The following is a list of some of the most common mistakes associated with the initial design and updating of your restaurant menu. They are easily avoidable and many are common sense. Call for help on the design and printing of your next menu. Hand-written changes on the menu. Digital printing allows for quick and inexpensive menu updates so it is better to reprint when making pricing changes or discontinuing items. Not only is it time consuming making manual changes, it always looks “last minute” and adversely affects the look. Misspelled… Read More
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
Qwik Print Acquires Keeing Printers
Effective September 1, 2020, W.D. Keeling Printers Ltd. was acquired by Qwik Print, located at 1240 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 introduction of many… 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








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