The Crown Jewels...

It's been an interesting couple of days hasn't it!

 

It seems all the talk is either about Prince Harry and his crown jewels or the decision by Aberdeen City Councillors not to proceed with the Union Terrace Gardens (UTG) project.

 

It really has split opinion throughout the city and opened up an amazing opportunity for  open debate. There didn't really seem to be any in-between: you were either for it (as most people seemed to be) or against it, however despite the public referendum showing the majority of Aberdonians wanted it to proceed, there really wasn't much in it at all. Likewise, with the council vote, it went 20:22 against, with one person abstaining (a disgraceful decision on such an important debate).

 

But should we be upset that they voted the way they did, or should we applaud them for actually voting and putting it out of its misery once and for all?

 

What is now clear however, is the £50m donation from Sir Ian Wood has now been withdrawn. And whatever way you look at it, that is particularly disappointing.

 

But who can blame him? Really, he's trying to give something back to the city that has rewarded him so well, and he's had it spat back at his face. I even read someone referring to him as a bully and a "oil pri*k". Hmm, seems a tad harsh but I guess that everyone is entitled to their opinion.

 

So really, there have been no winners. UTG will continue to decay as it has been for many years, the heart of the city being stangled like a slow and pain full heart attack.

 

It's a sad day all round.

Is it really over...?

We were having a discussion in the office the other morning, in which we were trying to decide if the golfing season was over.

of course we all agreed, that it's getting towards the end of summer (hahaha) and the evenings are beginning to draw in faster.

And yet, this morning, in torrential rain, players continue to tee off throughout the country.

Is there really a 'season' any more?

Well if you are carrying on playing, no matter what the weather, you should probably check out our new golf only web site, offering some fantastic deals for golfers of all ages and abilities.

www.printagraphgolf.co.uk

Go TeamGB...

The achievements of TeamGB in London are fantastic. They have held us by the seat of our pants as they set World Record after Word Record on their way to Olympic Gold.

However one of the other fantastic achievements is the speed at which the Royal Mail have created and released their Gold Medal Winner stamps!

The print technology available today is fantastic and generates lots of opportunities for short run, fast turnaround print.

Our Xerox iGen4 is a perfect example of how state of the art technology can turn around important print orders extremely fast (perhaps not as fast as Sir Chris Hoy & Co but nevertheless...) making the seemingly impossible deadline seem possible after all.

For details of our digital facilities, give us a call on 01224 893900.

In the meantime...GO TeamGB!!

Some water, some cookies and a rat named Roland...

It's been an interesting week so far.

Most weeks are interesting, however this one is really going to town.

With the seemingly never ending rain taking a toll on our roof, it finally gave up the brave fight. And on Monday night the sales office floor took a liking to all the water. Fortunately damage was minimal and disruption to the delivery process was zero. Just don't mention the smell.

To cheer everyone up, we thought it would be great idea to overdose on mini-muffins from those Fabulous Bakin' Boys. So far, it's fair to say that's it's working!

However the highlight of the week (cue Harry Hill Style music) "It's the Printagraph Highlight of the Week" was the unexpected visit from a furry little rodent that wandered in through the back door and decided to make it's presence known! Affectionately nicknamed Roland (you could certainly never refer to us as un-original), our latest recruit obviously felt quite at home in the Office Products Office and appeared nonplussed at the numerous attempts to remove him.

Eventually he was captured and released unharmed back into the wild.

Might As Well Think Big...

"I like thinking big. If you're going to be thinking, you might as well think big"

A quote from Donald Trump which you can find on our business supplies page at www.printagraph.co.uk

And speaking about big, we have over 22,000 products available for next day delivery! How much bigger do you want?! By maintaining substantial stocks of day to day lines, we are able to negotiate the best possible terms with manufacturers, which in turn enables us to offer competitive pricing on the lines most regularly ordered by our customers. This way, our customers gain the greatest cost savings on the products used the most.

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A Little More About Colour...

CMYK stands for Cyan, Magenta, Yellow and Black.

These are the primary colours for print.

Where we all grew up knowing Yellow and blue make green and Yellow and red make orange, the printing industry grew up knowing that varying the quantities of cyan, magenta, yellow and black creates an endless array of colours to print.

PMS stands for Pantone Matching System colours. There can be so much variation in colour using CMYK that Pantone set out to create a system that allowed for consistent colour. This way a designer can create a logo that will print consistently from job to job an printer to printer.

PMS colours can streamline the process of printing and cut down on cost. CMYK colour always requires four plates to be made for a print to be made, while a carefully crafted one or two colour logo using PMS colours only needs two to print.

Thanks to our friends at www.the-printer.net for use of their information.

How to make a good idea, a better one!

We're working on a project at the moment, and it's been fascinating to watch how its developed over the last few weeks. This particular client is always open to suggestions and willing to listen to proposals.

So when they approached us with a great idea, we helped make it an even better one. In fact the end product bears very little resemblance to the initial idea. However everyone is of the opinion that it will do the job much better too.

We'll hopefully manage to show some photos of how the project has developed in the near future, subject to client approval of course, however for the time being, everything has to remain under wraps.