Face Creative Services

Digital Colour Printing in London

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ondemand digital

From 1 copy to 1000, lightning fast "on-demand printing” allows for rapid changes to your documents. No need to stock up! Print as and when you need it!

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fullcolour printing

We print anything from business cards to folders, leaflets to case bound books and A2 posters to self adhesive labels in full colour. One stop print shop for all your printing needs!

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largeformatposters

We are big where it really counts! Printing up to 1500mm wide (60 inches) and as long as you like, in four colour process onto paper, vinyl, polyester, canvas and backlit materials.

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Latestdisplaystands

We can supply you with banner stands, pop-up displays and modular systems as well as all the accessories you’re likely to need, lights, literature stands, transit cases and outdoor display systems.

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variabledata printing

Lets get personal! Variable data options with digital printing are virtually unlimited. Text, photographs, maps, logos, graphs…all digital content can be changed, anywhere on the page in a single print run.

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die  cutfolders

We manufacture bespoke corporate presentation folders to meet your needs and maintain an assortment of die cutters for various A4, A5, DL folders, CD/DVD cases and more...

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in centrallondon

We collect and deliver across London. Why not call us and arrange a visit to see our facilities in Angel, Islington, London N1. 

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Indigo 3050

Face Creative, London’s most comprehensive digital printing company, operates two HP Indigo 3050s. These machines are sheet fed using SRA3 cut sheets and give a maximum print image area of 440 x 306mm (maximum job size 434 x 300mm).

The Indigo uses four colour liquid ink, with a six colour option, on a work and turn/tumble system, printing approximately 2,000 A4 duplex sheets an hour. As this system uses liquid ink it handles strong flat colours extremely well along with most pastels and tints. The option of two extra colours allows the matching of over 90% of Pantone colours and other specials and a unique spot UV effect.

As the paper is supplied as SRA3 cut sheets substrates are far more diverse than web-fed digital systems, weights ranging from 95gsm to 350gsm and include matt, silk, gloss, trace (simulator), acetate (ideal for OHPs), self-adhesive crack-back and kiss cut labells. Textured stocks are also available in an ever increasing range to special order.

The variable data facility on this system is substantial, allowing virtually unlimited personalisation including pictures, graphics, maps  etc. in full colour as opposed to conventional black overprint only.

Cost viability of full colour digital print as opposed to litho is around a 1,000 copies, depending on the project but when turn around time or personalisation are the criteria this is often negated.

All finishing is completed in-house in our own finishing department which can handle trimming, drilling, stitching, wiro binding, perfect binding, square backs, in fact practically the whole gamut of finishing requirements.

 

And, like virtually every service at Face Creative, we operate 24 hours a day, five days a week.

Welcome to Face Creative's website

Welcome to Face Creative Services, London’s most comprehensive digital print facility. Based in Baron Street at the Angel, Islington in central London, Face Creative offers a digital printing service unparalleled in the South East, probably the country!

Full colour digital printing

With our two HP Indigo presses and two of the incredible Xeikon 5000 presses we can produce virtually any printed item. These two digital print systems, which are considered to be at the highest end of digital presses, allow us to print anything from business cards to folders, leaflets to case bound books and mailers to presentation portfolios.

Our in-house finishing department can handle anything from trimming and folding to die cutting and wiro to case binding.

On this website you will find everything you need to produce the perfect job, cutter guides, templates, paper sizes, binding guides and artwork tips. You will also find pages on our large format and modular display services, ideal for any event or presentation. Or you can just give us a call.

HP Indigo

Hp Indigi 3050 - sheet feed digital printerThis system is considered by many to be the ultimate the Rolls Royce of digital printing. It is a sheet fed press, using SRA3 stock and prints four colour process onto a huge range of materials. This machine is great for bound documents of up to A3 page size and can use paper up to 400gsm. We can also use special colours, and the variable data or personalisation facility is boundless. 

Xeikon

Xeikon 5000 - web feed digital printerWe operate two of these magnificent presses, the only company in the south of the country to do so, and if the Indigo is the Rolls Royce, this has got to be the Aston Martin. It’s web fed and prints four colour process, both side simultaneously onto a 500mm reel. Stock ranges from 90gsm up to 350gsm with a varied range of substrates. The actual print area is 470mm by 11metres, so the Xeikon is perfect for concertina or roll fold leaflets, (we’ve actually produced a 32pp A3 concertina folded document for American Express) and die cut folders.

Like the Indigo, the variable data facility is virtually limitless.

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Size does matter!

Canon IPF9000 - 60" wide large format printer And Face is big where it really counts! At our Baron Street location we operate three large format high resolution inkjet printers printing up to 1500mm wide and as long as you like. These superbly versatile machines can print four colour process onto paper, vinyl, polyester, canvas and backlit materials, producing a quality image that is unparalleled in the industry.

Everything we print can be mounted, laminated and finished in-house by our own fully equipped finishing department. We can supply point of sale material, display boards, counter displays, gallery wrapped canvas prints, standees, backlit posters, encapsulations, in fact virtually any display items you are likely to require.

Our large format printers also produce the graphics for all of our modular display items, including banner stands, pop-up display systems, street signs, signage and exhibition stands.

So if you need presentation or display material, and you need it to the highest quality and you need it fast contact us now, we won’t let you down.

The Main Event

display systemsYou’re going to need a ‘presence’ at your next event. Whether it’s an exhibition, conference or meeting our portable display items are perfectly tailored to raise your profile.

Face Creative can provide you with banner stands (roller banners), pop-up displays and modular systems as well as all the accessories you’re likely to need, lights, literature stands and transit cases. We also carry a large range of outdoor display systems including free standing flags, ‘A’ frames and pavement signs.

To add to this Face also supply an impressive range of indoor signage systems including poster frames and rails, hanging kits and window displays. uk_symbolAnd our large format print department can produce the graphics to your specifications and fit them to the relevant system. We can print onto paper, polyester, Duratrans, vinyl and canvas as well as various specialist subtrates up to 1500mm wide and virtually any length. All of this can be mounted, laminated, die cut or constructed by our own in-house finishing department.

So if you want to be noticed at your next event contact Face Creative Services now.

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Let’s make this personal!

So now let’s get close up and personal. Personalised targeted mailers are proven to increase response rates by up to a massive 35% on conventional mailers. At Face Creative we can produce highly tailored mailings on our high end HP Indigo and Xeikon presses.

So, personalisation. We all know it works and it has been standard practice to ‘personalise’ by laser overprinting customer details. But this just doesn’t do it for approximately 98% of all direct mail recipients. True personalisation means using all the information about a customer, their stated preferences or purchase history, to ensure the sales message is entirely relevant.

Most organisations hold, or can acquire, this information, but rarely exploit it to the full. In part, due to the limitations of traditional printing, where single colour overprinting is the only cost effective option. But any colour image changes require new artwork and plates for each mailer. Multiply these costs for hundreds, let alone thousands…well the rest is obvious; as is your clients reaction!

The variable data options with digital printing are virtually unlimited. In a single print run each document can be completely different. There are almost no restrictions. Text, photographs, maps, logos, graphs…anything can be changed, anywhere on the page. Even the image on the front cover can be different to every recipient.

And the cost? Yes, a personalised run is more expensive than a generic digital print mailer, but most of the extra cost is in the data management initially, and if you’re looking at an increased response rate of in excess of 35%, your client will consider it money well spent.

So, if you want to make your target market anaudience of onecontact us now.

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Find out how to use our templates for submiting artwork for production of A4, A5 or other die-cut presentation material.