Fraser Muggeridge Studio

Welcome to print.coop, the ink-on-paper pages from specialist printing and design co-operative, Calverts. We produce high quality, economical and sustainable, commercial print. We're experts in the latest and best litho and digital printing technology, as well as traditional craft applications. We know almost every commodity grade or 'designer' FSC® or recycled paper on the market, and can tell you about the most cost effective formats.

our approach

Why work with Calverts?

Print buyers come to Calverts for four main reasons - our creativity, quality, expert advice and track record in sustainable printing.

We have proper conversations with our clients, to help them realise their print ambitions - from fairtrade teaching tools and low carbon travel guides to art and science comics and high end books. There's almost no print idea we can't turn into reality.

We have a hard-earned reputation as 'green' printers. We're always investing, learning and sharing what we know about every aspect of low environmental impact communications.

And Calverts worker co-operative business model means we're able to improve continuously, by putting our money into state-of-the art repro and printing hardware, software and training - instead of paying dividends to outside owners and shareholders.

All this adds up to higher quality, higher impact print; timely delivery - and a better print experience.

Get in touch and we'll help you print something beautiful.

ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY

Standards & certification

Design and print affect the environment. Calverts has therefore implemented an environmental management system to the requirements of ISO 14001 to reduce our negative environmental impacts.

We are committed to comply with or exceed the requirements of environmental legislation and other environmental initiatives to which we subscribe. We are also committed to the prevention of pollution and continual improvement.

Our objectives are to:

1) Reduce our carbon emissions

2) Reduce the impact of paper use on natural resources

3) Improve resource efficiency and recycling

We have set up programmes to achieve this with targets and time scales.

Find out more about our environmental initiatives.

Arts

Royal Academy Schools cover

Hot off the press, the Royal Academy Schools Show 2009 catalogue Designed by Fraser Muggeridge Studio and printed at Calverts,

Royal Academy Schools Show 2009 was finished and delivered yesterday. Printed on traditional high white laid paper, with graphic sections on Challenger Matt Coated and cover on 300gsm Challenger White Uncoated board, this was a challenging piece of reprographics and print for a meticulous client. Combining fine line, typographic, colour halftone and full out solids, the book was produced in an edition of 2,500.

It's been a busy June for London's art and design schools, and therefore for Calverts print team, as they prepare for summer shows. Last week, we printed and bound the catalogue for the Kingston Fashion BA graduates, who will be showing as part of Graduate Fashion Week. The Kingston book was designed and printed in an A5 landscape format on Emerald FSC matt/silk coated, 100% recycled paper. Emerald is an exclusive Paperback product, a true aesthetic recycled (in other words, it's made from true deinked post-consumer waste, so it looks and feels recycled - it's not trying to pretend it's virgin fibre.) The inner pages were printed CMYK and sealer with our high performance Bio (linseed and soya oil) based litho inks; the covers on 2000 micron greyboard, also 100% recycled, with the titling printed as matt white hot foil - the technique chosen by the RCA for their summer show catalogue and invitations last year. Very stylish indeed; contact us for samples.