Our Services

Imagine the ease of dealing with specialists. Imagine the ease of doing the majority of your print tasks electronically. We support electronic files to our web site or via email as well as our Hightail account, in PDF and native application formats.


Trade

Imagine never saying NO to your customers.

At Hornet Press we have developed many long-term relationships with commercial printers. Our ability to undertake specialist jobs in pre-press, printing and finishing means we can be relied upon to fulfill requests that other printers cannot. Our ability to print up to A1 size, with five colours in one pass is one of the many services printers rely on us for. Hornet can help you with free paper stock samples and mock-ups.

We offer competitive quotations on trade work and have an enviable reputation for integrity.

Our trade pricing will help you win the job you’re currently quoting on. The great result will help you win the next one. You can save time with our online quotation system. Simply give us the details and we’ll turnaround a trade price promptly. We always respect our client relationship. Our reputation has been built on our integrity.

Please contact us for your trade printing requirements or request a quote now.


Promotional Products

What type of products can we brand?

When our customers ask what type of products can we brand, our answer is simple. If it requires branding then we can do it.

With millions of promotional and apparel products available worldwide, we find the best product options for your requirements. Rather than supplying you with a catalogue of products to choose from that can quickly become limited or obsolete, we customise your enquiry by providing you with a range of products and price points specific to your requirements and deadlines.


Signage Products

Hornet Press can design, construct and install any type of signage, tailored to suit your business. We provide signage solutions for effective promotion and raising brand awareness, allowing you to reach more people. We also offer signs that are useful for a range of other applications, from window decals, pull up banners, corflutes, flags and point of sale, to external signage with all formats covered.

We can design, produce and install the best signage solutions for your business.


Secure Print Facility

The Hornet Press Secure Print facility is designed and operated to a standard meeting Government Secure Print requirements. Procedural and technological capabilities ensure all entrances and exits are locked and under the exclusive control of its staff. Entry and exit from Hornet Press facilities is managed and audited and the entire facility is under constant video surveillance. Capabilities designed to protect sensitive information for each secure print customer.


Storage Facilities

Why take up valuble space at your business, when Hornet Press can warehouse your stock for you.

Not only is storage with Hornet Press convenient to clear your workspace, customers can save substantially through bulk ordering and reducing internal management costs of stocked product materials.

All warehousing is provided at our premises at 17 Flight Drive, Tullamarine. We have high bay racking available for the storing of client managed items.

Each client is allocated a general area for storage dependent upon their needs. All items are given a unique code for easy identification. The code is generated within our system which also enables us to track usage, reorder levels, version numbers etc. The system also links directly with our online ordering portal, to enable clients to access live data with regard to their items.


The Process

Pre-Press

A great job begins before paper is put on the press.

Our pre-press specialists are supported by state-of-the-art technology and can advise you the best way to achieve an outstanding result.

  • Fully equipped design studio comprising of Mac and PC workstations supporting
    the latest software applications.
  • Heidelberg Prinect Workflow RIP
  • Large format Epson Surecolor P9070 inkjet proofing
  • Heidelberg Suprasetter CTP Computer to Plate – producing A3, A2 and A1 plates.

Please click here to download our Pre-Press requirements.

Printing

From small jobs to large jobs

Our range of printing presses means that we are able to handle your job quickly and cost effectively. Whatever you need, you get a great result, while we minimise wastage and cost.

A3 Offset + Digital

  • GTO ZP52 2 Colour
  • Fuji Xerox Iridesse Production Press
  • Fuji Xerox Versant 3100i Press

A1 Offset

  • 2010 10 Colour Heidelberg Speedmaster Perfector – 720 x 1020mm
  • Ryobi 5 Colour + Coater – 640 x 920mm
  • CIP4-PDCS (Colour Management)
  • Tekton Printflow Spectrodrive (Colour Management)

Large Format

  • Roland RS640
  • CNC Laser Cutter
  • Fujifilm Acuity Led 1600

Finishing & Binding

We’ll help you give your job that added impact.

Our comprehensive binding and finishing department is equipped to handle a broad range of folding, cutting and stitching configurations. Plus we offer a range of specialist finishes including laminating, form-cutting, embossing and more.

Stitching & Trimming Systems

  • OSAKA 6 station & cover feed
  • Heidelberg Stitchmaster ST300 8 Station & Cover
  • Horizon MC80 collation system
  • 5 Folders – Gate & 3 Double Gate/Map Folds
  • Dedicated Crash Folder
  • Mullar 9 Station Gatherer
  • BQ440 PUR Binder
  • HT 70 3 Knife Trimmer
Forme-Cutting & Creasing Systems

  • Heidelberg GT Platen
  • Heidelberg 770 x 540mm cylinder
  • Bobst SP102E Die Cutter with Stripper
  • Bobst Media 45 Folder Gluer
  • Iberica SP105
Bindery

  • Wiro Binding
  • Multi Head Drilling
  • Automatic Laminator
  • Automatic Shrink Wrap Line
  • Cross Strapping
  • Horizon Tagging Counter
  • Toppy Stack Turner
Logistics

  • Warehousing
  • Multiple Delivery Vehicles

Distribution and Storage

Imagine full logistical support to store and distribute your print jobs.

We offer you the facilities to securely store and distribute your print jobs as you need to. Our onsite warehouse and distributing facility, can provide full customised pick and pack services.

Melbourne and metropolitan deliveries are usually handled by our fleet of delivery vehicles, while we have access to competitive freight rates for country and interstate deliveries.


Online Ordering

Once you store items at Hornet Press, we will set you up with a login to our online management portal. This will enable you to;


• View available stock levels of any product.
• Set stock threshold levels for automatic stock re-orders.
• Add items to your cart for picking and packing by our warehouse team within 24 hours of ordering.
• Distribution nation-wide to your specified destination.
• Customised, live reporting on your desktop 24/7.


3PL Logistics

Third-party logistics (or 3PL) refers to the outsourcing of ecommerce logistics processes to a third party business, including inventory management, warehousing, and fulfillment. 3PL with Hornet Press allows our clients to accomplish more, with the tools and infrastructure to automate order fulfillment. Hornet Press will pick/pack and dispatch your required order within 24 hours via our preferred freight partners nationally. We also have a team of Hornet Press drivers that can deliver items in the Melbourne metro area.