London Fashion Week

It's been a busy few days with all the rush print jobs wanted for London Fashion Week we received one job on Wednesday night which was 7500 copies of a 24 page brochure for Friday lunchtime we printed all day Thursday and made into booklets Friday morning the job looked really nice on an uncoated recycled paper, the client left it a bit late supplying the artwork but we managed to pull out all the stops and deliver on time very rewarding when all goes according to plan.

What do Grange Hill and Kopykat have in common?

We've just found out one of our staff appeared in Grange Hill in the late 1980s the person in question has worked here 9 years and he has just been uncovered talk about modesty! we will not tell you who he is but a clue is that he supports Fulham FC, he said that Kopykat is just a filler until they are looking for an actor for the next James Bond.

Special offer - Leaflets

We have a special offer on leaflets at the moment which lasts until the end of February 2011, the leaflets are printed full colour both sides of A5 (2pp)on a 150gsm paper silk or gloss, we print using vegetable inks and without the use of alcohol so environmentally you are doing the right thing the paper is also FSC, delivery is free within the M25, all you need to do is send us your print ready PDF call one of the team at Kopykat on 020 7739 2451 or email print@kopykat.co.uk alternatively call us with any of your other leaflet requirements.

Truepress demonstration

Visited Screen UK today for a demonstration on their Truepress print machine this combines the speed of digital set up with the quality of offset litho printed work, I must say very impressive, we hope to install it in the near future, if so this will increase turnaround times and be more competitive on certain types of work, we will keep you posted

Italian vacations

A long standing client Carole Groombridge has recently spent some time renovating an Italian hideaway which is now available to rent, Casa del Ruscello is a self catering holiday home nestled in the foothills of Mount Maiella, one of the national parks of Abruzzo on the Adriatic coast, it enjoys panoramic views across a valley amongst olive groves and vineyards. the house sleeps 9 people and all general amenities are available locally, the beach is 35 minutes drive, skiing 45 minutes and Pescara airport 1 hour so if you like the idea of an Italian vacation visit www.casadelruscello.com

File preparation

We often get asked advice on how to prepare a file for print, we find the most common mistake clients make when preparing a file is that bleed is not added, when colour prints to the edge of a sheet it is standard practice within the print industry to add 3mm bleed so when the job is cut on the guillotine the white edges of the sheet do not show, therefore if the finished size of your job is A5 210mm x 148mm if 3mm and bleed is added all around the size would be 216mm x 154mm trim marks would normally be shown on the file to show the finished size at A5, files should also be saved as CMYK if in full colour rather than RGB which is a PC format, occasionally work might involve pantone colours rather than CMYK the bleed principle still applies, if you need any advice do not hesitate to call one of the Kopykat team

LARGE FORMAT Posters in Shoreditch

Our new poster printer is now installed it produces top quality prints perfect for your poster prints, if you are local to us in Shoreditch why not pop in and take a look at the superb print quality it produces, if need be we can mount the poster for you as well, it is also ideal for roll up banners.