We offer a fantastic range of services for our customers. Our services are always developing, changing, being updated or replaced with better technology to offer an up-to-date quality service. Please scroll down for a full list.
DESIGN
Our award winning in-house creative team understand the importance of visualisation as a powerful sales and marketing tool and therefore provide a complete creative design service. With their extensive experience they will produce innovative design and creative marketing.
Our award winning in-house creative team understand the importance of visualisation as a powerful sales and marketing tool and therefore provide a complete creative design service. With their extensive experience they will produce innovative design and creative marketing.
COPY
With the advantage of having the latest high speed colour and black and white copiers at our fingertips, we can offer a prompt and rapid response.
Security and Confidentiality -
We have the ability to meet the demands of confidentiality and security relevant to the Legal and Financial professions.
With the advantage of having the latest high speed colour and black and white copiers at our fingertips, we can offer a prompt and rapid response.
Security and Confidentiality -
We have the ability to meet the demands of confidentiality and security relevant to the Legal and Financial professions.
PRINT
It’s not just about putting ink on paper, but the ability to offer the best solution for the customer’s requirement. We have traditional Litho presses and new state of the art digital machines that allow us to offer multiple printing options.
We can produce simple black and white reports through to full colour glossy newsletters – 'in-house' – meaning faster turnarounds, ensuring we can meet some of the most demanding deadlines.
It’s not just about putting ink on paper, but the ability to offer the best solution for the customer’s requirement. We have traditional Litho presses and new state of the art digital machines that allow us to offer multiple printing options.
We can produce simple black and white reports through to full colour glossy newsletters – 'in-house' – meaning faster turnarounds, ensuring we can meet some of the most demanding deadlines.
Ink Cartridges
HP, Epson, Brother, Canon etc.
No hassle with Invoices just pay by Journal Transfer!
Free delivery on all orders – no minimum order.
Please contact us by email on cps@blackpool.gov.uk or by telephone
on 01253 478768 for pricing and availability.
HP, Epson, Brother, Canon etc.
No hassle with Invoices just pay by Journal Transfer!
Free delivery on all orders – no minimum order.
Please contact us by email on cps@blackpool.gov.uk or by telephone
on 01253 478768 for pricing and availability.
PRINTING
Litho Printing
A full litho print service is available. We can print work from 1 colour to full colour with various finishing options.
High Volume Black and White Laser Copying/Printing
Two large high volume laser machines are available for use. You can have your documents printed on white or coloured paper or card, single sided or double sided, stapled and collated into sets. Large amounts of documents in multiple formats or smaller documents can be printed to your specifications. If you require 500(+) documents it will be less expensive to have it printed on a press.
Full Colour Digital Printing/Copying
Two high quality full colour digital machines are available for use. The machines can produce single or multiple copies up to SRA3 paper size and 300gsm paper stock (Matt or Gloss).
Large Format Printing
Large banners or posters printed on high quality semi-gloss paper or Digiboard. Standard sizes range from A2 to A0 or or a custom size of 1metre wide x (up to) 29metres deep.
Variable Data Printing
With the use of our variable data printing software we are able to print your variable data (names, addresses, codes etc.) onto colour or Black and White invites, forms, letters, postcards, posters and covers.
FINISHING
We offer a full finishing service which includes:
• folding
• scoring
• numbering
• perforating
• drilling
• collating
• punching
Binding
We provide many forms of binding to suit your requirements, the pricing is individual, depending on the thickness and size of your document, quantity and type of binding required:
• Wire Binding (black wires only)
• Plastic Comb Binding
• Slide Binding
• Heat Binding
• Steel Back Binding — Steel spine
• Padding
• Leather Binding
• Perfect Binding
• Stapled and Taped
• Stapling (max 2”)
Litho Printing
A full litho print service is available. We can print work from 1 colour to full colour with various finishing options.
High Volume Black and White Laser Copying/Printing
Two large high volume laser machines are available for use. You can have your documents printed on white or coloured paper or card, single sided or double sided, stapled and collated into sets. Large amounts of documents in multiple formats or smaller documents can be printed to your specifications. If you require 500(+) documents it will be less expensive to have it printed on a press.
Full Colour Digital Printing/Copying
Two high quality full colour digital machines are available for use. The machines can produce single or multiple copies up to SRA3 paper size and 300gsm paper stock (Matt or Gloss).
Large Format Printing
Large banners or posters printed on high quality semi-gloss paper or Digiboard. Standard sizes range from A2 to A0 or or a custom size of 1metre wide x (up to) 29metres deep.
Variable Data Printing
With the use of our variable data printing software we are able to print your variable data (names, addresses, codes etc.) onto colour or Black and White invites, forms, letters, postcards, posters and covers.
FINISHING
We offer a full finishing service which includes:
• folding
• scoring
• numbering
• perforating
• drilling
• collating
• punching
Binding
We provide many forms of binding to suit your requirements, the pricing is individual, depending on the thickness and size of your document, quantity and type of binding required:
• Wire Binding (black wires only)
• Plastic Comb Binding
• Slide Binding
• Heat Binding
• Steel Back Binding — Steel spine
• Padding
• Leather Binding
• Perfect Binding
• Stapled and Taped
• Stapling (max 2”)
SERVICES
ID/Security Badges
We provide the whole of the Council with the staff id badges. We also produce id badges for Benefit Fraud inspectors and social carers. Badges can be printed with a magnetic strip, Signature strip or on plain white cards.
Promotional Items
We offer a number of promotional items to help you promote your service or a special event. To see our full page of items please click here.
Laminating/Encapsulating
We provide an in-house encapsulating service up to A2. We also have suppliers that can encapsulate up to A0 and irregular sizes.
Digital Photographs
We have our own hi-res digital camera and tripod for use for all types of Corporate functions and events. We can colour correct and amend blemishes or add special effects before transferring all the images to a folder (must be on Council network) or put them on a cd.
Design and Origination of Artwork
A full design service is available for use. We can create artwork from new or to your specification. You can sit with our designers and go through every aspect of your job so we meet all your criteria. All your jobs can be converted to a pdf file for use on the internet. All artwork is kept secure on our server.
Web Design /Screen Savers
We can produce single and multiple web pages. In a few easy steps you can have your own website up and running. You supply the text and images and we will provide you with some layout proofs. Once the overall layout has been approved we will produce the finished pages as per your requirement.
Text/Imagery Scanning and PDF Conversion
We supply a service for scanning text and Imagery. We scan a page of text and convert to a word document for you to edit. We can also scan images hi-res and supply them back and we can also scan text or images and place in a pdf format.
GGP Maps of Blackpool
We offer a map service of the Blackpool area. This means you can have a map of the whole of Blackpool or just a small area of Blackpool with road names, boundaries, parks, ward boundaries, etc. These maps can then be printed off on any of our colour machines.
Survey Monkey - Surveys
Have surveys designed and produced for your company or department via Survey Monkey. As a full member we can offer a full survey at a lower price than if you were to go direct. Easy to
ID/Security Badges
We provide the whole of the Council with the staff id badges. We also produce id badges for Benefit Fraud inspectors and social carers. Badges can be printed with a magnetic strip, Signature strip or on plain white cards.
Promotional Items
We offer a number of promotional items to help you promote your service or a special event. To see our full page of items please click here.
Laminating/Encapsulating
We provide an in-house encapsulating service up to A2. We also have suppliers that can encapsulate up to A0 and irregular sizes.
Digital Photographs
We have our own hi-res digital camera and tripod for use for all types of Corporate functions and events. We can colour correct and amend blemishes or add special effects before transferring all the images to a folder (must be on Council network) or put them on a cd.
Design and Origination of Artwork
A full design service is available for use. We can create artwork from new or to your specification. You can sit with our designers and go through every aspect of your job so we meet all your criteria. All your jobs can be converted to a pdf file for use on the internet. All artwork is kept secure on our server.
Web Design /Screen Savers
We can produce single and multiple web pages. In a few easy steps you can have your own website up and running. You supply the text and images and we will provide you with some layout proofs. Once the overall layout has been approved we will produce the finished pages as per your requirement.
Text/Imagery Scanning and PDF Conversion
We supply a service for scanning text and Imagery. We scan a page of text and convert to a word document for you to edit. We can also scan images hi-res and supply them back and we can also scan text or images and place in a pdf format.
GGP Maps of Blackpool
We offer a map service of the Blackpool area. This means you can have a map of the whole of Blackpool or just a small area of Blackpool with road names, boundaries, parks, ward boundaries, etc. These maps can then be printed off on any of our colour machines.
Survey Monkey - Surveys
Have surveys designed and produced for your company or department via Survey Monkey. As a full member we can offer a full survey at a lower price than if you were to go direct. Easy to
DOCUMENT CONVERSION
Raised TextWe can convert and print your documents to raised print on yellow A4 paper to meet with accessible documents for all.
Language ConversionWe offer language conversion in up to 40 languages at highly competitive prices.
Braille EmbossingWe are also able to convert leaflets/brochures etc to Braille from plain text - conversion and embossing is available at a cost of £30 per hour.