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Print Facilities
The online printing sources we have researched offer a variety of processes, from black and
white to full colour, from newspaper print to embossed or clothbound hardcover book to affordable
manuals and soft backs. You can chose from landscape or portrait or square formats. Each facility
gives you step by step instructions on how to use their services.
Magazine: HP Magcloud prints full colour magazines on demand using an HP Indigo printer. You
can create one offs or start a regular magazine. It costs approximately .20p per page and you can
print up to 384 pages per magazine. The site gives you all the information youʼll need on formatting
your artwork, but they offer general help here. Printing and delivery is super quick even though the
printing is done in the states.
Newspaper: The Newspaper Club print b&w and colour newspapers on demand. You can get as
few as 5 b&w copies for £35 (and a bit more for colour). They give you very clear instructions on
setting artwork and pricing. They also have a blog, so you can see what other people are making.
They're happy to personally handle any questions that you might have and they're based in London
so delivery is quick.
Book - high quality print and finishes: Blurb is cost effective and the quality is consistently good.
Colour prints very well and they supply lots of easy to use templates or pdf upload. General price
list is here. Blurb ProLine is a premium range where you get more paper options, custom end sheets
and linen covers. These options are quite pricey, but the range of papers finishes is quite special. So
this is a good option for more high-end works.
Book - solid staple and good to experiment with: Lulu is a global company with printers in several
countries so is the most cost effective. If you're distributing to several countries or have a project in
another country, they might be a good choice to cut down on international shipping. They offer an
amazing range of formats and binding. Print/colour quality is good, but would recommend Lulu more
for more text heavy work. If youʼre looking to print b&w, conceptual or low-fi this is your print
process. Lulu has lots of templates and walks you through the process.
Book - recycled paper: AND recycled is our own studio printer. It's a Ricoh Aficio CL7100 laser
printer and we print onto Cyclus Offset paper, which is 100% recycled. It has a beautiful off-white
natural shade and unique feel and texture. The final outcome looks more hand made than some of
the more mainstream processes listed above. It is very suitable both for colour and b&w printing and
we can print from A5 to A3 side stapled or saddle stitched. Please see here for format and pricing.
Book - other form of accessible print: Hato Press is a print and publishing house which runs one
Risograph MZ 770 and two RP 3700 stencil duplicators. The risograph covers a gap in the market
that has been held by digital and lithograph printing. So they are not POD printers, but will do short
runs from 100 copies. They apply this printing process to the production of artist publications, invites,
flyers, posters, illustration prints and zines. They have a lot of detailed information on the their process,
papers, colours and turn around time. They also have a handy artwork guide. They are very happy to
help you with books that you would like to publish. They also develop a lot of quality commissions and
publish their own work - we highly recommend them! You can contact them here.
Tip: With all printers always allow yourself enough time to order a single test copy (proof) before logging
a bigger order. This will allow you to see exactly how your artwork will print so that you can revise
your content if necessary before printing a larger quantity.
Here's a handy glossary of terms.