The Lanceni Press

We are a long-established commercial printing company based in the market town of Fakenham, Norfolk. We offer both design and print work for businesses large and small, as well as for individuals, in the Norfolk and East Anglia area and indeed all over the UK.

We have a wealth of in-house experience and can undertake most print jobs you care to throw at us - including short-run book printing (which is a speciality of ours), catalogues, office stationery, invoice sets and cards of all kinds.

We print...

• Books
  
• Brochures
• Catalogues
  
• Letterheads
• Business Cards
  
• Postcards
  
• NCR Sets

We also offer...

• Pre-press & Finishing
  
• Mono & 4 Colour work
• Thermo (raised) printing
  
• Cutting & Creasing
• Leaflet Delivery
  
• Design Service
  

A Complete Service

Due to our experience in the trade and because we can provide an individual service, we can take your project from concept stage right through to the final print.

You'll find that we're more flexible than many other printers and can quote for many 'unusual' jobs other companies wouldn't entertain. Unfortunately though, as one of our local advertisements states, there's one kind of job we can't help you with... 'Short-run banknotes' are out of the question!!!

We print quite a lot of books - these can be either bound as a paper back, hard case or wire stitch (a display of some of the books we have printed is shown via the link below. Many of these were produced for Norfolk publisher, The Larks Press, 01328 829207)

An Established Printer

Since the late 19th century, Fakenham has been the traditional printing centre of East Anglia. The Lanceni Press has also been around in one form or another for a long time. It is an amalgamation of two printing companies - The Lancaster Press formerly on Holt Road, Fakenham and The Iceni Press.

The Lancaster Press was originally formed in about 1904. In more recent times (around 1974) , it was taken over by Terry Key and Peter Worship, who also owned and ran Blakeney Engineering Ltd. in Blakeney, Norfolk.

The Directors of The Lancaster Press were Terry Key, Peter Worship and Mrs Pat Cooke.

The Iceni Press, formed in 1982 as a partnership between Keith Barrow and George Broughton, traded from our present premises on the Fakenham Industrial Estate. Keith and George were former Fakenham Press employees and they started The Iceni Press as a result of the closure of that company.

On 1st March 1995 the two companies joined forces as The Lanceni Press, with three directors - Keith Barrow, George Broughton and Mrs Pat Cooke. Keith Barrow retired in 2000 leaving George Broughton and Pat Cooke as joint shareholders. George retired in September 2003 leaving Pat in solitary splendour!

Supporting Local Business

As members of the Fakenham & District Chamber of Trade, we regularly meet and work with many local businesses. Through links with these and local government, The Lanceni Press has printed a wide range of guides and publications which promote our region and its companies.

Our sister company, Fakenham Publishing, also supports local interests by producing our area's premier free newspaper, The Fakenham Sun, which is delivered to over 10,000 homes and businesses in the area.

  

Find out more by clicking the logo above and link through to the Fakenham Sun's own website...

What We Do

Simply put, we can design nearly any kind of printed items for you! If you don’t have a computer we can work from a mock up supplied by you, from pre-printed hard copy, or from files on disk - we have facilities to lift copy from most computer programmes. We are happy for you to call in and show us what you can produce and then discuss your requirements with you.

  
When the final layout is complete, a 'proof' will be prepared on one of our office printers and we will inform you when this is ready (we can email, fax or post proofs to you). On receiving your approval, we can proceed with the job.

The next stage is to produce film and plates. All these operations can be performed in house, so our turn around times are fast.

The largest size paper we normally print on is SRA2 (which is roughly the size of 4 A4 sheets with a bit to spare). We have a Komori Sprint two colour machine, a Kord 64 single colour machine and two Ryobi single colour machines, a Thermographic machine and various folders.

We are able to print anything from personal stationery, letterheads, correspondence cards, invitations and Service Sheets through to business stationery, company letterheads, compliment slips and business cards, NCR invoices and orders - either in single, pad or book format, leaflets, brochures, catalogues and books. We can also offer Thermo printing (raised print).

Please do not hesistate to call and see us if you need assistance in planning a job, we are always pleased to discuss your requirements and possibly give you a few ideas to achieve your aim.

If you need a rough idea of the costs involved in the production of your project before arranging a meeting, please phone. You can also request a quote online by filling in our website forms, which cover books & brochures, leaflets and both business and personal stationery.