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Jun 25, 2008 | 09:05 PM

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Blue, thanks for the reply matey. Regarding money in letterheads, yes there isnt much specifically in letterheads but generally in stationary there is lots of money to be made by an independant corporate design company. Your are spot on regarding middle men but im getting frustrated as i cant find any decent litho printers direct that can help me. surely there are some out there and local as these guys i know are using them.

Other stuff I need includes Spot UV and various other specialist finishing services

No probs...just one quick question. What sort of quantity are we talking about here? The reason I ask is that if you only have one job per week then you'll need someone local. If, however, you have several jobs a week that could all be delivered together then that opens up your options and I might be able to point you in a suitable direction. Any info on the average number of colours and the number of copies involved would also help.

Jun 26, 2008 | 12:15 AM

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Blue at this very moment in time it is more like one a week but that is primarily due to the fact that I am not taking many new jobs on at the moment as we are moving into our new design studio.

Regarding colours it generally varies between 2 and 4 colour

Jun 26, 2008 | 08:59 AM

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Speaking as an old No.1

The only time you where No.1 was when you was on the casual list and where next in line for a job HAHAHAHA

Jun 26, 2008 | 09:06 AM

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Originally Posted by corradoboy

Don't expect to become a millionaire in the print game

Unless you have access to the right paper, eh Dave?

Jun 26, 2008 | 09:09 AM

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OK, spoken to dad. Basically he agrees with me. Cut out the middle man and go direct to the printer. Don't even think about buying a press and everything that goes with it. There are printers out there who would kill for your steady supply of work. He's too far away to make any deal make sense, but if you look in the yellow pages I'm sure there will be tons of small printers who can do the job for you. Failing that, ask your competitors which printers they use.

Good luck.

Jun 26, 2008 | 09:56 AM

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Blue, first of all regarding companies in the yellow pages. Most of them claim to offer in house litho printing but 80% of them dont as I have tried contacting all these guys and it is the same story all the time.

Regarding competitors telling me lol, they will never tell me and even if they did, theyd send me to some cowboy printers

Jun 27, 2008 | 09:59 AM

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Regarding competitors telling me lol, they will never tell me and even if they did, theyd send me to some cowboy printers

I'm surprised about that because down south the printers tend to be fairy civil to one another. If the yellow pages are no use have you tried driving around a few industrial estates - there is a printer on every one down south and you could see for yourself whether they have the equipment and what their quality is like? Other than that I'm all out of ideas

Jun 27, 2008 | 02:56 PM

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If you need a local printer with their own equipment, contact Pressision in Stanningley, about a mile outside Bradford. Speak to James (Taylor) and tell him Dave (Watson) sent you.

Jul 2, 2008 | 12:23 AM

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If you need a local printer with their own equipment, contact Pressision in Stanningley, about a mile outside Bradford. Speak to James (Taylor) and tell him Dave (Watson) sent you.

Cheers Dave, I defo shall give him a tinker

Im really warming to the idea of outsourcing but directly