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A 204 page high quality glossy printed school magazine beautifully printed in full colour throughout. Finished with square backed PUR binding, contrasting matt lamination and spot gloss UV varnish on the outer cover. This is an accomplished and long-lasting printed publication that staff and students can keep and enjoy for many years.

Project Type:

Litho printing, full colour printing, magazine printing, printing for schools, PUR binding, matt laminate, spot UV varnish, specialist finishing.

Specification

• Size: A4 portrait
• Pagination: 4pp cover + 200pp text section
• Cover material: 250gsm Galerie Art Satin FSC
• Text material: 130gsm Galerie Art Satin FSC
• Print: Print full colour CMYK throughout
• Specialist finish: Matt laminate outer cover + spot UV title and image on cover
• Quantity: 2,000 copies

Summary:

We have a host of experience in printing for schools and we are proud to work with a local grammar school in producing their school magazine.

The annual publication showcases student achievements in sports, music, arts and of course the academic and social side of the school.

Editorial control of the magazine production is entrusted to the senior year student magazine team each year and they are fully responsible for the design of the project.

To help with the process the studio team at Scanplus help with advice, page artwork templates and feedback on any artwork issues – good quality high resolution images, appropriate bleed allowance and page trim marks are all essential factors in providing print-ready files.

Once the students have finalised their first draft artwork we produce a few advance proof copies of the made-up book for the editorial team to check everything over. These book proof copies give the team a welcome opportunity to make any late changes to the artwork before we proceed with print production.

On approval we litho printed the magazine in full colour and bound with a square backed PUR finish. The crisp design lines, vibrant images and matt laminated outer cover with spot gloss UV finish combined together to define a tactile, professional looking printed piece. The completed magazine was outstanding and the students (who had given hours of their spare time to the cause) involved in the project deserve high praise indeed.

Students, parents, staff and alumni alike were delighted with the finished magazines. We hope that the experience of working with Scanplus has helped give the students some help and knowledge of the print publishing process that will hold them in good stead for years to come.

A resourceful bespoke printed guidebook comprising 19 full colour leaves beautifully printed on thick card, gloss encapsulated throughout, cut to shape and bound using vibrant coloured wire along not one edge but two.

Astutely designed with bound-in die-cut printed protractor and set square and used as a reference guide for visiting school groups with an emphasis on durability due to excessive handling and frequent use. This inspiring educational aid is a schoolkid’s favourite and is a printed equivalent of the Swiss army knife!

Project Type:

Digital printing, full colour printing, bespoke guidebook printing, die cutting, custom shape brochure, wiro binding, encapsulation.

Specification

• Size: 170 x 240mm portrait
• Pagination: 38pp
• Material: 350gsm Symbol Freelife Satin FSC
• Print: Print full colour CMYK throughout
• Specialist finish: Die cut multiple pages to bespoke sizes and shapes
• Extras: All sheets encapsulated in high gloss prior to die cutting. Die cut encapsulated sheets collated, punched and wiro bound.
• Quantity: 50 copies

Summary:

As one of the top London museums our client specialises in providing on-site activities for school visitors.

As part of their Discovering Architecture exhibition they required Information Guidebooks that were vibrant for colour, stimulating for the children and most importantly safe and durable so they could be handled and passed around students.

In collaboration with their design team we were tasked to die cut each page into bespoke shapes.

All leaves were covered in thick gloss encapsulation to give a robust finish so that children of all ages could utilise the components of the guidebook the activities and pass it on in good condition for the next session.

We completed the printed guidebook with a double wiro-bound finish. With strong and bold colours, our client was delighted with the final result.

Most importantly it passed the child handling test and is arguably one of the most durable and bespoke shaped books we have ever produced!

The printed hardback book features a tactile paper mounted over board cover combining full colour printing, soft touch lamination and silver foil blocking. The text section, thread sewn and index tabbed completed the case bound book which also featured three brightly coloured silk ribbon markers.

This short run luxury printed case bound book was produced for a meeting of European industry leaders. The books were much admired and all of the copies were kept by each guest as a keepsake for the event. A second print run order with a lower cost softback cover replacing the hardback version was subsequently ordered to meet popular demand.

Project Type:

Digital printing, short run book printing, hardback, softback, full colour printing, specialist finish, tab indexing, soft touch lamination, silver foil blocking.

Specification

• Size: 220 x 170mm
• Pagination: 4pp cover + 84pp text
• Cover material: Hardback version on white silk FSC 150gsm mounted over greyboard with plain white endpapers. Softback version on white silk FSC 300gsm.
• Text paper material (for both hardback and softback versions): Inspira Pre Print White Offset FSC 160gsm.
• Print: Print full colour CMYK throughout
• Specialist finish: Soft touch laminate and matt silver foil block to outer covers. 6 tab indexed text sections and 3 ribbon markers (black, red and silver) to affix to hardback version.
• Binding – hardback version: Mount covers over board and case bind with endpapers, thread sew text, draw-on cover, tab index and affix 3 x ribbons.
• Binding – softback version: PUR bind
• Quantity: 100 copies each of hardback and softback versions

Summary:

Our client wanted to produce a commemorative book printing for their annual conference but had a limited budget. ‘Premium’ copies were needed to give to guests at the function and ‘standard’ copies for distribution to stakeholders after the event. They sought our advice for retaining high-end quality whilst keeping costs manageable and our proposal was gratefully accepted.

The text was digitally printed, folded and collated in sections. The standard copies had a soft cover PUR bound text and the premium version had a hardbound cased cover with thread sewn text. Everything was adapted from a generic artwork supplied to us.

Both digitally printed covers were enhanced by the smooth tactility of soft touch laminate and matt silver foil. The hardback version needed extra special attention with step tabbed indexed text pages and a tri-colour of ribbon markers (red, black and silver).

The client was delighted with their printed books and they received many positive comments from recipients who looked forward to keeping their book for years to come!

A beautifully printed promotional marketing brochure with tactile Soft Touch laminate throughout and bound using our revolutionary layflat binding technology.

This specialist finish enables book spreads to be opened completely flat to allow text and images to flow seamlessly across each spread. No more lost spine margins or compromised graphics!

We bind these printed spreads by laminating the printed side, creasing along the spine, folding and gluing the left and right hand pages to each adjacent spread so each leaf has double paper thickness.

A premium quality and durable solution for your printed product catalogues and printed event photobooks.

Project Type: Brochure printing, digital printing, lay flat binding, bespoke brochure, luxury print finishes, premium brochure printing, duplexing, soft touch laminate, spot gloss UV.

Specification

• Size: 280 x 200mm portrait
• Pagination: 4pp cover + 28pp text
• Cover stock: Novatech Silk FSC 250gsm + card stiffener
• Text stock: Novatech Silk FSC 170gsm duplexed to 340gsm
• Print: Print in full colour CMYK
• Finishing: All spreads soft touch laminated and duplexed, mount cover
• Specialist finishing: Spot gloss UV to front cover
• Quantity: 150 copies

Summary:

Our clients marketing team required a luxurious printed promotional brochure to help sell new build homes across a prime property development.

Because of the extent of the double page spread pictures and floorplan guides it was imperative that all pages could open out completely flat so that no details were lost or were difficult to read in the spine margins.

Printed lay flat binding was the best solution for this requirement and the additional page thickness created by gluing the pages back to back added to the premium profile.

The soft touch laminate finish throughout the book also contributed a smooth tactile feel that enhanced the overall quality of the piece.

The launch events were very successful and our happy customer thanked us for contributing to the success of the campaign by producing a top quality professionally printed brochure.

Next day colour leaflets brilliantly printed onto a smooth bright white part recycled coated paper featuring succulent recipe shots that make you hungry for more!

Once printed, the menu cards were automatically collated, drilled in sets and enclosed into a pre-printed carrier sleeve for recipients to add to their ‘Recipes’ ring binder at home.

At the time this food delivery concept was relatively new and it became hugely successful. We watched our customers business grow from a very small localised operation to a global force over a relatively short space of time.

It was hard work but great fun and we like to think that we played a very small part in their success!

Project Type: Recipe card printing, leaflet printing, digital printing, personalised printing, luxury papers, collating and inserting, direct mail & fulfilment.

Specification

• Size: 250 x 175mm landscape
• Pagination: 2pp
• Stock: Silk FSC 300gsm
• Print: Full colour CMYK throughout.
• Finishing: Trim to size by version.
• Extras: Collate recipe cards into sets as per database supplied, insert into slipcase and carton pack in specific batches for client to pack with fresh food produce.
• Quantities: Total cards 130,000 copies per week.

Summary:

We produced weekly recipe card leaflet printing to go into our client’s bespoke fresh meal order boxes to a strict deadline.

Printed leaflets in the quantities and as described above were produced inside a 48 hour timeframe between Tuesday and Thursday every week.

The printed collated inserts were delivered directly to food packaging specialists who inserted with fresh food into boxes and managed nationwide distribution of bespoke fresh food packs to over 30,000 homes in the UK every week.

On our part the scheduling was absolutely crucial in order to complete our key part of the supply chain but our high-quality digital printing and super-efficient staff reliably supported the client over a six year contract period and never let them down.

Great quality leaflet printing in large quantities delivered in short turnaround times by the Scanplus team.