Martin Print
My new business card arrived today, just over a week after I placed the order with Martin Print in Perth. New full-color letterheads arrived yesterday and were of excellent quality.
I’m happy to say that I’ve been impressed with the price, quality and service of Martin Print.
I’ve always used local printers in the past, and will continue to do so for single-color jobs, but considering their limitations with color work I think it’s fair enough to shop around.
I have a new mobile number and a new fax number, plus the focus of my business has changed, so I needed new stationery and felt the need for a different look.
Full color would have been unaffordable for me if I’d stayed local. I researched back to when I started Alpine News, and my newspaper printer charged $533 for letterheads and three different business cards that were just red and black on white.
I checked around recently with different printers who offer online quotes and services. Most are competitively priced, around $40 for 500 business cards, but they require the customer to select a template. There isn’t much room for creativity.
They also charge more if you want to personalise the card with logos or upload your own artwork.
Martin Print offered the best price I could find for full-color letterheads, that being $199 for 1000 sheets of laser quality paper. They had no extra charge for artwork if it was provided in a print-quality format (PDF, EPS etc).
They do offer a design service, but I felt confident to create my own, especially now that I’ve acquired skills with Adobe Illustrator.
I selected a rainbow-style border for the left margin of my letterhead, and used this on both sides of the business card. It stands out and hopefully reflects the fact I offer bright ideas!
The business card looked bereft without a border. I normally subscribe to the theory that “white space is beautiful” but feel that a business card should be visible as well as functional.
It’s very colorful and the printing is faithful to the design. They came to me with the printer’s compliments (no charge).
Given the quality and high standard of service I have no hesitation in recommending Martin Print to anyone who needs full-color printing.
I'm a 41-year-old father of four working as a newspaper editor at Mount Gambier in South Australia.
