How to Use Bleeds in Your Print Work

Like the look of advertising or book illustrations where the image runs off the edge of the page? That’s called a bleed and it’s an effective design technique. It’s also essential whenever you want a background colour over the entre surface without the tell-tale white border around the page. Defining a bleed is necessary because presses, copiers and most other printers do not print to the actual edge of the sheet. This means there is always a “white”, unprinted area at the edge of the page. To overcome this, the… Read More

Black is Back

Black printing can still be used for impactful advertising and communications pieces, especially when printed on coloured paper and unusual textures. Qwik Print offers low-cost, photo-quality black printing at discount prices.

Keeling Printers Merges with Qwik Print

Effective September 1, 2020, W.D. Keeling Printers Ltd. merged their business operations with Qwik Print, located at 1240 2nd Ave East. All print work from this date forward will be completed by Qwik Print. Original artwork and job dockets are on file so we can reference all previous jobs for the last several years. Additionally, two previous employees of Keeling’s have been hired by Qwik Print. In the past two years, Qwik Print has made significant investments in the latest digital print technology resulting in reduced production times and the… Read More

Menus – Sola’s Grill

Popular Sola’s Grill of Sauble Beach is getting prepared for the summer season with an update to their extensive menu, this year printed on synthetic paper. Synthetic paper is really a plastic material that is waterproof, tear proof and highly durable. This type of menu does not require lamination and has a matte finish. The material takes ink very well so colours are vivid and type is crisp. We produced three menus, a large format 8.5 x 16” roadhouse with almost 80 items, and two smaller menus for late-night and… Read More

Labels – Angelic Rose Creations

Qwik Print recently designed and printed labels for Angelic Rose Creations, a line of facial beauty products developed locally by Renee Wilkinson. The labels for these containers were printed on a waterproof vinyl material and die-cut to custom sizes.

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