SE1 /by MarkIf you’re a charity based in London SE1, you could soon be in for an unexpected treat. As an alternative to sending Christmas cards this year, Southside Print is donating a total of £550 worth of printing services to SE1 charities via a December prize draw.
Win free printing!
Four lucky charities will split the winnings, with a top prize of £250 worth of printing going to one charity, with three other charities each receiving a voucher for printing worth £100. Charities need not be existing customers of Southside Print.
Prize Draw Rules
A few simple terms and conditions apply, the main caveats being:
Submit your entry here
If you are a charity based in London SE1, you have nothing to lose, so register now! Vouchers can pay for the equivalent value of any of our in-house printing services. These include digital printing, large format printing, lamination and digital foiling. Winners can use them for ordering things like
Thermographic Printing at Southside Print, London Bridge
/in Borough, Borough High Street, Graphic design, London, London Bridge, Printers, Printing, Printing services, SE1, Southwark, Thermographic printing /by MarkThermographic printing, or ‘thermo’ printing as it’s also known in the trade, is a useful technique to embellish your printing and make it stand out – figuratively as well as literally speaking to some degree. Here we’ll take a look at the process and how it can be used here at Southside Print in London SE1.
The thermo process
Thermography is, to some extent, more of ‘finishing’ process as it’s completed after the coloured inks have already been printed on the paper or card. While the inks are still wet, a thermographic powder is applied to the paper and it sticks to the wet ink. Any excess is quickly removed and then the dusted sheets are passed through a heating process. This melts the themographic powder into its final form. Once melted, set and cooled, it forms an attractive coating to just the printed parts of the sheet.
The new thermo coating is like a spot printed glossy varnish that actually has a thickness to it. This is why thermographically printed elements on the paper feel raised if you run your finger over them. While it’s not as crisp as embossing or UV varnishing, it is an interesting and slightly organic effect and one that is quite different to embossing in reality. As well as being raised, it makes the printed areas glossy, allowing the them to catch the light at certain angles. It’s also useful to note that thermo printing is a significantly cheaper alternative to spot UV varnishing.
Uses
Thermo printing is quite a well-established, traditional process but, when used well by talented graphic designers, can look incredibly attractive and contemporary. The thermographic powder/seal is transparent, so it lets the colour of the underlying printing ink show through. Because of that, it actually looks like the thermographically printing itself is coloured. So, for example, if your logo on a letterhead consists of black type for the company name and a big red square for the logo symbol, it’ll look like those two coloured elements are thermographically ‘printed’ and each of them will be glossy and slightly raised. Thermo printing also has a slightly organic feel about it as mentioned above, by which we mean that it has a slightly mottled, in-exact outer edge and the glossy ‘seal’ feels hard and glassy — almost jewel-like. This can really contrast well against the matt paper it is printed onto. Thermographic printing works well on anything from business cards, letterheads and invitations to
We’re Now Printers in WC1 Too!
/in Clerkenwell, Digital printing, Farringdon, Large format printing, Litho printing, Printers, Printing, Printing services, WC1 /by MarkWe’re pleased to announce that we are now the owners of an additional print shop, WCS Digital Print, based in Mount Pleasant, London WC1. So, if you’re looking for a printer in the Clerkenwell and Farringdon area of London WC1, we can also now help.
WCS Digital has been around since 1985, supplying high quality printing and design to west central London individuals, businesses and organisations for almost 35 years. Southside Print owners Rob Phillips and Sarah Codd have now also taken on WCS Digital Print and aim to bring similar improvements and investments to the WC1 print works, following on from their successes and proven track record at Southside Print. These are likely to include snazzy new printing and finishing equipment as well as cutting edge software that’ll help track the progress of orders and make print quotes fast and incredibly simple.
Printing services in Clerkenwell, Farringdon & London WC1
Like here at Southside, WCS Digital Print is a litho printer, a digital printer, a large format printer and a copy shop. So, as well as offering high quality printing of just about anything, you can also go to WCS Digital for photocopying, document duplication and image/document scanning services. WCS also offers print management services, graphic design, brochure production, booklet making, document binding, bookbinding and direct mail solutions. Just like Southside, it’s a full design and print solution! More details of the
Personalised Christmas Cards for 2019
/in Borough, Christmas, Christmas cards, Digital printing, Greetings cards, London Bridge, Printers, Printing, Printing services, SE1 /by MarkWith the clocks going back and the final part of the year upon us, Christmas will be at the forefront of people’s minds very soon. And, with last post dates for Christmas being Wednesday 18 December for 2nd Class and Friday 20 December for First Class, you need to start planning for your personalised and corporate Christmas cards now if you’re to avoid a last minute panic.
Luckily, Southside Print can help. In line with previous years, we have a great selection of attractive Christmas cards ready and waiting for you to personalise and overprint at www.christmascardgallery.co.uk. Every one of them is attractive and you can choose cards which may be metallic foiled, high gloss varnished, printed on textured card or featuring a combination of several of those finishes. Each can be personalised professionally for you, including a logo if required. Click the links and images to see the huge choice available.
New for 2019 are our contemporary-looking laser cut cards. These feature modern, geometric designs that have been cut from pearlescent material with a precision laser. Sized at 152mm square or A5, designs feature anything from fancy stars and attractive trees to festive reindeer. View the laser-cut cards here.
Our range of 20 animal and bird cards is always popular — who doesn’t love a fluffy robin, penguin or polar bear! Joining them are cards featuring highland cattle, stags, donkeys, blue tits, foxes, owls, dancing cranes and squirrels, each in a gorgeous, snowy scene. The photography is stunning. View the animal & bird cards here.
Of course we also have a range of Christmas themed charity cards, featuring illustrations, designs and photography that have a distinctively Christmassy feel about them. All 21 of them are attractive and extremely festive in feel, sized at A5. You’ll find snowy scenes, wreathes, fancy baubles, church scenes and more in this section. View the Christmas themed cards here.
Our selection of religious and fine art greetings cards is simply beautiful. From angels, nativity scenes, the Three Kings, stained glass windows and churches to images of works of art that all have a distinctively wintery scene at their core. All sized at A5 and ready for you to personalise. View the fine art and religious themed cards here.
Our International charity card range will particularly suit businesses and organisations who have a worldwide clientele. Images include globe motifs, flags, world landmarks, doves of peace and Christmas trees in a wide variety of visual styles. Sized at A5 and featuring a variety of different finishes and textures depending upon the card chosen. View the International themed Christmas cards here.
Our London themed Christmas cards are perfect for many of our clients as so many of them are based in the heart of the city. The choice of 24 different cards features landmarks such as The London Eye, Big Ben, St Paul’s Cathedral, Trafalgar Square, Horse Guards Parade, Regent Street, St James’ Park, St Pancras Station, Tower Bridge and even the Natural History Museum. Perfect! View our London themed cards here.
Always popular, we couldn’t forget our photographic range of festive cards. These are attractive, featuring stunning photography, and of course are non-religious, so will suit a wide audience. Images include anything from swans on the river and decorated trees to snowy landscapes and frosted snowdrops. A5. View the photography themed Christmas cards here.
No collection of Christmas cards would be complete without a wide selection of tree images and ours is no exception. Choose from 24 different designs that include images and styles that will suit anyone. With the added bonus, for some, that they’re non-religious, these will have wide appeal and will suit any age group too. Sized at A5 and featuring a variety of finishes. View the tree themed Xmas cards here.
Ready to order?
Take a good look at the available cards and, when ready, make a note of your preferred card’s reference number (the ‘SKU’). Then
Postcard Printers in London SE1
/in Borough, Borough High Street, Digital printing, Graphic designers, London, London Bridge, Postcards, Printers, Printing, Printing facilities, Printing services, SE1, South London /by MarkPrinted postcards are a simple yet potentially very effective marketing tool. This is especially true when working with digital printers like Southside Print because they’re incredibly quick to turn around and are produced at exceptional quality. Even better, our own in-house design and artwork specialists are on hand to ensure that your postcards look eye-catching, well designed and communicate all the right messages to your target audience.
Sizes
Postcards are generally affordable whether you require just a handful or many thousands, mainly due to their small size. This allows us to print several postcards on the same, larger, sheet before trimming down to their final size, so you benefit from the economies of scale and savings on materials. We print postcards mostly at A6 (148mm x 105mm) although some customers occasionally require larger sizes such as A5 (210mm x 148mm), smaller sizes like A7 (105mm x 74mm) or non-standard postcard sizes like square formats.
Shapes
As well as rectangular and square postcards, we can also supply them with all rounded corners or even with a mixture of square-cut corners and rounded corners, resulting in a kind of lozenge shape, for example. For those who require something even more unusual, we can also make up a unique cutter so your printed postcards are irregular shapes, for example with sides that follow the contour of your logo, photograph or graphics.
Finishes
When it comes to finish, postcards can be printed straight onto card with no additional finish — or additional processes can be used. It all depends upon personal preference and available budget. Without additional coatings and processes, postcards can simply show the inherent finish of the underlying card, for example uncoated cards (making for very matt and lower contrast printing), silk coated, glossy if the card itself has a glossy coating, or textured if the underlying card is itself textured. Additional finishing options that we can add include gloss or matt lamination, U.V. varnish or even spot U.V. varnish used in tandem with any of the other finishes (e.g. spot gloss U.V. varnish over the top of matt lamination — this looks phenomenally good). We can also digitally foil any of the above, resulting in metallic or even holographic detailing. All in all, your printed postcards can look (and feel) absolutely amazing when you let Southside Print really go to town!
What can Postcards be Used For?
Firstly, of course, postcards can be used for their traditional purpose. Perhaps you are a London venue — maybe a museum, landmark or experience of some kind — and want people to send friends and family a postcard featuring your venue following their visit. We can print that for you economically and in high quality. Using full colour printing and high gloss lamination, it’ll give images a real punch and a surface so glossy you can see your face in it! We’ll be happy to supply the design and artwork too.
However, postcards can also be great when used as an alternative to mailers. Send out a glossy, full colour postcard featuring your product or service in all its glory and you’re sure to impress. You can even have a set of postcards that each show a different product. That way you can follow up the first postcard with a second at a later date, then a third later still, and get some real momentum and brand recognition going amongst your target audience. Marketers know that people often need several reminders of adverts or marketing pieces before they take the plunge to purchase from a particular company, so a set of product postcards sent out gradually over the course of a few weeks can be a perfect solution. Postcards also have far more gravitas than a humble leaflet or flyer, leading to a higher perception of quality, so will be taken more seriously.
Postcards can also be used as
Printers in Borough, London SE1
/in Borough, Borough High Street, Graphic design, Graphic designers, Large format printing, London, Online Printing, Printers, Printing, Printing facilities, Printing services, SE1, South London /by MarkWe are printers in Borough, right in the heart of London SE1. Based in Tabard Street, Southside Print offers high quality printing to individuals, businesses, shops, charities and organisations across the Borough & SE1 region. So, whether you’re a resident who needs personal stationery, a cafe that needs printed menus, a pub that needs posters to promote gigs, an SE1 charity that needs fundraising literature, a shop that needs printed booklets or catalogues or one of the many businesses in the Borough that requires sales and marketing collateral, we can help. We’ll print everything for you at the highest quality, for a competitive price. What’s more, our turnaround times are hard to beat and we offer free local delivery and a click and collect service for those close by.
Further afield?
Perhaps you’re a little bit outside the Borough region. No problem! We print for companies and organisations everywhere in the UK and abroad and even have a web print shop where anyone in the world can order popular items like stationery, posters, brochures, leaflets and bound documents 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Simply choose your desired options, submit your payment and we’ll take care of the rest. And don’t forget that ‘click and collect’ service for local customers.
What can we print?
We can print pretty much anything you can think of! For example, brochures, catalogues, letterheads, business cards, compliments slips, NCR (multi-part) order pads, menus, posters, display graphics, exhibition panels, signs, newsletters, annual reports, leaflets, flyers, booklets, brochures, labels, stickers, wedding invites, postcards and a whole host of other printed items. In fact, if it’s produced by printing ink on paper, chances are we can supply it.
The Borough
The Borough is an extremely cosmopolitan community, with a really good buzz about it. You have Borough Market right at its heart and there you can pick up anything from gifts to fruit, vegetables, street food from around the world, the finest delicacies and much more. Pubs, restaurants, cafes and other eateries abound and throughout the Borough you have a huge abundance of shops including independent traders and high street brands all competing for the attention of shoppers. All these businesses and traders need to be at the top of their game to attract passers by so it’s important that they get their message across in window displays, inside and on their printed promotional literature. Many of them also hand out flyers in the SE1 streets. We can help with all of that not only by producing the finest print, but also by making it look a million dollars in the first place, courtesy of our in-house graphic designers. That’s where we can make a real difference in your ROI (return on investment) to ensure that you communicate your service or product USPs (unique selling propositions) and key messages clearly to your prospects. That’s how you are most likely to turn them into paying customers. Supplying your own artwork? That’s
Personal Stationery Printers in Southwark
/in Borough, Business cards, Buy printing online, Compliments slips, Digital printing, Envelopes, Graphic design, Graphic designers, Letterheads, London, London Bridge, Printers, Printing, Printing services, SE1, South London, Southwark, Stationery /by MarkPersonal Stationery
As well as being designers and printers of business stationery, Southside Print also produces personal stationery. This can be anything from a simple, typographic letterhead to a full colour, highly designed suite of stationery including overprinted letterheads, compliments slips, business cards and even envelopes. Each might include a personal logo, calligraphic motif or indeed even a family coat of arms. Personal stationery is not for everyone but it is perfect for the image-conscious and those who want to give people a convenient reminder of their name and contact details.
Personal Business Cards
Personal business cards are a great tool for creating a good first impression. Let’s say you’re at a posh function and want to do a bit of networking. Without a personal business card, you may initially impress but you may also be forgotten again within minutes without some kind of reminder. Hand out a beautifully designed personal business card and it’s sure to remind your prospect or future employer of you once again. After all, it’s something they can keep long term. Personal business cards are great at interviews, networking events, functions, trade shows or when you’re selling your services in some way on a one-to-one basis. Of course, in their simplest form, they are also a convenient way of reminding friends and family of your contact details and home address.
Personal Letterheads
Personal letterheads are a great tool for those wishing to create the best impression when communicating via the written word. Whether you’re sending off your CV, working as a sole trader or liaising personally at a high level, bespoke letterheads allow you to look great even though you’re not right there in person. You will stand out from the crowd as someone with style and as someone who goes the extra mile.
Personal Compliments Slips & Envelopes
You can take this a step or two further by including personal compliments slips and overprinted envelopes in your suite of personal stationery. So, the moment your envelope arrives with your intended recipient, they will know it contains a communication from you. And compliments slips are useful when you want to perhaps send something to someone and have no time to scribble a note. With the compliments slip accompanying the item you supplied, it all speaks for itself with minimal effort and fuss.
Image, Information & a Useful Reminder
Put simply, personal stationery will tell people that you are a quality individual. Your personal stationery will impress, let the recipient know your contact details and be a lasting reminder of something very special; you.
Label & Sticker Printing in London Bridge, SE1
/in Borough, Labels, London, London Bridge, Printers, Printing, Printing facilities, Printing services, SE1, Stickers /by MarkPrinted labels and stickers can be a surprisingly effective element within your sales and marketing arsenal and, the truth is, they are often simply irreplaceable. They come in the form of anything from a simple address label to product stickers that can transform an anonymous box or bottle into an attractive product that people will want to purchase — simply because of their presence. That’s amazing when you think about it. As such, they hold tremendous potential and offer great value to marketers and sales teams alike.
Southside Print offer graphic design and artwork services for labels and stickers and, of course, we are a label and sticker printer too. We offer a huge variety of different label sizes, finishes and materials ‘off the shelf’ as well as offering a bespoke label service where we can supply labels or stickers at virtually any size or shape. We can supply labels that are digitally foiled too, so if you want a label that’s got a metallic gold or silver logo or message, it’s no problem at all.
We offer matt, silk or gloss finishes, kiss-cutting to bespoke shapes and also ‘crack-back’ labels that can be large or small. Do you need round labels? No problem. How about square stickers with rounded corners? Again, no problem. For unique shapes it is again, no problem. Waterproof labels? You guessed it – we can supply them!
Lamination, Encapsulation or U.V. Varnish?
/in Digital printing, Encapsulation, Lamination, Printers, Printing, Printing facilities, Printing services, SE1 /by MarkHave you ever seen a super-glossy brochure and wondered whether it’s gloss laminated … or perhaps gloss U.V. varnished? Even printing experts have trouble spotting the difference! To all intents and purposes, they look the same, but their production methods, costs and properties are very different.
Lamination
Lamination is a process whereby a thin, transparent, plastic film is bonded, under pressure, to the surface of your printed paper or card. The plastic film can have a variety of finishes including high gloss, soft-touch and matt.
Either way, once laminated, the printed sheets are cut and finished so that the edge of the printed sheet is an exact match to the edge of the bonded lamination, with no difference or overhang of either. Lamination can be applied to one side of the sheet, or both.
Lamination gives the printed job additional protection against wear and tear. In fact, one way to be sure that a printed document is laminated is to try to tear it. If it’s nigh on impossible to tear, chances are it’s laminated. Lamination also gives documents protection against moisture, simply due to the presence of the plastic film that’s bonded to the surface.
Lamination is suitable for even reasonably high quantities of printing because it’s a high speed, mostly automated process. It’s used for protection, to give printed documents a lovely finish and to give them a feeling of high quality.
Encapsulation
Encapsulation is similar to lamination but the plastic film tends to be significantly thicker and is applied to both sides of the printed sheet. Uniquely with encapsulation, the plastic covering protrudes a few millimetres beyond the edge of the underlying printed sheet and indeed the plastic on the front and the plastic on the back bond to each other where they meet. This forms a tough ‘frame’ of thicker plastic around the edge of the printed sheet.
As with lamination, encapsulation protects the printed sheet from wear and tear and from moisture, however even more so than lamination due to the greater thickness of the plastic and the edges of the sheet also being protected by a double thickness of heat-bonded plastic.
Encapsulation is usually used for one-off or low quantity printing because it’s relatively expensive and time-consuming compared to lamination. It’s ideally suited to printed items that perhaps need to be displayed, manhandled regularly or used in environments that might otherwise lead to the printed item becoming dog-eared or spoiled by water ingress. Menus would be a good example.
U.V. Varnish
U.V. varnish is almost always encountered in a high gloss finish. However, it is also available in matt finish although that’s rarely seen. To even a trained eye, an overall gloss U.V. varnish looks almost identical to gloss lamination, giving the printed document a high gloss sheen that enriches the saturation of printed colours and gives photographs a deeper contrast and ‘punch’. However, the U.V. varnishing process is remarkably different to that of lamination. Unlike with lamination, the gloss sheen is actually
Why Choose Southside Print?
/in Artwork, Borough, Digital printing, Graphic designers, London Bridge, Printers, Printing, Printing services, SE1, South London /by MarkWith so many printers available in the SE1 region of South London, it can be confusing knowing which one to use for your printing. So why choose Southside Print? Here we’ll tell you just a few of the many reasons why Southside Print would make an excellent choice:
We are highly experienced
Our staff have been in the print industry for many years. We are all from different parts of the print and design industry and together offer a fully comprehensive design and printing service — a one-stop print and design shop, in fact.
We have an excellent reputation
We are highly thought of, with excellent customer reviews and testimonials. Check out Southside Print’s Google reviews if you’d like to see independent proof.
We have in-house design as well as printing
We have an in-house graphic design team who can take your concept and make it look amazing! So, your finished print will ‘sell’ your product or service to your audience in the best possible way.
We use only high-end equipment
We have the very best high-end printing equipment available including digital printing that offers exceptional quality. We have lamination services, and in-house digital foiling, as well as the option of traditional foiling for those who require it. All our finishing facilities are in-house, meaning we can complete virtually every printing order entirely under one roof, unlike many printers. This means we can control quality, pricing and production speed from start to completion. So, we get the job done without the delays associated with having to sub-contract certain processes — that’s simply not possible with the vast majority of other printers in London.
We have a ‘can do’ attitude
We do our very best to accommodate as many customers’ needs as we possibly can. If we can do it, we will, even if it’s not usually a standard process or service. We are here to help you and we want you to come back! So, we are very happy to help by going that extra mile …