Letterhead printing for business correspondence

Start with what goes on the sheet

Tell us whether your letterheads will be used for letters, quotes, invoices or several kinds of correspondence. The logo and contact details need to be easy to find, but they should not crowd the area where you will type or write. If you already use a document template, send us a sample so we can see where its text begins, ends and sits relative to the printed elements.

Consider what must appear on every sheet and what belongs in the letter itself. An address or website that never changes can form part of the stationery; a job reference, price or personal greeting is better left to your document. Keeping those roles separate makes the same stack of letterheads useful for more than one purpose.

Paper and finish choices for everyday use

The right paper depends on how you fill in the finished sheet. If letters go through your office printer, say so when requesting a quote: we can discuss a suitable stock for overprinting rather than choosing a surface solely for its appearance. If the sheets are filled out by hand, the feel of the paper and the space left for writing matter more than a decorative finish.

Our print range includes different paper weights and finishes, but a finish that looks striking on a card will not necessarily suit a sheet meant for regular correspondence. We will discuss the intended use before recommending stock. If you want a particular shade or texture to match existing stationery, show us the reference rather than relying on a screen colour alone.

Match the rest of your stationery

The business print range includes cards, letterheads and compliment slips, and our graphic design team can build a matching set. Matching does not mean squeezing an entire business card design into the top of a page. It means carrying the same logo, type choices and contact information across items that have very different amounts of usable space.

Bring an existing business card or brand guide if you have one. We can work from your supplied artwork or prepare letterhead artwork as part of a design brief. A proof is the point to check spellings, contact details and the position of your writing area before a run is printed. Please check those details against what you actually use in emails and on your website.

Ordering and using letterheads with a campaign

For a quote, tell us the quantity, where the finished sheets will be used, whether you need design help and whether they must match existing stationery. We can then talk through paper and finish choices rather than guessing at a specification. There is no fixed letterhead price or turnaround quoted here: both depend on the brief, so ask us for the current options.

Letterheads are not a substitute for a door-to-door leaflet. They suit follow-up letters, proposals and invoices after a customer contacts you. If your campaign also needs printed leaflets or takeaway menus, those can be quoted separately with GPS-tracked distribution in Leicester, Birmingham, Manchester and Bradford. The delivery service applies to campaign materials, not automatically to business correspondence.

If you are starting with only a logo and your contact details, we can help turn them into usable artwork; if you have a print-ready file, send it for a check. Either way, confirm the final proof before production. Our Leicester base is at 10 Queen Street, and you can contact us with your brief through the quote form or by phone on 01162 161739.

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• Business cards
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