We Have a Winner!

On Friday 16th Sept 2011, SayPrint had its 50th Customer.
Ruth from Milton Keynes won an apple ipod shuffle.

Ruth visited the site on recommendation of a friend to order some business cards for her costume hire business, Admiral costumes. Like many of our customers Ruth was looking for a good quality service and great prices. Once SayPrint had checked the figures we called Ruth and offered her a variety of colours for the ipod, After Ruth choose lime green we packaged the ipod and business cards and sent them off. We recieved this back from Ruth ” Thank you so much, both items arrives safely yesterday and I am absolutely thrilled with both”. Like many of our customers Ruth is starting a new business and uploaded her own design to our website. Ruth’s business has just launched a user friendly website offering an amazing selection of costumes to browse. We would like to Congratulate Ruth on being our 50th Customer and we look forward to Customer 100 who will be winning an Ipod Nano worth over £130. If you would like to visit Ruths business click here Or like them on Facebook Here.

A Breif History of Flyers.

Flyer design is a form of printed advertising, along with poster design this can be traced back to the 16th century. In the 18th century most local towns had space for posters and advertising normally used by local shops. Early flyers were quickly and crudely produced and handed out freely in town squares, pubs, and churches to inform people of current events, government notices and local advertising. Technology has always played a big part in the process of Flyer design and print. Before lithographic printing wooden and metal blocks were used to print the large type needed on posters and flyers. In the 1800s different patterns and typefaces were designed and etched with special drills into wooden and metal blocks. The process of lithography revolutionised the printing trade and was perfect for the application of posters and flyers. Typesetters started to develop a distinctive artistic style and became in demand for their style as well as good technical practice. Flyers became incredibly popular in the 1960s as a way to promote music, Bands often made their own flyers with psychedelic images. The concept of a flyer has not changed today, a cheap way to get a mass message across. The emergence of electronic dance music saw a wave of flyer design and manufacture. Promoters used flyers to promote their nights with bright and patterned designs, using 3d effects and layered images. Flyers have always served a purpose as something relatively disposable and cheap to produce in large quantities. Even though this has always been the ideology, that hasn’t stopped thousands of teenagers using the latest flyers as wallpaper in bedrooms all around the world. Currently flyers utilize many print processes from cheap laser print to expensive lamination and foiling. The current digital age has seen  the emergence of the E-Flyer, a digital image send via email or circulated around social media websites. The idea is the same as always a cheap way of promoting to the masses, but the printed flyer is still popular and can often be seen laying on the floor of any street near a nightclub.