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HLPS is Harlow Liberal Democrats Printing Society, providing services to Liberal Democrats and other local organisations in Harlow and surrounding areas in Essex and Hertfordshire (UK).
We can print on paper and light card from small up to A3 sizes, single or double sided. We can print in black, blue, red and of course Liberal Democrat orange ink, on white or coloured paper - most paper colours are available to order. We can also print window bills (posters) on Arc Chrome poster paper.
We can enlarge or reduce from your artwork, print two-up and cut, and fold.
If you do not want A4 or A3, we can cut the paper to any size up to A3, but to avoid waste it is best to use metric sizes (A3, A4, A5 or A6), except for posters. For posters, we keep a stock of 210mm x 210mm (approx. 8" x 8") paper, but can usually get larger sizes if given sufficient notice. We can print posters up to A3 or 10" x 10".
We prefer to print from your computer artwork in the form of a PDF file, but can work from paper artwork if required.
A special service we offer is to provide your leaflets batched into 100s, or already counted into the numbers needed for each "walk" or street - just give us a walk list with your order.
We also have a Folding Machine, capable of folding A3 and A4 paper in 2 or 3 (V or C folds), so we can provide your leaflets counted and folded, ready for you to give straight to your deliverers. Note that we cannot cross-fold.
HLPS was founded by David Wright in 1974 - one of the first Liberal printing societies. Initially it had an old Gestetner litho machine (a Gestetner 211 bought for £150). This printed several million copies before being replaced by a newer Gestetner 319.
HLPS's original one-page constitution was published in Tony Hill's guide to Liberal Printing Societies, and formed the model for a number of others - it remained unchanged until 1996 (either version available on request).
HLPS printed for every election from October 1974 to 1987, but then fell into decline due to lack of a suitable place to run the press, and of people who still had time to run it. During most of the 1990's, the 319 litho machine sat unused in a dry garage (it still is - anyone interested?), and only laser printing was done.
In 1996 the society was reactivated, when we bought a Riso TR1510 digital printing machine, and Nick Macy took over as manager. The Riso could run off A4 at 100 copies a minute: the same speed as the litho machine on a good day, but without the half hour setup and hour cleaning down afterwards! Now it's simply "Turn on, Print out, Turn off".
In 1998 we traded in the 1510 for a Riso GR 3710 A3 machine. This enabled us to print A3 leaflets, and also posters up to about 10" x 10". The print quality was also higher, especially where were able to print from a digital original using the Riso computer interface.
At the end of 2004, we traded in the now-old GR 3710 for an RP 3700, which provided better quality photographs. By now almost all our work came in as PDFs, and this machine had a built-in computer interface.
In 2010 we upgraded again, to a Risograph MZ 970 which can print on up to A3 paper in two colours at once - normally Black + Orange, but any of the above colours can be run. Except for some extra set-up time, two colour work now takes no longer than single colour, so the price we charge for a 2-colour leaflet is almost the same as for a single colour one.
We also have an A3 folding machine and an A4 colour laser printer.
David Wright took over the Society from Nick Macy in 2011, initially as Operations Manager but after Nick's sad death on 28 November 2011, also as Financial Manager.
Phone or email David Wright, on 01279 432734, or mail us here
Files for printing may be mailed to our office, with copy to David Wright.
By arrangement, you can collect your printing from our office in Suite 2f, Bush House, Bush Fair, Harlow, Essex CM18 6NS (on the top floor) - see this map - or from David Wright at 55 Old Road, Harlow, Essex CM19 0HD.
Telephone: Office 077 2296 3992 (only when you know there'll be someone in the office), or David Wright on 078 0002 2424.
All postal correspondence including cheques in payment and invoices for supplies should be sent to David Wright at 55 Old Road, HARLOW, Essex CM17 0HD tel. 01279 432734. Cheques should be made out to Harlow Liberal Printing Society.
Harlow is in north west Essex, on the Hertfordshire border, in England. If you do not live in the UK, it is unlikely that we can do anything for you - but welcome to our web site anyway!
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