Firpress first opened its doors in 1985, we have been providing quality print and design services for over 30 years. We work with businesses in both the local area and nationally throughout the UK. We pride ourselves on excellent customer service and providing the best quality printing.

At the present time we do not accept payments online, once you place an order online we will contact you regarding payment. We accept payments over the phone via a debit or credit card. If you live in the local area you can also pop into our office to pay in person.

Yes but funds will have to be cleared before your order can go into production.

This is so that you can check that everything you see is correct. Images and text can drop out of PDFs, fonts don’t always embed and pages can be corrupt. It also gives you the opportunity to make sure you have uploaded the correct file for printing.

We prefer PDF files. We will not accept Microsoft Word, Powerpoint, Excel or Publisher files for printing purposes. If you’re struggling to prepare your file/artwork please get in touch or visit the ‘Artwork’ page on our website for more information.

PDF stands for Portable Document Format. It is used for transferring files between computers and ensures that the file displays exactly the same to the end user as it did to the creator, regardless of differences in their computer systems. Whilst a PDF might look OK on screen it must meet certain criteria to ensure that it prints correctly. A PDF meeting these criteria is print-ready. Please visit the ‘Artwork’ page on our website for more information.

Once payment has been made and you have an order reference number you can upload your file via our website or send it to paul@firpress.co.uk – for more information on how to supply print-ready artwork please visit the ‘Artwork’ page on our website.

This is also called process printing and uses four colours to reproduce all the different colours and shades that you might see on the pages of a brochure for example. The colours are often referred to as CMYK – cyan, magenta, yellow and black – which is why we ask you to set up your artwork/images in this format so that they will print correctly and you will avoid undesirable results. RGB colour is a screen format and unsuitable for print.

This is the weight of the paper, the higher the number the heavier or thicker the stock. For example 80gsm is often used for photocopying. 90-100gsm is used for letterhead and with compliment slips. 150-170gsm is a good weight for leaflets and brochures. 200gsm and above is referred to as card or board rather than paper.

This is an extra amount of the background/image which extends beyond the trimming edge of the page. This ‘extra’ gets chopped off when the page is trimmed to finished size. We need it so you don’t see little strips of white at the edges of the finished job. For more information on this please visit the ‘Artwork’ page on our website.

Yes we can. What you see on our website is only a selection of what we print. Please get in touch if you’d like something bespoke and detail what you need. We will get back to you quickly with pricing options if it’s something we’re able to offer.

Once we have approval to print most orders are produced within 5-7 working days. Delivery is usually 1-2 days. Some jobs take longer for us to produce than others. Please specify if you require your order delivered by a certain date and we will do our best to accommodate.

You will receive your order via a reputable transport company or if it’s within a 30 mile radius of Workington by our own van.

Yes, if it is coming via a transport company we will supply a consignment number.