Print Techniques | Creative Print

Take your print up a notch with specialised finishing techniques

Looking for print with a difference? We’re pleased to offer a range of impressive print techniques, including specialist inks, foiling, spot UV, unique binding and more. These print techniques can be applied to the majority of our products to produce creative print that makes an impact.

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Foil Blocking

A shiny, decorative finish added to designs and text by heat-pressing metallic or pigmented foil onto paper, adding a touch of luxury.

Metallic Ink

Ink containing metallic particles gives printed materials a shiny, reflective quality, adding a luxurious and eye-catching effect.

White Ink

A versatile technique best applied to dark or transparent substrates to enhance contrast and add a unique look to print.

a collection of pantone ink colour swatches

Pantone Spot Colours

The use of pre-mixed inks from the Pantone Matching System guarantees your print always displays accurate and consistent colours to maintain brand identity.

Florescent ink printed on the cover of a stitch bound brochure

Fluorescent Inks

Bright, neon inks that glow under UV light, making printed materials highly visible and attention-grabbing in low-light conditions.

Spot UV

A glossy coating applied to specific areas of a print, creating contrast and highlighting important elements with a shiny finish. Subtle but makes a big impact.

Embossing & Debossing

Pressing designs into paper to create raised (embossed) or recessed (debossed) areas, adding texture and dimension to prints. Perfect for producing tactile products.

Front cover of a brochure featuring a high-gloss laminate finish, enhancing the vibrant colours and providing a sleek, polished look to the printed document.

Gloss Lamination

A shiny, protective film applied to printed surfaces, enhancing colours and providing durability against scratches and moisture.

Matt Lamination

A non-glossy, protective film that gives a smooth, sophisticated finish to prints, reducing glare and enhancing readability while making the product more durable.

Soft Touch Lamination

A velvety, matte finish that adds a luxurious, tactile quality to printed materials, enhancing the sensory experience while making the product more durable.

Case Binding

A durable bookbinding method where pages are sewn and glued into a hard cover, ideal for high-quality, long-lasting books.

a lay flat book open to show how the pages are perfectly as if they were one continuous sheet with minimal binding in the spine.

Lay Flat Binding

Allowing books to open flat without losing imagery into the gusset of the spine, improving usability for presentations, cookbooks, and photo albums.

PUR Binding

Strong, flexible adhesive square back binding for books, providing superior durability and allowing pages to lay flatter. Ideal for larger pagination products.

Saddle Stitching

Binding method where pages are folded and stapled along the spine, suitable for booklets, brochures, and magazines.

A Singer sown brochure showing the detail of visible stitching used to bind the book together.

Singer Sewn Binding

Decorative stitching along the spine using thread, adding an artisanal touch to notebooks, journals, and limited-edition books.

The head of a visible screw sits in the top corner of a printed document, used to hold it all together.

Screw Binding

Pages are held together with screws or posts, allowing easy updates and replacements, commonly used for portfolios and manuals.

Wiro Binding

Pages are punched and held together with a wire coil, allowing them to lie flat when open, ideal for calendars and notebooks.

Coloured Staples

Staples in various colours add a decorative or branded touch to saddle-stitched documents, enhancing their visual appeal

Close-up image of a triple-stitched spine on a printed document, showcasing the meticulous binding for durability and a polished finish.

Tripple Stitch Spine

A robust binding method with three stitches along the spine, offering added strength and a unique visual element.

A document composed of multiple colour layers adhered together. The top layer features a grey design with punched-out holes, revealing vibrant colours from the layer below.

Duplex & Triplex

Layering two (duplex) or three (triplex) sheets of paper for added thickness and strength, often used with different colours or textures for each layer. It is possible to glue multi layers if required.

Die Cutting

A shaped blade cuts paper into custom shapes, enhancing design flexibility. Great for adding unique visuals and creating bespoke shaped print.

Kiss Cutting

Lightly cutting through the top layer of adhesive material without cutting the backing paper, commonly used for stickers and labels.

multiple stickers than have been cut out using a summa cutter.

CAD Cutting

Precision cutting technology for intricate designs on various materials, enhancing the quality and detail of printed products.

A concertina folded leaflet, one of many types of folds on offer.

Folding

Creating folds in paper to achieve different formats and functionalities, essential for brochures, leaflets/flyers, and greeting cards.

A beautiful personalised wedding invitation featuring the names of the individuals invited, adding a special touch to the elegant design.

Personalisation, Variable Data & Numbering

Adding unique details like names or sequential numbers to prints, enhancing customisation and tracking for invitations, tickets, and certificates.