Creative Industry Printing

We want to become a reliable cog in your supply mechanism. Send us your artwork, we’ll preflight it for no extra charge, then print it and deliver with no fuss allowing you to concentrate on running the creative aspects of your business.

We are proud that a large percentage of our business comes from repeat orders and happy client referals without the need for expensive advertising campaigns. In turn this helps us keep our prices down which ultimately helps make your projects more commercially viable. Win win!

Thanks for stopping by and welcome to Ex Why Zed. We appreciate you may never have printed before and that the terminology, jargon, amount of choices can be baffling. We have great experience of printing since we launched in 2006. Sit back and relax, we’re here to guide you through the process.

It won’t be long now before you experience that super exciting moment when a glorious stack of boxes arrives and you unpack the first work. YOUR WORK. Enjoy the feel and the smell of them…you put a lot of effort in for this moment.

There are almost infinite possibilities on size, finishing and papers so we offer expert knowledge and advice before your job goes to press, a competitive print quote to stretch your budget and a high quality standard of printing delivered nationally throughout the UK and globally. We are super keen to print your work so if our quote doesn’t match your budget then do let us know and we will work with you to compromise on a spec that does. We don’t like losing creative work based on price alone.

We are creatives too so offer foiling, embossing, debossing, spot varnishing, die-cutting, motion cutting, fold out pages, GF Smith papers and many more solutions to make your project unique (all these options are premium and do jump the cost up so might not be ideal if you’re on a budget)

We have been doing this a while now and have seen a lot of impressive publications come off our presses.  To give you a head start with your creative printing, here are some ideas of what can be achieved (and photos of them to the right).  Each has its own characteristics which have proven to be winning combinations from a production perspective, cost per unit and most importantly, have reader appeal.

If any of our showcase options would work for your project, take a note of the spec and jump on our quote form to receive your bespoke quotation. Or ping us an email on hello@exwhyzed.fixed-staging.co.uk if that is easier.

Showcase 1 – a high-end book to use an annual or promotional piece for you agency and studio:
265x200mm Perfect Bound Books
4pp Cover onto 300gsm Silk
Matt Lamination to outer
160pp Text onto 130gsm Silk
Four colour print throughout
As a guide, you could print 100 copies of this for £.

Tweaks you could make to this spec:
Increase to A4, decrease to A5.
Change the number of inside pages depending on the scope of your content.
Silk has a slight sheen, gloss would be shinier or uncoated for a more tactile finish.

Showcase 2 – a professional looking, stapled portfolio to showcase your work:
A5 Wire Stitched Booklets
4pp Cover onto 300gsm Silk
Matt Lamination to outer
36pp Text onto 130gsm Silk
Four colour print throughout
As a guide, you could print 20 copies of this for £.

Tweaks you could make to this spec:

Showcase 3 – an authentic, old school zine to fill with creative illustrations, typography and photos:
A5 Wire Stitched Booklets
40pp Self Cover
onto 115gsm Uncoated
Four colour print throughout
As a guide, you could print 250 copies of this for £.

Some tweaks you could consider:
• You can add a thicker card cover.
• Switch to silk or gloss for a smoother finish and brighter colour repro.
• The more copies you print, the lower the unit price will be.

Enjoy looking through our showcase of recent creative print projects.