Scriveners Blog

Canvas Print Offer 50% off

Wed, 09 Nov 2011 18:34:00 GMT

Giving a Canvas or a Large Photo Print as a Christmas present this year with your own personal photo on it has just got cheaper.

Beat the Rush and get 50% Discount of your Canvas and Large Photo Prints today. Offer ends 30.11.11

All you need to do is upload your photos and enter code '50off' at check out.

Canvas prints are an excellent gift idea for Christmas. Now we can save you 50% off your order, but you will need to order before the end of November to get this great deal - So hurry and beat the rush on this offer.

To order a print is easy - Upload - Choose your product - Crop and enlarge and then don't forget to put the code '50off' to get your discount

WIP - Poster, Canvas, Foamex, Digital Proofs and scanning

Tue, 14 Jun 2011 23:00:00 GMT

Proofed 144 pages for Pedigree Books Today for the South Park Annual 2012. Looks good.

Customer	Status	Description
LD John AC KF Ruth Chris es SR SR Jenni katherine Mel Reconnect Robert Ped Dick	In Production Printed Finished Finished Scanned Mounted On Proof In Production Printed Order Order Order Order Order Finished Printed	5000 4/4 postcards for Love Dartmouth 2x Black and White Family Canvas Prints 14 x 10 inch. 8 large s/d Vinyl Prints for drinks company for the side of Air Hostess Trolleys. 8 s/d Vinyl Prints for drinks tray 2pp A0 Football Prints A0 Scan and Photo Print 5 800x25 Panoramic Reprints on Foamex 4 A3 Photos on Foamex 7 A4 Photos on Foamex 7 a1 posters 3 Banners Stands Lectern 56x120 on 5mm foamex Lectern 90x110 on 5mm foamex Mod 4500x914 on 5mm foamex Mod 2743x800 on 5mm foamex 5000 4/4 postcards Fridge Magnets 12x18 inch canvas of Girl Photo print with text on it. Size to be confirmed Canvas of flowers - Size to be confirmed 4x a1 posters 2x 16x12 inch photo prints 144pp Digital Proofs of South Park Photo art prints

WIP - Is Monday the 13th as unlucky as Friday the 13th 13.06.2011

Mon, 13 Jun 2011 23:08:00 GMT

Is Monday the 13th as unlucky as Friday the 13th. It felt like it to me after having to reprint a couple of jobs. Or is that just me being stupid.

Customer	Status	Description
LD GC John AC Robert KF Ruth Ross Chris es SR SS SS SR Jenni katherine	In Production Finished Retouched Printed Printed Order Order Printed Ordered design In Production Finished Finished Printed Order Order	5000 4/4 postcards for Love Dartmouth 10x10 inch Art Canvas Reprint 2x Black and White Family Canvas Prints 14 x 10 inch. 8 large s/d Vinyl Prints for drinks company for the side of Air Hostess Trolleys. 8 s/d Vinyl Prints for drinks tray A0 Football Print 2pp A0 Football Prints A0 Scan and Photo Print 5pp a4 on Foamex 5 800x25 Panoramic Reprints on Foamex 4 A3 Photos on Foamex 7 A4 Photos on Foamex 7 a1 posters 3 Banners Stands Lectern 56x120 on 5mm foamex Lectern 90x110 on 5mm foamex Mod 4500x914 on 5mm foamex Mod 2743x800 on 5mm foamex 5000 4/4 postcards Correction to PDF Convert bitmap image to vector Fridge Magnets 12x18 inch canvas of Girl Photo print with text on it. Size to be confirmed

WIP - Odd Print Job for Air Hostess Trolleys.

Sat, 11 Jun 2011 14:49:00 GMT

Today we have had an order for some Air hostess Trolleys stickers which I am led to believe will be promoted on easyjet.
This is not the first time we have done this, last time it was an order for 56 prints.

Customer	Status	Description
BP Elliott Chris SS LD GC John AC	Finished Finished Finished Finished Ordered Ordered Ordered Ordered	5x a3 photo prints - Nice Artistic images A4 giclée print 5x panoramic prints mounted onto foamex ready to hang. Brixham, Scotland and beach Huts. 80 x 20 cmm 3x a4 Photo Prints panels ready to hang 35 photo prints 8x6 inches 5000 4/4 postcards for Love Dartmouth 10x10 inch Art Canvas Reprint 2x Black and White Family Canvas Prints 14 x 10 inch. 8 large s/d Vinyl Prints for drinks company for the side of Air Hostess Trolleys. 8 s/d Vinyl Prints for drinks tray

WIP Horse theatre prints 08.06.2011

Sat, 11 Jun 2011 14:25:00 GMT

Horse theatre print
This job has come in from TENT. Nice design. Picture below for more details of show

Customer	Status	Description
WS AC Harry TENT DP Oliver-Bellasis BP Elliott Chris SS	Finished Finished Finished Finished Finished Finshed Printed Printed Printed Printed	22 Giclée Reprints at A3 50 Strut card for drinks company for Morrisons A3 Scan - More Birds from Mike Lang man 4 sheet theatre - 60 x 40 inches - for the show "Horse" 20x30 Inch couple Design and print small 9x3 inch signs 5x a3 photo prints A4 giclée print 5x panoramic prints mounted onto foamex ready to hang. Brixham, Scotland and beach Huts. 80 x 20 cmm 3x a4 Photo Prints panels ready to hang 35 photo prints 8x6 inaches

WIP Some nice Fooball pictures today.

Sat, 11 Jun 2011 14:02:00 GMT

Football Images on photo paper
One of our Photographic customers sent in some 20x30 inch photo prints. The one of the kid diving for the football was a very good action shop

Customer	Status	Description
Lung WS WRP AC Harry TENT DP DC GT	Finished Finished Finished Order Scanned Order Printed Finished Finished	2x 24x16 inch canvas print of Golf Course. 2x 18x12 inch canvas print of Golf Course. 2x 16x10 inch canvas print of Golf Course. 2x A3 Photo Prints of Golf Course. 22 Giclée Reprints at A3 4 x 20x30 inch photo prints 1 x 12x18 inch photo prints 50 Strut card for drinks company for Morrisons A3 Scan - More Birds from Mike Lang man 4 sheet theatre - 60 x 40 inches - for the show "Horse" 20x30 Inch couple 27 Barcodes produced 30 x 16 inch photo print

WIP - Posters and canvas prints 06.06.2011

Sat, 11 Jun 2011 12:20:00 GMT

Poster, Canvas and repro Job in production

Today we have just started work on 10 canvas prints at different sizes. The photo is of a golf course. The customer has ordered them as a price for the winners this coming weekend.

Customer	Status	Description
Green Lung WS Harry SS Ped Ped WRP	Finished Printed Printed Finished Finished Finished Finished Printed	20x12 inch canvas print of holiday snap 16x12 inch canvas print of dogs 2x 24x16 inch canvas print of Golf Course. 2x 18x12 inch canvas print of Golf Course. 2x 16x10 inch canvas print of Golf Course. 2x A3 Photo Prints of Golf Course. 22 Giclée Reprints at A3 a2 Drum Scan of South Milton A2 reserve landscape 100 A4 poster prints Dartington 80pp of Digital proofs of Barbie Annual 2012 80pp of Digital proofs of Angelina Balerina Annual 2012 4 x 20x30 inch photo prints 1 x 12x18 inch photo prints

Poster, Canvas and Repro Jobs 03.06.2011

Sat, 11 Jun 2011 12:17:00 GMT

Poster, Canvas and repro Job in production

We have gained a new client today which was good as they ordered 56 A1 Photo print that were laminated and mounted onto 5mm foamex. The Job had to be turned around in 24 hours as the art exhibition is tomorrow. Nothing like leaving it to the last minuet.

Customer	Status	Description
1V AC RP ESWS SS AC SS KingsD Green	Finished Finished Finished Finished Finished Finished Finished Finished Printed	20 A1 poster on Blue Back - Babacombe 100 A4 Print Laminated Mounted 2mm card + Strut 80 Fine art prints 30x36 cm Event Boards Name Boards Table Front Convert Logo to 2,3,4 colours P&P Boards on 5mm Foamex - 2.4m x 0.5 20 x A4 Poster prints Art Collage expo Prints - 56 A1 Photo print laminated and mounted 20x12 inch canvas print of holiday snap 16x12 inch canvas print of dogs

Same Day Poster Printing

Tue, 17 May 2011 21:01:00 GMT

Need an urgent poster printed. Or a laminated poster. Then we are here to help.

When you need a poster printed on a same day service then give us a call on 01803 866060 to see what we can do for you.

We know what's like when your busy or when your client makes last minuet changes. Or when something comes up last minuet.

We can even do a while you Wait service.

This is a comment from Aaron "Earth Wrights"

"Thanks again for printing out those a1 posters so quick, and thanks for letting me bring in my laptop and wait for the prints to be done. Life saver!"

And if you don't live near totnes then no fear. Order before 1pm and we will get your posters sent out that night on a next day delivery.

But do phone first.

How to Print Screen On a Mac

Sat, 26 Mar 2011 17:09:00 GMT

This is How to Print Screen On a Mac. Its very simple and straight forward. You do not need to buy any special software to print screen.

Stage one for Print Screen on a Mac
If you want to print the full screen on the Mac then press the following keys.
"Shift" + "Cmd" + "3". You will then hear a camera shutter noise.

If you want to print a section of the screen on the Mac then press the following keys.
"Shift" + "Cmd" + "4". The mouse pointer will be replaced by a set of cross hair target. Use this to select the area for the screen grab you require. You will then hear a camera shutter noise.

If you want to print an open window of the screen on the Mac then press the following keys.
"Shift" + "Cmd" + "4" + "Space Bar". The mouse pointer will be replaced by an icon of a camera. Use this to select the window for the screen grab. You will then hear a camera shutter noise.

Stage Two for Print Screen on a Mac
You will need to locate the screen grab files you have just grabbed. They will be located on your "desktop" or on older versions of OS X the "Macintosh HD".

Stage Three for Print Screen on a Mac
Once you have located you file you can then double click on it to open up for printing.
You will also be able to email the screen grabs or import them in to a programme to lay out for a Poster Print.

How to make your own posters designs.

Mon, 21 Mar 2011 22:30:00 GMT

A lot of business use Graphic Designers to produce their posters for printing and I would suggest this is the best option instead of designing your own posters if you want a quality design. But sometimes having a poster design may not be cost effective for you. Maybe you are wanting to design a Wanted poster for a Birthday party, or a poster for a charity event or for school.

So what I would suggest that you do is download a programme for free from www.adobe.com and as long as you have not done it before then you can download Photoshop, Illustrator or Indesign for free for 30 days. This is a much better option than trying to struggle will Word or PowerPoint.

Once you have downloaded the software you can then start designing your posters.
See the below tips for designing a poster.

Keep your viewer in mind.
Have a short sharp headline.
Simple but stunning image - Try and keep it to one image like a movie poster.
Use clean simple typefaces (That people can read)
Don't have to much info. For example if someone is driving past a poster they need to read the important bits.
Telephone or website in large type.
Use a call to action - Like "Order Today" or "Buy Online"
Find a place where you can get poster prints from like us.

Good luck - And if you get stuck then we can design it for you!

Large Poster Printing Sizes

Sun, 20 Mar 2011 19:48:00 GMT

When it comes to large poster printing, don't think that you have to order your posters in the A0 A1 A2 or A3 sizes. This is a common misconseption by quite a few new customers as they think their large posters will have to be printed at the above sizes. Because we print onto a roll of paper that can be up to 1118mm then size does not matter.

This means you can order the bespoke custom poster size that you need. If you have a bespoke poster size then give us a call or contact us for a price as we could save you money on your print.

The other advantage by coming to us for your large poster printing is that we will check your files over before printing and will report back to you if there is a quality issues with the artwork you supply.

You do not have to have your large poster printing onto paper as there are other substrate that my be better for your projects. For example we can print onto outdoor waterproof substrate or produce Foamex Panels that are printed and laminated. So please give us a call on 01803 866060 or contact us for any questions or help.

Or leave a comment below.

Giclee Fine art Printing

Sat, 19 Mar 2011 19:44:00 GMT

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3D Photos from your iphone

Sun, 13 Mar 2011 16:07:00 GMT

This will be my first post on how to create a 3D Anaglyph image. in this project I am using the iphone 4 and Photoshop. But you can do this with any camera.

I have seen quite a few demo videos on www.youtube.com that take a very long winded way around doing it. This method is very simple.

The First stage is to take two photos. one for the left eye and one for the right eye. Simply Take a photo for the left eye then move your iphone to the right a bit and take a second photo. Tip. If you are close to your subject then only move your image a inch or so. The further away then move the phone about 3-6 inches to the right

Open both files up in photo shop. I am using CS1 - You will be able to do this is any Photoshop version above CS1

With the left image - Go to the Layers Window and Duplicate the layer. Call the Layer "Left"
With the right image - Go to the file - Select all - Copy - Then go to your left image file and then Paste. Rename the New layer to "Right"
Simply double click on the "Left" Layer in the layer windows. This will bring up the Layer style window.
Simply Check off R in under Channels. Then Simply Click on the "Right" Layer Check off G B in under Channels.

Now you need to put some 3D glasses on - The Red filter over the left eye and the blue filter over the right eye.

Once you have done this then you can move the Top Layer around "Right" until you have got the desired effect.

Watch the Video for the simple instructions.

Large Format Printing for ever changing

Sun, 13 Mar 2011 13:37:00 GMT

I have been in the printing trade for more than 20 years now and have seen a lot of changes. And back in 2001 I went to work for Debenhams to work in their Pre-Press department. In that department we use to prep up files for Litho, Digital and Large Format Printing.

While I was there, Debenhams had 20 Encad 50 Inch Printers. These were used to supply the 100+ stores with all there Pos posters. It was incredible the amount of work that we use to through all these large format printers and it was incredible about the amount of issues we came across with the Large format Printers. (I am lead to believe that now only have one large format printer that produces all the work. While I was there i under took an ICC colour Management course which solved a lot of colour issues that we had.

After leaving Debenhams in 2004 I started up my own Large format Printing business with an Epson 9600. It did everything I need it to do. Then in 2007 I took over Scriveners Reprographics. Because there were some big changes in the print trade which would effect Scriveners I decided to make the main part of the business being Large Format Printing. After selling Epson Printers on ebay I decided to Buy two Canon IPFs 12 colour printers. to this day they still see me proud.

But what now. As I am looking and buying another Large Format printer in the next 12 months and there is so much to choose from and what they can now do amazes me. Here are some examples.

The Epson GS60000
A 64 inch Solvent Printer. I have heard some good reports and bad reports.

Canon imagePrograf IPF9000
I do like my Canon printer as it produces very nice fine art images and photo prints. But I prefer to widen my services and keep the old printers for now.

Mimaki
This printer gives you the option of white and metallic inks. Sound good, but is it? will I used the extra inks that much?

Oce Arizona
Now this is a flat bed large format printer. Ok I like this and Océ is part of the canon Group. How I would like this to be my next step but my pockets are not deep enough.

There are so many Large Format Printers inc HP who uses latex inks.

Then I came across Direct Jet printer that was on the Russel Brown Show It is a bit small for me but its interesting.

I will be looking deeper into a lot of large format printers over the next few months and will keep you up to date with my findings. Cheers Jake