The Market Reality
The Newspaper
Print Market Is Consolidating. Fast
The publishers who plan ahead will be the ones still printing.
Australia's newspaper printing facilities are vanishing. Relying on one supplier is a risk most ignore—until it's too late.
The media giants who built our largest plants are shifting capital to digital, data, and new media. The presses aren't coming along.
An independent alternative isn't just prudent. It's essential.
From any volume to any destination—our nationwide printing footprint, linked by same-day shipping. Reliable print supply, no matter what the market throws at you.
Why Publishers Choose Us
Built Specifically for Newspaper Publishers.
Everything we do is focused on one product. Yours.
Specialists in newspaper printing
We only print newspapers. Every process, every person, every decision is built around your product.
Deadlines treated as commitments, not targets
Your street date is built into our production schedule from day one.
Full prepress — not just file checking
Colour profiles calibrated for newsprint, every file preflighted and proofed before press. Nothing prints without your approval.
Page increments that work in your favour
Page count increases in affordable 4-page steps. You only pay for the pages you need.
Paper stock that matches your quality expectations
40gsm newsprint to 70gsm woodfree uncoated. A range unavailable from large-format facilities.
Pricing you can plan around
Fixed-price agreements protect you from raw material and freight fluctuations, edition to edition.
A minimum order that doesn't price you out
We print from 500 copies. Small runs receive the same attention as large ones.
A supplier that moves when you need it to
Independent, privately owned facilities. Last-minute changes and deadline shifts resolved with one phone call.
High-quality stapling
We offer precise, consistent wire stitching and trimming for a clean, professional finish. The quality your readers expect, every single edition.
Our Services
Print. Distribute. Done.
Everything a newspaper publisher needs, managed from one place.
Prepress and file management
Colour profile optimisation for newsprint, preflight checking, proofing and approval.
End-to-end distribution
From our facility to newsstands, retail outlets, subscribers and bulk drop points nationwide. Metro, regional and remote.
Subscriber mailing
Address printing, postcode sorting and Australia Post lodgement. Managed from the same production run.
Special editions and inserts
Commemorative editions, lift-out supplements and advertising inserts coordinated alongside your main run.
The Process
Three Steps to a Production Cycle That Works Around You.
Step 1
Tell Us About Your Publication
Share your current specs, volumes and publishing schedule. We review your prepress workflow, distribution requirements and identify anything in your current arrangement that can be improved or savings achieved.
Step 2
Setup
We set up your colour profiles, file specs and distribution requirements. We run a test print of your last edition. You compare quality and process before committing anything further.
Step 3
Ongoing Production
Files in, newspapers out. our account manager handles prepress, press and distribution. You focus on the journalism.
Step 4
Ongoing
You place a regular order for each of your issues. We handle everything after that.
Sustainability
Our Print Facilities Take Environmental Management Seriously
All newsprint comes from sustainably managed forests and is made with a high proportion of recycled material.
Our print facilities use soy-based inks and chemical-free plates, and recycle or reuse nearly all materials used in production.