Business cards

[Anna Kettle]

Having finally settled down and stopped changing my email address,
phone number, snail mail address etc etc, I want to get some good
quality business cards made. The ones I can do on my printer have been
OK but are not waterproof and generally the printing is not well
centred on the cards

So I looked in the Yellow Pages and found that there are 19 printers
in Bury St Edmunds, far too many to trawl round. I have done the
design myself but I would want them to do the layout using my kettle
icon from a disk which I would provide

Any recommendations?

Anna
~~ Anna Kettle, Suffolk, England
|""""| ~ Plaster conservation and lime plaster repair
/ ^^ \ // Freehand modelling in lime: overmantels, pargeting etc
|____| www.kettlenet.co.uk 01359 230642

[lizard]

Post by Anna Kettle
Having finally settled down and stopped changing my email address,
phone number, snail mail address etc etc, I want to get some good
quality business cards made. The ones I can do on my printer have been
OK but are not waterproof and generally the printing is not well
centred on the cards
So I looked in the Yellow Pages and found that there are 19 printers
in Bury St Edmunds, far too many to trawl round. I have done the
design myself but I would want them to do the layout using my kettle
icon from a disk which I would provide
Any recommendations?

Depending on how rich you are and what you want etc. you could checkout
these http://www.vistaprint.co.uk/vp/ns/bcfree.aspx? i have been very
impressed how good their cards are for "free"

[Anna Kettle]

Post by lizard
Depending on how rich you are and what you want etc. you could checkout
these http://www.vistaprint.co.uk/vp/ns/bcfree.aspx? i have been very
impressed how good their cards are for "free"

I've looked at online suppliers but I think this is something I want
to eyeball directly so I can look at the quality of the printer and
and the quality of their work

Anna
~~ Anna Kettle, Suffolk, England
|""""| ~ Plaster conservation and lime plaster repair
/ ^^ \ // Freehand modelling in lime: overmantels, pargeting etc
|____| www.kettlenet.co.uk 01359 230642

[Stephen (Sausagefans.com)]

In article <***@news.clara.net>, ***@kettlenet.co.uk
says...

Post by Anna Kettle
I've looked at online suppliers but I think this is something I want
to eyeball directly so I can look at the quality of the printer and
and the quality of their work

I've used Abel labels in the past (mail order) and I didn't have a logo
so I'm not sure how much with a logo but I was very very impressed with
the service and price.

[TP]

Post by Anna Kettle
I've looked at online suppliers but I think this is something I want
to eyeball directly so I can look at the quality of the printer and
and the quality of their work

Try any branch of Prontaprint or Kall-Kwik. The quality is good, and
if it isn't, you have a Head Office to complain to. They are very
tough on any franchisees who don't produce good quality work.

On the other hand, you might pay a little more than at a long-
established family printers or someone working out of his garage. But
the first is difficult to find, and the quality variable, and going to
the second is just asking for trouble.

Some branches of Staples also offer a printing service.

[Jaques d'Alltrades]

Post by TP
Try any branch of Prontaprint or Kall-Kwik. The quality is good, and
if it isn't, you have a Head Office to complain to. They are very
tough on any franchisees who don't produce good quality work.
On the other hand, you might pay a little more than at a long-
established family printers or someone working out of his garage. But
the first is difficult to find, and the quality variable, and going to
the second is just asking for trouble.

I *MIGHT* be able to lay my hands on the Adana and several galleys,
frames etc. Many moons ago I and two fiends used to do small print jobs
on the kitchen table..

[TP]

Post by Jaques d'Alltrades
I *MIGHT* be able to lay my hands on the Adana and several galleys,
frames etc. Many moons ago I and two fiends used to do small print jobs
on the kitchen table..

"Fiends" is probably right. Those Adanas were indeed "fiendish"
machines, sold out of the pages of "Exchange and Mart" to people who
thought they were real printing machines, when they were just toys.

Tony

(former proprietor of a commercial printers)

[Jaques d'Alltrades]

Post by TP

Post by Jaques d'Alltrades
I *MIGHT* be able to lay my hands on the Adana and several galleys,
frames etc. Many moons ago I and two fiends used to do small print jobs
on the kitchen table..

"Fiends" is probably right. Those Adanas were indeed "fiendish"
machines, sold out of the pages of "Exchange and Mart" to people who
thought they were real printing machines, when they were just toys.

Ours was quite a large one and did a professional job - the 'R' of 'ARK'
was a professional printer, and most of our runs were done with made-up
blocks.

We did one lot of encapsulated sticky-on-the-windscreen-and-peel-off
cards for the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy.

Supplied with a rectangle of Velbex and a Chinagraph pencil, the
Physioterrorist could write the address she/he was attending for the
assistance of Triffid Wardens etc.

[Jaques d'Alltrades]

Post by Anna Kettle
I've looked at online suppliers but I think this is something I want
to eyeball directly so I can look at the quality of the printer and
and the quality of their work

Barker's in Attleborough. In the parade of shops facing you as you
approach the double bend before the level(ish) crossing.

[Paul Giverin]

Post by Anna Kettle
Having finally settled down and stopped changing my email address,
phone number, snail mail address etc etc, I want to get some good
quality business cards made. The ones I can do on my printer have been
OK but are not waterproof and generally the printing is not well
centred on the cards
So I looked in the Yellow Pages and found that there are 19 printers
in Bury St Edmunds, far too many to trawl round. I have done the
design myself but I would want them to do the layout using my kettle
icon from a disk which I would provide
Any recommendations?

I used to work for WW Hawes in Elmswell. I don't know how much they
charge these days but the quality was always good.

[Anna Kettle]

Post by Paul Giverin
I used to work for WW Hawes in Elmswell. I don't know how much they
charge these days but the quality was always good.

Thanks I've chased this one up so far with no success. I failed to
find them though I had an X marks the spot map from a helpful woman in
the library - seems like its run from a private house. So I phoned
them up and I'm not confident that the answerphone message was for a
business - it was one of those generic BT messages. I will try again.

Anna
~~ Anna Kettle, Suffolk, England
|""""| ~ Plaster conservation and lime plaster repair
/ ^^ \ // Freehand modelling in lime: overmantels, pargeting etc
|____| www.kettlenet.co.uk 01359 230642

[Paul Giverin]

Post by Anna Kettle

Post by Paul Giverin
I used to work for WW Hawes in Elmswell. I don't know how much they
charge these days but the quality was always good.

Thanks I've chased this one up so far with no success. I failed to
find them though I had an X marks the spot map from a helpful woman in
the library - seems like its run from a private house. So I phoned
them up and I'm not confident that the answerphone message was for a
business - it was one of those generic BT messages. I will try again.

They are in Cooks Road Elsmwell. The works are set back from the road
slightly and are in between two private houses (both of which are owned
by the Hawes family) so it is easy to miss.

Its been about eight years since I worked there but they are listed in
the latest yellow pages so I assume they are still going.

[smicker]

Post by Anna Kettle
Having finally settled down and stopped changing my email address,
phone number, snail mail address etc etc, I want to get some good
quality business cards made. The ones I can do on my printer have been
OK but are not waterproof and generally the printing is not well
centred on the cards
So I looked in the Yellow Pages and found that there are 19 printers
in Bury St Edmunds, far too many to trawl round. I have done the
design myself but I would want them to do the layout using my kettle
icon from a disk which I would provide
Any recommendations?

I collect other peoples and just cross out the telephone number and
put mine in. Same with the e-mail addy;-)
smicker

[Anna Kettle]

Post by smicker
I collect other peoples and just cross out the telephone number and
put mine in. Same with the e-mail addy;-)

Would you like some of mine when I get some :-) Then you can confuse
everyone who will think you are me

Anna
~~ Anna Kettle, Suffolk, England
|""""| ~ Plaster conservation and lime plaster repair
/ ^^ \ // Freehand modelling in lime: overmantels, pargeting etc
|____| www.kettlenet.co.uk 01359 230642

[smicker]

Post by Anna Kettle

Post by smicker
I collect other peoples and just cross out the telephone number and
put mine in. Same with the e-mail addy;-)

Would you like some of mine when I get some :-) Then you can confuse
everyone who will think you are me

Yes if you like but I do sometimes pass them around to folks who wish
to pretend they are somebody else for a laugh. I have stacks of them
from all over the world. Same with headed note paper. Every firm I
have run I always keep a stock of their headed note paper for writing
out references for folks in need of that sort of thing;-)
smicker

[Gilbert]

Post by Anna Kettle
Any recommendations?

have you thought of little clay tablets?
:O)

[Anna Kettle]

The man from WW Hawes phoned me back and said that they are not very
suitable cos they specialise in full colour printing these days and
would be very expensive for my needs. He recommended Kall Quik in Bury
so I will try them (more convenient than Attleboro) next

Thanks all
Anna
~~ Anna Kettle, Suffolk, England
|""""| ~ Plaster conservation and lime plaster repair
/ ^^ \ // Freehand modelling in lime: overmantels, pargeting etc
|____| www.kettlenet.co.uk 01359 230642

[Stephen (Sausagefans.com)]

In article <***@news.clara.net>, ***@kettlenet.co.uk
says...

Post by Anna Kettle
The man from WW Hawes phoned me back and said that they are not very
suitable cos they specialise in full colour printing these days and
would be very expensive for my needs. He recommended Kall Quik in Bury
so I will try them (more convenient than Attleboro) next

Did you *not* want mail order?

I'm sure my cards were under a tenner.

[TP]

Post by Anna Kettle
The man from WW Hawes phoned me back and said that they are not very
suitable cos they specialise in full colour printing these days and
would be very expensive for my needs. He recommended Kall Quik in Bury
so I will try them (more convenient than Attleboro) next

I suggested Kall Kwik or Prontaprint earlier in the thread.

Maybe you didn't read my posting.

[Jaques d'Alltrades]

Post by TP
I suggested Kall Kwik or Prontaprint earlier in the thread.
Maybe you didn't read my posting.

You'd be surprised how many posts fall into black holes on the way to
different servers....

[r***@gmail.com]

I use CardFila.com to collect all business cards on iPhone because it is so easy to collect, find and use any contact at any time.
You can access the contacts everywhere without Internet connection by using CardFila for Mobile (iPhone or Android phones). I also can do this on Android, computer, laptop. As i know, they will award 100 free coins for accounts registered within Nov 2012! If you like, you can try it on http://cardfila.com/

[r***@gmail.com]

I use CardFila.com to collect all business cards on iPhone because it is so easy to collect, find and use any contact at any time.
You can access the contacts everywhere without Internet connection by using CardFila for Mobile (iPhone or Android phones). I also can do this on Android, computer, laptop. As i know, they will award 100 free coins for accounts registered within Nov 2012! If you like, you can try it on http://cardfila.com/

[r***@gmail.com]

Your site looks cool. To deal a large number of business card, I use CardFila.com on iPhone because it is so easy to collect, find and use any contact at any time.
i can access the contacts everywhere without Internet connection for Mobile (iPhone or Android phones) and computer, laptop as well.

[Brian Watson]

Post by r***@gmail.com
Your site looks cool. To deal a large number of business card, I use
CardFila.com on iPhone because it is so easy to collect, find and use any
contact at any time.
i can access the contacts everywhere without Internet connection for
Mobile (iPhone or Android phones) and computer, laptop as well.

Presumably, you work for Cardfila?

I hope it works better than your newsgroup posting ability, which appears to
have hiccups.

[Paul Giverin]

Post by Brian Watson

Post by r***@gmail.com
Your site looks cool. To deal a large number of business card, I use
CardFila.com on iPhone because it is so easy to collect, find and use any
contact at any time.
i can access the contacts everywhere without Internet connection for
Mobile (iPhone or Android phones) and computer, laptop as well.

Presumably, you work for Cardfila?
I hope it works better than your newsgroup posting ability, which appears to
have hiccups.

Yeah but looking on the bright side....... our site looks cool.