Specializing in the finest eco-friendly commercial printing services for North America.
MET Fine Printers utilizes decades of experience producing some of North America’s most challenging and beautifully designed commercial printing collateral in every print project we produce whether it is a brand identity, custom packaging, direct mail brochure or fine art print. Our dedication to the finer points of producing commercial printing ensures that the details are covered, the budget is intact and your clients will see the difference that quality makes. We possess the sort of attention to detail that some would say is ridiculous, but more importantly perhaps, we possess the uncanny ability to never, ever settle for “good enough”.
MET is one of the first printers in North America to grasp the amazing potential of UV (Ultra Violet or Light Cured) printing inks and coatings. When everyone else was looking to reduce VOC’s (Volatile Organic Chemicals or Greenhouse Gas) in their printing inks, we eliminated them completely. MET UV inks contain NO VOC’s. Period.
MET Commercial Printing Equipment
Our equipment for traditional (commercial) printing methods range from small sheet fed lithographic presses to our two state of the art UV light cured ink 9 and 10-unit MAN Roland 700 presses with Eagle Eye® technology (pardon the print geek but yeah we’re proud…).
Our pressroom team is unparalleled in their commitment to be the finest commercial sheetfed printing in Canada. We are the first Canadian print shop with each pressman fully GATF certified. Continual training ensures our teams are fully versed in the industries most current (and coolest) techniques and special print FX.
Our MET FX program gives the press crews regular “field testing” time to check new FX or techniques, so long as it advances our craft and offerings. Specialty coatings and varnishes, new materials and environmental techniques are among some of the regular contributors to MET’s print FX series.
Our press team is backed by our cutting edge pre-media department, where your files are prepared and colour managed for optimal print results. Anchored in our Kodak Prinergy workflow, G7 Master colour management and Computer to Plate system using 10 micron Staccato screening (600 lines per inch ‘LPI’ equivalent) on every UV job with our experienced team, no pre-press challenge is too great.
Colour of Commercial Printing
Our philosophy for colour is to make our clients wonder out loud “just why is it our work always looks better with MET?”. Your file settings and colour levels are archived safely if you should need to revise some artwork or reprint critical information.
METs pre-media department provides multiple services from colour correction and custom system work to digital art preparation and editing. We will optimize your files for the finest print result, no matter how it is printed or which substrate you choose. If you require the best advice on creating duo tones, quad tones, touch plates, special effects we will gladly walk you through the process or do it for you. We provide consultation and educational series to keep our clients informed of industries latest software.
Our G7 Master certification ensures a great match between proof + press and consistent appearance across multiple campaign items.
MET pre-media excels working with InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop, Quark Xpress and a host of other graphic, Web-to-Print and fulfillment programs.
