Knowing the paper stock that you will use in your next print project is important as ultimately it will determine the final look and feel of your printed piece.

Uncoated Paper
During the paper manufacturing process, all paper will start out uncoated. Uncoated paper has a porous surface so is quite absorbent. What this means is that when printed on, it will soak up the ink more compared to a coated stock. This style of paper is often referred to as bond and is used for printed materials that need to be written on. Items such as notepads, letterheads, envelopes, writing books and student training manuals, to name a few. It offers quite a natural or organic look for your printed piece. As the ink is absorbed more in the paper, colours will look different compared to coated paper stocks.

When supplying your artwork for commercial printing, there are certain technical specifications required on files to ensure that your job will not only print correctly, but also offer the quality expected from a professional print company.

We all have software programmes that let us produce our own designs. Sometimes half of the work is already done for us but there is a technical side to design and understanding the end use of the item being designed is an integral part of that process.

We often will ask what program your artwork has been designed in as it will immediately indicate to us if we may have problems. While you may be able to design, click and print from Word, Excel, Publisher or Canva at home or the office, the process works quite differently on a commercial press. While we understand that many clients wish to design and supply their own files, we suggest you discuss your project with us before commencing work to avoid unexpected artwork or file handling costs later in the process.

The Print Group Australia is based in Brisbane, Queensland and we are here to help restaurants with all menu printing needs. As businesses start to reopen from the COVID19 lockdown, there are strict requirements regarding procedures that must take place. If you are based in Queensland, make sure you read the COVID Safe Checklist here.

The Print Group Australia can offer a variety of certificate options for your school! Whether you are looking for a foiled certificate for Excellence Awards, Principals Awards or Graduation Certificates, or a fun, playful post card size certificate to encourage and reward good behaviour in the classroom, The Print Group Australia can help!

With our in-house graphic design services we can brand the certificates with your school logo and create a design that suits your needs. Whether you need certificates that are gender based or if you prefer different layouts for each year level, subject, event – we have the flexibility to create a great design and printed product that your students would be proud to receive.

Our most popular embellishments for certificates include:

Never has it been more apparent that sales are important for your business. Times are tough but we are tougher. As Australians we have suffered through bushfires, had a massive downturn in tourism and now we are facing the COVID-19 Pandemic. No one would say that these times are business as usual but there is an opportunity right now for your business – to build your brand, retain relationships and sharpen your sales skills and to continue to add value to your clients and prospective customers.

So, what’s next for your business? What strategies do you have in place to maintain or grow your business during these uncertain times?

Our tip? Never give up, show up and take the time to re-evaluate your marketing strategy to maintain, build and grow customer relationships.

So how can print help you ask?

Are you a Registered Training Organisation (RTO) and currently trying to work out how to continue with your training through this pandemic? We can assist you!

We have a new service that is already helping many of our valuable customers and we can help YOU too!

Your printed training materials can be sent directly to your student’s home address from our HQ.

Our tips? Support your students through a virtual classroom setting or offer personalised one on one help as required. A great example of a platform we are hearing about is zoom- https://zoom.us/education

This is how we are seeing many of our current RTO customers pivot and continue to train during this time, without the added expense and time to integrate to a complicated online learning system.

We feel so privileged to be working with so many forward thinkers and have been inspired by the positive attitude from the VET sector in finding creative ways to continue to serve your students.

What we can do to help?

The Print Group Australia typically print on demand training booklets for your face-to-face training and dispatch direct to your training locations. We can still offer this, only now, we can dispatch your materials direct to your students at home. If your RTO thrives on face-to-face training with printed learner guides, workbooks and assessments then this does not have to change.

Our options include:

If you are a Registered Training Organisation (RTO) and you have multiple training locations across Australia, then we would love to speak with you.

The Print Group Australia work with many local and nationwide RTOs to help with both the print management and delivery logistics of training materials. While our office is based in Loganholme (Brisbane) our large network of couriers allows us to dispatch your printed training materials from our warehouse, direct to your training locations, nationwide – and quickly.

You don’t also have to be based in Brisbane for our team to help you. We work with clients that have head offices based all across Australia. By centralising your printing with The Print Group Australia, you will not only save time and money but also ensure your customer service experience is consistent, reliable and in capable hands!