Many different businesses in many different industries all advertise providing services right…read moreacross the range, claiming they can do it all. In Printing.com one gets the impression that they really can. One of the only printing shops to offer brochures for their work, the cost stays the same. From personal experience this can be more reliable than a store advertising competitive prices that alter. This is really what the shop is about - putting the customer first. Using a broad range of skills and some very powerful looking Macs the team here can assist with everything from business cards, to flyers and web design. If it doesn't sound good enough already Printing.com boasts the best environmental credentials compared to all other printers in the UK. If it's high quality and efficiency you're after, and you don't mind paying a slightly higher bill, this could well be the business for you.

I'm not the most fluent in the printing jargon, but these guys were really friendly and helpful. I…read moreonly wanted a short run (literally one or two prints) but the sales assistant was happy to print it straight away from memory stick. Understandably, the office looks extremely busy; with paper flying out of printers and stacks of flyers waiting to be collected, but the staff seem to know where everything is and have some kind of order to the place. Press to print aren't the cheapest printers in Bristol, but are handily located and happy to help. A thumbs up from me!

I use a lot of printers and I was very keen to take advantage of Press to Prints really great deal…read moreon business card printing. They really are very cheap. The shop is a huge manic space with paper flying everywhere. Maybe because they are so busy they haven't got time to have a tidy up and maybe this is also why they act like they don't really want or need your business. I'm sure some of the staff are very friendly and helpful, but the man who served me wasn't. Like I said I get a lot of printing done for work and the quality of the printing they did for me was very good; clear with good depth of colour (sorry this is boring for people who don't care about printing, which is most people I imagine). But the cards they made for me were slightly wonky, they told me it was just the way the machine cut them and it couldn't be helped. But I would have liked it to be helped. So although I was somewhat happy with the job they did for me, the service and wonky cards have put me off going back there. But as they obviously have very good printers, for certain jobs they are probably perfect, I just haven't found what those are yet.

Ah, Sprinters Printers…read more As if the script from some bizarre David Lynch movie about machines, the owner of Sprinters seems to spend almost all of his life in the company of many large printing devices. Various inks splutter and chatter as he potters between them adjusting saturation levels and filters. Occasionally he'll stop to fix one or poke another on his way to meet me at the till with my printing request. He is very much like a cartoon character in this way; an old man keeping the city running, hidden beneath the streets surrounded by machines. I find it easier to write enchanting prose than it would be to explain the frankly constant cold service and the steady increase in price recently from dear to, well, downright criminal. He has a lot of machines here that can print all matter of things in all sizes. If you need something printed, I'm sure he can help. Just expect the unexpected with this one.

Sprinters is the place that I go to when I have small printing jobs and bulk photocopying to…read morecontend with. It's a small family printing company that is conveniently located on Stokes Croft, (although parking can sometimes be an issue). The owners, Mike and Veneta, really earn their money, often working to difficult deadlines, and dealing with the problem of insufficient information, shonky artwork, and a general lack of clarity about what the end product should look like... and that's just me! Lord knows how they cope with everyone else, especially if they have a few more customers who are as indecisive as me. Thankfully, they have been in business for nearly a quarter of a century, and have long since learned how to deal with the vagaries and capriciousness of their client base. Instinctively able to visualise your requirement, and always oozing a sense of urgency, they make quick work of dealing with your requirement. I initially thought that their approach was a little dismissive, but have since understood the level of pressure that they are constantly under. There's a very genuine need to get the job done, and so when presented with the vacillating multitudes, it must be the only way to ensure that they don't spend the whole of their day locked in conversation, going round the houses, and ending up where they started! I have used Sprinters more times than I can remember, and my respect for this couple has increased with every job. They are honest, hard working and committed to achieving high standards, and I have been totally satisfied with every job that they have done.

More recentley in my life, the need for printing has occured, not just your basic one or two…read moresheets, i'm talking 200 copies of the same piece of paper! I soon came to realise it wasn't too cost effecftive doing it myself, so after a brief search I found Minuteman Press. I wasn't too sure what it was that I needed exactley, or indeed how I could achieve it, (double-sided printing and all that confusion that comes with it) so I went in and within moments of describing my problem a kind and helpful man sorted out what I was after. The service is very swift and proffesional, and you pay a very reasonable price from basic photocopying to DVD printing and dublication. I'm pretty sure if they don't know how to do it, well, it can't be done! P.S. the website is brilliant as well so if you are not sure that they can cover what you need just have a look online before you pay them a vist

If you live in the area and shoud ever find yourself in need of a laminator, Minuteman Press will…read moresave the day (at a price.) Preparing for a rather important interview a while back, I was dismayed to find I'd left my laminator at my folks' home in Devon. Scouring the internet in a mild panic, I soon found mention of Minuteman Press and proceeded to leg it to said shop before it closed. Needing a fair few sheets lamenated for the following morning and having limited time before the shop shut, my gratitude for the sheer existence of Minuteman Press had thus caused me to overlook the small (or so I thought) matter of money. However, ten or so sheets ended out costing me a small fortune and my gratitude soon subsided into disbelief. Needless to say, services don't come cheap here but when it comes to printing and design, Minuteman Press in pretty handy to have around.

My preconception of Athena is of it being a place you went to as a student to buy posters to put on…read moreyour wall. It does have more than merely posters there now though. A good place to go to get a small gift It stocks a range of Edward Monkton gifts however, fancy giving someone a Pig of Happiness mug? Now you know where to go to get one. As well as the usual range of posters it sells canvas. There are some nice canvases for sale in the window at the moment which is a nice change from the landscapes kitch and iconic art.

Athena, located in the Galleries, specialises in posters, prints and fun (yet useless, in the…read moremajority of cases) gifts. It's a good place to go if you're on the look out for something small for a friend's birthday. That is, after you've searched through nearby Evolution and still come out empty handed. There are a few decent prints in here as well - worth a look if you're on a mission to adorn your walls. Most of it is pretty standard stuff though - don't expect to find any new or cutting edge art. I'd recommend heading down to Niche, in Stokes Croft and looking through the gallery of local artwork there, if you want something a little more individual.

I was out Yelping in town the other day - by which I mean I had to do some chores so I took my…read morecamera with me and took some photos of various shops in the centre, not that I was standing outside the Tesco Metro where the nutters congregate shouting to myself. Anyway, this was all going fairly well and I'd established something of a routine - go to a shop, take a photo, go to the next shop, take another photo - you get the idea. This was all going swimmingly until I got to Smiths. For some reason, after I'd taken a pic, the manager came running out after me and demanded to know what the pic was far. I told her and she insisted that I write down the URL of this site for her to investigate. Out of respect for the privacy of Smiths, I've decided not to upload the pic, though, even without looking at it, I can easily describe it for you instead. It's a Smiths. As for a review of the store. It's a Smiths. I sincerely hope these revelations won't damage this secretive little store too much...

Yes, it's a Smiths, so expect a fairly standardised approach to the printed word, in magazines and…read morenewspapers. However, this place has a special significance for me, as I work for a magazine and it's always with special pride that I trot down to this store to make sure that all the hard work that me and the team put into making it each month wasn't entirely wasted. It's fairly niche, as magazines go, so this is one of the only stockists, and it's on this fact that I recommend this branch, especially now that Borders has been wiped off the face of the earth. Yes, this Smiths has two floors, so it's packed with printed goods. One of the better stores in the chain, for sure.

Well...I had a recent print job with JamJar, which for one reason and another I didn't get on time…read more(there's really no point in going into the details but in essence it came down to a mis-communication). While I believe they are a good printers and will give you something that looks and feels like it has been professionally printed, the level of service that I received just was not good enough. Bad communication. Bad service. Good printing. I'm trying to stay as impartial as possible so I'll leave it down to you to make your own judgement.

These guys are great!…read more I have been using them for several years, well priced printing, great communications and always try and help you out with t a tight deadline wherever possible. Throughly recommended.

A very acceptable printers, offering services at competitive prices. 100 business cards for £25,…read moreon good quality card isn't too bad. Though, a bit of research will tell you if you want something printed the internet is invariably going to give you a better deal, but that involves waiting, so for quick results Greyhound is a good choice. They're fairly new in this shop, being here for about a year, and seem to be doing pretty well. The staff are helpful, and are pretty useful on the phone too, giving quotes very speedily and getting our order under way at a fast rate. They have a long list of services advertised on the front window - I needed some flyers when I used them, but they'll pretty much do anything of a commercial or private nature - even cashing in on the festive season with personalised christmas card printing.

It's in the name; greyhound are a super fast printers, offering you great advice without being too…read morepushy and working hard to ensure your job is done on time. It's not the cheapest printer in Bristol, and like Jon B says, you are probably better off scouring the web. But Greyhound is great if you just need to talk to a human being about your printing needs and figure out the right solution. Greyhound can be found near the BBC building on Whiteladies road.