Ah, print! In a world where our lives are increasingly digitised, where eBooks and online articles are just a click away, it’s easy to overlook the quaint charm of print. But let’s not be too hasty to dismiss this old friend. In the hustle and bustle of the digital age,
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Just a reminder
We thought it worthwhile to remind our clients of what’s important to us and what we do.
We believe automation works best as an aid to a skill, it’s not yet a replacement for a keen eye from a conscientious worker.
Our attention is very much focussed on ‘right first-time’ resulting in a reprint rate that’s as little as 20%.
... read moreMaking your website work
If you’re website is not web-2-print, you’re seriously missing a big trick. A website that sells product 24/7 is one of the easiest ways to achieve and measure return on investment. Despite this, more than half of printer’s sites, are merely digital brochures, lacking even the most basic selling facilities.
... read moreGetting it right first time
Almost 50% of the hundreds of artwork files we receive at Flexpress weekly, are in one way or another, not prepared correctly.
Despite this, Flexpress clients experience very few artwork related issues, in fact, we have as little as one-fifth of the reprints of most of our competitors,
... read moreTrade print, or just trade prices?
Price is, of course, important. But of the biggest online printers associated with competitive prices, it would be fair to say that very few are truly ‘trade only’.
In fairness, most don’t profess to be; although in some cases the company name is designed to suggest otherwise. In other cases,
... read moreScale up. Scale down. Or stand still?
Some experts believe that print production will be dominated by just one or two ‘big players’ in each region and the remainder will serve relatively small localities; either outsourcing the bulk of their work, or specialising in a particular product or process serving niche markets.
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