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DIY – Design it Yourself!

2022 was a big year for the popularity of Canva – an online application which enables you to be able to create your perfect design in the comfort of your own home, with a cup of tea in hand.

We thought it was time to go over the basics of it to enable you to get your product print ready.

The first stepping stone is to ensure you are creating your document at the correct size. If you are designing something at A6, but then need it at A4, you will lose massively reduce the resolution of your final product, meaning it will be pixelated and blurry.

When creating the document, make sure you leave a bleed on there – this is usually a 3mm area outside of the sheet size you are looking to have printed which allows us to take a final trim to give that professional edge to edge print you are looking for.

The great thing about Canva is you are able to share your document from within the app and add us in to your team to be able to retrieve your artwork. If you would to do this yourself, once the file is complete head to File and Download. Choose the PDF Print option and check the top box which will read ‘Crop marks and bleed’. If you have a Pro plan, we would also recommend changing the Colour Profile from RBG to CMYK.

Your screen uses Red Green and Blue pixels in different combinations to create the colours you see. Printers on the other hand use Cyan. Magenta, Yellow and Black to print – meaning a file exported as RGB and then printed CMYK could show up some differences in the colours you are expecting to see.

If you do not have a Pro account, we can work with RGB files, but it is worth noting that there may be some deviation to the colours upon printing. We will always be more than happy to print a sample off for you to have a look at to make sure you are satisfied with the product you will receive.

Should you have any queries at all about using Canva, the services they offer or exporting or sharing designs, please let us know and we will assist however we can.

If designing isn’t your thing and you’re still reading, fear not as we are able to offer designing in house!

New Machinery – Xerox Versant 180

We are very excited to be to able to announce the arrival of our newest piece of print equipment, the Xerox Versant 180. This exciting bit of kit was delivered in to us just before Christmas and we have been testing out its capabilities since then.

The V180 is able to print up to SRA3 sheets, or 640x330mm sheets using the bypass tray at an impressive 2400x2400dpi with the ability to create halftones for crystal clear transitions and gradients. With the ability to print anything from 52gsm to 350gsm, it covers all bases from NCR books, pads and sets all the way up to business cards.

The Versant 180 will churn out up to 80 sheets per minute, and with the Fiery software, every single one of those sheets will be exactly the same colour. Also included in this machine set up is the decurling unit and the business ready finisher which means we are also able to create booklets, stapling documents and punching holes in line.

With the addition of the Xerox to our line up of machinery, you will not be disappointed in the quality of print on short runs.

Calendars

2020 has been quite the year and our perspective is that we have all wasted money buying a calendar simply to cross off the days during lockdown. At Welland Print we have taken this time to restructure and figure out new ways of meeting the clients needs with impressive quality at affordable pricing. We are incredibly excited to be able to announce that we are now able to print wire bound calendars. We are ever hopeful that in 2021 we will be able to use them to plan our social lives that we will need to catch up on.

We are pleased to be able to offer a range of both wall and desktop calendars. Wall calendars will be available in A3, A4 and A5, hung either on the long or short edge. We can also print 210mm square calendars. Desktop calendars are available in either DL or A5 size.

All calendars are available in 150gsm or 250gsm silk, and wall calendars also have the additional option of 160gsm offset paper. Perfect for adding some colour to your home or office or as a promotional gift, enquire about calendars today!