One thing that Hong Kongers love, is their chops. I don't mean meaty eaty chops, but the self…read moreinking stamps that they bash on to every and any bit of paperwork to hand. If there is empty white space on a page, "chop" it! However, I have found getting these chops a bit tricky - maybe it's just me? For ages, it seemed to me to only be the back alley dudes in the wooden shacks that do them, like the chop trade was something much more illicit. However, I am completely wrong, as I have now found a number of print shops that do them - hurrah! Special mention must be made of Print Shop. They kinda do exactly what the shop name suggests; they print stuff, like business cards, post cards, invitation, photocopying, you get the idea. They also make chops, offering a variety of different sizes and ink colours. What is good about their chop making service, other than the chops coming our really well, is that they can make them from a jpeg file. A lot of the other print shops can print from jpegs (despite really only wanting AI files), but most can only make chops from AI (Adobe Illustrator) files. Many of us don't have access to these pro softwares, so being able to give them a consumer format was very useful. The shop has recently moved to a bigger premises (unfortunately they moved all their junk with them too, so it is a bit like a self storage locker in the shop), which is not as convenient as their old location under Wan Chai MTR bridge, but still close enough. They do have an extensive website, but it is only in Chinese - boooo.

Great high quality service every time I have made any printing orders with this company. I have…read moreprinted business cards, menus, posters, and various event materials at this shop. They work very quickly and efficiently.

Terrible service! walked in to place order to print Name cards but stuff or owner of this shop was…read moreeating noodles, she just put her head up while continue eating noodles and asked to come back as she is so busy with her lunch..... btw it 3:00pm which not really lunch time hours!

The best place for business cards…read more E-Print is a small print chain making business cards, banners, brochures, stamps (as in chops, not postal). They have a number of convenient locations including Sheung Wan and Wan Chai, as well as an online service, but some ordering processes are only in Chinese. The best thing about E-Print is its simplicity. Yes, you can get business cards printed on textured cream paper using specialist inks - remember that scene out of American Psycho? However, unless you are CK Leung, who cares what the paper texture on your card is like, so long as it has your name and details! The best E-Print service is their standard business card service. For HKD55 you can get 300 matt cards, or for HKD70 the same quantity but laminated so they are slightly waxy. I go crazy and spend a whopping HKD90 for 300 UV spot laminated cards, which have my company logo artwork glossy and raised - fancy! Check out their website for the prices, they are very very good, but do be mindful of where the price breaks come (and check the costs which are not per box but per order). You may for example be better off buying 5 boxes or 10 boxes, but nothing in between, as the cost of 6 boxes is the same as 10 boxes. Turn around times are fast at 1 or 2 working days, depending on whether or not you take the UV spot. More complex designs with die cutting or folding etc. cost more and take longer. As mentioned they do loads of other printing services, so do check them out. I have ordered many times from them and always found their work exemplary.

If you need anything printed, e-print is the best option you have, in terms of speed and price. I…read morehave worked with many times, and more recently on a regular basis. They have shops all over town, if you haven't noticed. They are linked with another company called bannershop - clearly only doing banners. How e-print works, is that they are online, and you can download a program and submit everything online. Once you have submitted everything you need printed, someone from e-print will give you a call to confirm your order, you pay, then the stuff you need will be ready in just a few days. I think their printing facilities might be in china - not sure exactly, their call centres are definitely in china though, which is why they can support such low cost printing. I have had a few problems with the people i dealt with in the past, basically you have to yell at them to get the stuff done.. frustrating, i know.. but has to be done. After everything is confirmed, you can pick up in just a few days. It makes life so much easier, being in hk, everything needs to be done asap, and this is the exact service they provide - asap! They print everything from pull up banners, flyers, promotional material, posters, business cards, basically anything you can think of, they can do. quite amazing in my opinion.

On the last count, I think there were 60 billion photo processing shops in HK. It seems you can't…read morewalk any where in this fine city with tripping over yet another photo store. However, let me highlight one of my favourites, the Agfa Digital Express. Located in the dingy little "art" tunnel between the end of the esco and IFC mall, it is funny little pile em high, sell em cheap sort of store, that does digital photo printing, passport photos and other photo related services. The lovely lady owner/manager is super efficient and speaks enough English to get by. She has the printing machines in the store, so when you need it within an hour, it actually is within an hour. Photo printing aside, I always come here for my passport photos (to be fair most places are much of a muchness), but also my laminating. It is the cheapest place I have found to do laminating at only a couple of HKD per sheet, which is surprising as it is a store in Central. The lovely lady also will laminate to your spec, say you wanted to laminate a postcard in the middle of an A4 sheet (don't ask, it's for my diving), she'll do it no questions, other places mutter about plastic and heat and softness - grrrr! Last note, she also sells a variety of photo related gifts and bits, just in case you really wanted a coffee cup shaped like a zoom lens.

I never knew that I could opt for a more attractive passport photo. Came here for my Chinese visa…read morephoto after my friend told me that they touched up her photo for her here. It was $60 for 5 prints, which seemed like a fine price to me. I was wearing a white tank top. She advised that I wear a scarf to cover my shoulders and that it would look better for the backdrop. I thought it was good advice. She didn't retouch my photo much, but I must say it is the best-looking one I have taken yet. The entire process took five minutes. She spoke English fairly well, so she won the argument on which photo of the three shots she took that we should use ;)

Leo is excellent ! Super helpful and friendly. Great service and the best in hk for pricing. Thank…read moreyou