Press Passing

What is Press Passing?

A press pass is where a customer visits their printer and views their job whilst it is on press. Normally this process involves working with the operators in making small reasonable tweaks to colour levels to meet personal taste.

Most customers elect not to press pass their jobs. This is due to the excellent levels of quality acheieved through our ISO 9001 procedures, advanced equipment and experienced staff.

What does it look like at Warners?

We are always happy for customers to pass their work on press, and there are no direct extra costs for doing this. We have a procedure for managing press passes that we ask that all visitors familiarise themselves with.

Before you arrive:

  • Your Key Account Manager will contact you ask you some specific questions about your requirements whilst passing your job so that we can make production aware of what to expect.
  • Press passes will be between 6 am and 9 pm Monday to Friday. Supervisory cover will not be available during the night shift or weekends to accommodate press passes outside of these hours.
  • We have a dedicated Press Pass suite with a TV, bedroom and a private bathroom. Wherever possible, this will be booked for your visit.
  • Complimentary refreshments and wifi will be provided as well as all required health and safety equipment.

The Press Pass:

  • When you arrive your Key Account Manager will be here to greet you and settle you into the press pass suite. Normally they will accompany you for the first section, after which you will return to the room to await subsequent sections being ready for approval.
  • The press room manager/supervisor may then look after you for subsequent sections.
  • We have closed-loop colour on all our machines, so we will be up and running quickly once the press starts up.
  • We will run the press up to standard ink densities, and the colour management system will automatically ensure that we are up to an acceptable level very quickly, and at this stage, we would deem the quality and colour as good copy.
  • At this point, you are free to make any colour adjustments that you wish. Please be aware that once we have reached the standard spoilage allowance, the copies will be deemed as acceptable and included in the copy count.
  • Please also be aware that the process is very quick as are the speeds of the machines! For short-run jobs (sub 7,000 copies), the time to check and make colour adjustments is a matter of minutes before the section is completed.
  • If you are not prepared to let the copies go in once standard spoilage is reached, unless there are quality issues that are down to us, we may at this point need to discuss additional costs in terms of paper waste.
  • Please also be aware that if the job requires special size reels, any additional paper required may not be available to accommodate excess spoilage.

Further Help

We fully expect that you will be delighted with the speed and efficiency of the process and of course, the quality of print coming off our presses! if you have any questions or are unsure our support team are available to help.

Updated 24/08/2022