Printworks Customer Guide - Falkirk Council

Design
Using state of the art Apple Macs and printing industry standard software, our experienced staff can prepare the print ready
files for all your newsletters, posters and marketing material.
If we are printing direct from your Word, Publisher, PowerPoint and Excel files, we will check your logos and graphics comply
with corporate standards and simply get on with the job.
If you need a PDF emailed back to you for uplifting to the intranet, then that is all part of the service.
We can accept work by e-mail or, alternatively for larger files, by using our FTP site “FileZilla” (see our Plant List & Artwork
Information brochure for more details).
Digital Colour
For top quality production colour, the Xerox DC700 is the answer to all your short run print on demand needs. We produce
over 60,000 colour prints per month from business cards to prestige reports. For those just-in-time jobs, a same day or next
day service is the norm with many customers preferring to email their files to us as a PDF or in Word, Publisher and
PowerPoint. This print on demand service means you can target your print run to match your budget and cut down on
unnecessary waste by ordering too many copies. If the need arises, run lengths can be as low as single figures and all print
files are archived for easy retrieval or any additional copies so we can get into production within hours.
We now also offer an on-the-run personalisation service. This is ideal for certificates or for direct marketing to key clients and
does not cost any extra! Multiple lines of text can be placed on one piece of common artwork to give a real professional look
and give the document added value.
We can print on a wide range of stocks - silk, gloss, uncoated and even recycled. The quality is as near litho as possible as the
press is controlled by a Fiery RIP to ensure industry standard colour.
DI (Direct Imaging) & 1/2 Colour Conventional Litho Print
The Presstek 52DI press (installed January 2012) combines the highest quality offset printing with the ease-of-use, automation
and efficiency of digital printing. The entire printing operation is automated - from plate advancing to imaging, printing and
cleaning - in one compact, easy-to-use system. High quality results are easy to achieve, and we can print high volumes and
more jobs every shift... best value?
The key features of our new Presstek 52DI digital press are:
• All-digital workflow efficiency
• Highest quality of four-colour offset printing
• 300 Ipi and stochastic (FM) screening
• Print on a wide range of stocks from heavy card stock
to onion skin
• Automated set-up and printing with 10 minute makeready,
including imaging
• Waterless printing for superior colour range and image
definition
• Eliminates the equipment, labour, materials and costs of
off-press platemaking
• Environmentally friendlyWaterless
Environmental Advantages
Presstek DI is an environmentally superior process over
other printing methods. Environmentally friendly
features include chemistry-free imaging, reduced
paper waste, and waterless printing - which eliminates
waste water and significantly reduces VOC emissions.
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For general information, quotes, etc:
enquiry.printworks@falkirk.gov.uk
For print files and pre-press information:
printworks@falkirk.gov.uk
For copying files and mailing databases:
copy.centre@falkirk.gov.uk
printing
eliminates the need to
control ink/water balance.
It reproduces a larger range
of colours and sharper,
better defined images than
other processes, with
minimal dot gain
during printing.
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Falkirk Council
Chief Executive Office
Governance