Not All Printers In Edinburgh Can Print What You May Need

When you need printing services in Edinburgh you are, to some extent, spoiled for choice since there are quite a few printers dotted about the city. At least, it might appear that you are spoiled for choice, but it rather depends on what it is that you want printed.

Quite a number of printers are one-man businesses, and there is nothing wrong with that, but they simply won't have the equipment needed to print a lot of things. Sure, if you need 500 invoices or a letterhead or business cards, they can probably handle that, but can they produce a roll-up banner for your annual general meeting? Probably not.

You might be something of an artist and have decided to sell T-shirts because you have some great ideas for slogans and motifs. T-shirts can be very profitable, and you can easily set up a shop on the internet on Shopify or a similar platform. However, you need a printer capable of printing the T-shirts for you, and that requires a particular machine that most printers don't possess. What if you also want to sell mugs with a printed message on them? Again, very profitable, but you need the right printer.

Suppose you need to print outdoor signs on aluminium, glass, or foamboard for your new estate agency? Once again you are going to have to do a bit of research to find a printer who can do this.

So yes, there are a lot of printers in Edinburgh, but not all of them can print everything you need.

Printing In Edinburgh Is Not Going Out Of Fashion

With the rise and rise of the internet today, and the tremendous amount of advertising on it, one might be forgiven for thinking that ordinary old printing is going the way of the dinosaurs. After all, people don't use printed invoices any more as they send them by email. People don't write letters as much as they used to because it is quicker and easier to send an email, and you save the cost of a printed letterhead.

However, although some things may be done on the internet, printing in Edinburgh is alive and well and is not going away any time soon. Just think about when you pop into your local supermarket: there is printing everywhere. There is even more printing at Christmas with Christmas messages, and printed decorations hanging from the ceiling and around every post. The card shops are full of Christmas and New Year cards – every last one of them printed – and any minute now it will be Valentine's Day cards. 

Pop into the pub for a drink, and what do you see? Posters advertising special offers for Christmas drinks, Christmas quizzes, and the New Year's Eve party – all printed.

Suppose you want to buy a T-shirt with a slogan or message on it? It has to be printed by a T-shirt printers in Edinburgh. Buy a new pair of jeans, and it has the manufacturer's label on it – often printed on to leather.

So while one or two things may have changed with the arrival of the internet, printing is going to be here for a long time.