Who knew looking for print shops could be so exhausting!

I mean I know nothing about printers (don't get me wrong) but by actually visiting different printing shops around Cardiff I managed to gather some very interesting information (who would of thought of the word interesting and a printer shop in the same sentence?) 

Whilst visiting the first print shop (Cardiff print centre) which I might add had very good customer service! I found that the costs where reasonably cheap for my 12 page zine. I managed to take a look at the binding & size which gave me some ideas towards creating my Zine. I was quite intrigued into looking into the ring binder style along with very thick quality paper. 

Here is a little collage on the different styles & prints I found!

The second Print shop I walked to (in the rain) was Ryman, now I was a bit concerned if they actually had a printing section within there store. However, I was surprised when I reached the store and found out they did! Ryman, unfortunately didn't have as much choice with the binding & did not print in A5 so that was a slight issue. Overall comparing the two I think that Cardiff print centre would be perfect to print my final zine. Generally speaking I think that this printing shop offers exactly what I am looking for in terms of using a A5 layout along with simple yet effective binding!

 LW x