thePrintWorks is an online print shop for illustrators, designers, and students who need to print out their work quickly and affordably.

We provide affordable A4 through to A1 high-quality large-format inkjet colour printing for illustrators, designers, and students.

We believe that being able to print your work quickly and affordably should be a right for all students. We want to make sure that you can get your work done without worrying about how much it will cost or how much time the process will take.

Our team is made up of creative architects and designers at Architecture North Ltd, where we have the skills and experience needed to run thePrintWorks, so we know how important it is for us to cater towards our customers' needs—and trust us as architects, we will meet them every single time which means we can provide our customers with the best possible service.

When you use thePrintWorks, you'll get an amazing service at an affordable price.

We believe that there's no reason why you shouldn't be able to afford high-quality printing services.

That's why we've set our prices low — we want everyone who needs it to have access to our services!

Our matt-coated paper has a smooth, matte finish and is coated with clay or a polymer.

In addition to providing a smooth surface for ink to adhere to, this coating improves the print quality of the paper.

It also has a matte finish, giving it a more professional appearance, making it popular for marketing materials, brochures, and business cards.

Our equipment includes top-of-the-line HP Design Jet Series printers, the same printers used by large commercial print shops, which utilize advanced 8 and 12 ink systems for photo printing. Suitable for posters, photos, graphics, renders, CAD lines, and fine art.

In order to provide you with the highest level of colour accuracy, consistency, and fade resistance, our company has always used and will continue to use genuine HP inks.

As part of HP's Planet Partners campaign, all of our old ink cartridges are recycled.

Our commitment to quality and the environment includes obtaining FSC certification for many of our papers, which means that they are sourced from well-managed forests.

Our customers can choose from 90gsm, 180gsm, or 230gsm paper for all of our printing services.

The term GSM stands for "grams per square meter," which refers to the weight and thickness of a piece of paper. This is used to describe the weight and thickness of printing paper, as well as other types of paper such as cardstock and paperboard.

The higher the GSM number, the thicker and heavier the paper will be. For example, a sheet of paper with a GSM of 80 will be thinner and lighter than a sheet of paper with a GSM of 120

All files must be saved as either a JPEG or PDF, they will not be printed unless this is done because of the time involved in printing full-size files.

Please follow the instructions below for each package.

Photoshop

Save as a JPEG or PDF.

You must flatten your file before you 'Save as a PDF', or the file size will be very large because of the layers still being read.

Illustrator

Save as PDF.

InDesign

Export as a PRINT PDF and make sure the spread setting is turned OFF.

Please expect a phone call on the number that you have provided us with, to make a BACs transfer payment.

Monday 10am to 4pm

Tuesday 10am to 4pm

Wednesday 10am to 3pm

Thursday 10am to 4pm

Friday 10am to 3pm

Excluding bank/public holidays.

If you have any queries regarding paper sizes, bespoke printing, bulk printing, paper GSMs, or any additional special requests regarding your print work, please let us know.