Passport Photos with a Personal Service in Coventry

Posted on March 23, 2011 by

In Coventry and need a Passport or ID photo? Urgently?

Fed up with trying to use unreliable photo booths? Want to make sure that the photo is just right?

Then we have the answer to your problems!

We can do your passport or ID photos for you in our shop with our dedicated Sony passport and ID camera and instant photo printer.

The camera is designed specifically for passport and ID photos and we use the correct colour backdrop.

We will take the photo for you and show you what it looks like for your approval before printing 4 identical photos for you.

Prices for 4 identical photos

ID Photos for bus passes, student IDs, Taxi Driver ID badges, other ID photos £4.99

Passport Photos – British Specification £5.99 (we can cut them to size too!)

Passport/Visa Photos – Non-British Specification £6.99 (if possible)

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Passport Photo Guarantee

These days it is important to make sure that you have photos that meet the strict criteria for size, colour and composition set by the passport office.

We offer a no-quibble guarantee to take your photo again free of charge if, for any reason, the photo is rejected by the passport office. All you need to do is return the original photos with an explanation as to what is wrong. It’s worth pointing out that it’s a very rare event though!

Note: We do NOT offer a guarantee on other photos. You need to take responsibility for whether or not the photo is to your liking for simple ID photos before we print it.

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Photo Prints available in an Instant

Posted on March 23, 2011 by

We’ve now had our in-store Sony photo printing kiosk for just over a year and it is proving very popular with our regular customers.

If you’ve been on holiday or taken photos at a special occasion but not printed them out yet then this is the perfect service for you. The kiosk is intended to be self-service, but we are always available to help you if you need.

All you need to do is remove the camera memory card from your camera and insert it into the kiosk. The kiosk finds and displays all of the photos. From there you use the LCD Touch screen to choose the ones you’d like to print. The cost of the prints is displayed as you choose them so that you can keep an eye on what you’re spending. If you like you can crop, rotate, convert to black and white or sepia and add a matte finish if you prefer. You can even remove ‘red eye’.

The Sony Snaplab kiosk can print three sizes: 6″x4″, 7″x5″ or 8″x6″.

The kiosk can also read images from CDs, DVDs and memory sticks. If you’ve got photos on your mobile phone you can send them to the kiosk via Bluetooth.

A 6″x4″ instant print takes around 8 seconds to print and if you’ve got several prints to do the kiosk will give you an estimated time for the printing. Some customers plan to go away, do some shopping for a few minutes and then come back once they are done ….. easy!

Prices vary depending on the size and number of prints you choose. However, we are competitive for an instant print service and so there is no need to venture into any of the superstores or pay for parking in town in order to get better prices!

Customer Feedback

We regularly (on a weekly basis) receive comments from our customers who have tried other kiosks in the very large chemists and city centre photographic retail chains. They all say that they prefer the quality of the prints from our kiosk.

So – for high quality instant photo prints in Coventry, look no further – come along to Phoenix Office and Printer Supplies in Earlsdon Street. Call us on (024) 7667 4621 if you want to know more.

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Brother MFC J415W Multifunction Fax has now arrived

Posted on March 22, 2011 by

From time to time we do still get requests for fax machines but almost always our customers want a multifunction facility too. We’ve been scouting around to find one that offers all of the features you’re likely to want as well as a fax facility. Here it is …..

£105.00 Incl. VAT – with your first two empty cartridge refills for free

As you can see, it’s a nice looking machine and offers the following main features:

  • Wireless capability (easy to set up)
  • Small Footprint, compact design so that it fits easily on most desk tops
  • Fast 28/35ppm Colour/Mono Print Speed
  • 15 sheet ADF (Automatic Document Feeder) on top
  • 100 sheet capacity in normal paper cassette
  • Fast Fax
  • Media Card centre
  • Borderless Printing up to A4
  • Brother iprintandscan app for your iphone or android smartphone available for free download.

AND ….. A feature that many of our repeat customers consider to be very important ……..

WE CAN PROFESSIONALLY REFILL THE CARTRIDGES!

Refills cost £6 for the black and £4.75 for each colour

We’ve got these Multifunction fax/printers in stock now and more arriving soon.

Call in for a no-obligation chat to see if these printers suit your needs or call us on 024 7667 4621

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Mad Hamster Runs for Charity!

Posted on March 21, 2011 by

Last year we supported Stuart Kettell in his ‘David Blaine’ Style week suspended in a glass box charity challenge.

One year on, he’s at it again! Stuart is, once again, trying to raise as much money as possible for Macmillan Cancer Support. This time he is running a marathon a day inside a ‘hamster wheel’. The wheel is on one side of a see-saw. On the other side is a donation box. As people add their coins to the donation box the see-daw will start to tip. Stuart is expecting to run for 7 days before the see saw tips and his challenge is over.

Vicky designed this artists’ impression for Stuart to use on his website and when promoting his latest challenge.

Staurt is hoping to raise around £8000 for Macmillan Cancer Support this year. He is a great guy and has been a customer of ours for nearly 10 years. If you are going into town this week please head for broadgate in Coventry to offer your support and be a generous as you can be.

For more information about Staurts’ latest challenge, to make an online donation and to see what else he’s done for Macmillan Cancer Support you can follow this link to his web page. http://willthemadfoolmakeit.co.uk/

Vicky (Our own Vicky …. of Phoenix and Victoria Jane Photography!) often works along-side Stuart who runs Kettell Video Productions in Coventry. She is doing the photography for him this week. She will be there next Sunday afternoon when Stuart is hoping his challenge will end in success.

Can’t get there but want to make a donation?

You can, of course, make an online donation (above link). We’ll also be supporting Stuart and Macmillan Cancer Support throughout the week’s challenge. If you want to bring a donation into the shop we’ll gladly take it along on your behalf. Just pop into the shop before Saturday.

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Fantastic Introductory Offer on Brother Hand-Held Label Printer PT1090

Posted on March 21, 2011 by

We’ve got a fantastic Offer on a new hand-held labeller (Save £15).

Price

Our Normal Price will eventaully be £40

Our Introductory Offer Price during March is only £25

Key Features

  • Great design (black and white)
  • Prints Instantly
  • Change Fonts and Text Size
  • Very Easy to Use
  • Battery operated (AAA)
  • Great choice of waterproof self-adhesive labels available

Who Might Benefit?

Quick answer – just about everyone! Here are some examples that we’ve come across so far …….

Care Homes, Hospices, Residential Homes – Label your laundry with iron on fabric tape

Electricians and Plumbers – Great for labelling tool boxes, pipes, plugs, sockets, fuse boxes, small component drawers

Engineering firms – Label materials storage shelves, tool boxes, small component drawers

Offices – Label drawers, filing cabinets, box files, personnel files, ring, stationery drawers

Schools and Colleges – Label children’s drawers or lockers, classroom drawers, prep room storage shelves, etc.

Scouts, Cubs, Football, Netball, Hockey teams – label laundry, uniforms, sports and adventure equipment storage

Take a few seconds to think about it and I’m sure that you’ll think of many uses that I haven’t come across yet. We’ve sold around 20 of these labellers in the last week and we’ve got 10 left at the time of writing.

Some people who bought one a week ago have come back to buy more! It’s First come, First served! We don’t know how long our ‘Brother’ suppliers will support us in being able to offer these great machines at such a fantastic introductory price.

TZ Tapes

We are stocking the following Self-Adhesive tapes, all 12mm width (other widths <12mm are also available). These are all highly water resistant and come in 8m lengths. Prices are between £12 and £16 (depending on the tape)

  • Black on White (Print black onto white tape!)
  • Black on Yellow
  • Black on Blue
  • Black on Green
  • Black on Red
  • Black on Clear (See through tape but black printing)
  • Fabric (Back on Iron-on fabric)

All tapes come in a cassette that you simply click into the label printer. It takes less than 30 seconds to change a tape…. Brilliant!

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We are now Refilling Brother LC985 ink cartridges

Posted on February 23, 2011 by

We now have the correct ink for the new range of Brother LC985 cartridges and we can professionally refill them for you.

Current Availability

We have plenty of pre-refilled stock and so if you bring your empty cartridge in to the shop we will be able to give you a refilled one straight away.

Refill Volumes and Method

We are refilling these cartridges to their full volume which means that they have at least as much ink as they did when Brother originally made them. Our unique refill technique means that apart from the new Phoenix markings and labels you would never know that they’d been refilled (No holes, no damage etc) which means that they will fit your printer and they will work!

The LC985 cartridges fit most of the new range of Brother Printer, Scanner, Copiers including the ones that we sell.

Refill Prices

We refill the cartridges at £6 for the black and £4.75 for each colour.

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New Range of Brother Printers in Stock – All with Refillable Ink Cartridges

Posted on February 4, 2011 by

We’ve now got a great range of Brother inkjet printers in stock, ranging from £69.99 to £125. They are all multifunction machines (print, scan, copy) and all but the base model are Wireless.

Read more about them here

And the great thing is:

WE CAN REFILL THE PRINTER CARTRIDGES IN ALL OF THEM!

And another great thing is:

Buy one of these printers from us now and we’ll refill your first two empty cartridges for FREE!

Call in for a chat and a no-obligation demonstration or telephone us on 024 7667 4621

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Special Offers on all inkjet printers we sell

Posted on November 28, 2010 by

We’ve just introduced special offers on all Brother and Canon inkjet printers that we sell.

Offers include free refills and/or money off.

You can view the specific offers with descriptions of each printer on the previous blog post shown below ……….

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New Canon and Brother Printers are now in stock and ready to view

Posted on October 27, 2010 by

We are very careful about which printers we buy in and then sell to our customers. As you’ve probably gathered, we like Canon and Brother ink jet printers but even then we are quite particular about which ones we sell. Our current range of inkjet printers is as follows:

Brother DCP 197c £69.99

(Special Offer – Buy now and we’ll refill your first two empty cartridges for free OR you can have a free extended 3 year Brother warranty – You choose!)

Brother DCP197c Multifunction Only £69.99

Significant Features:

  • 6000 dpi at droplet sizes as low as 1.5 picolitre – High quality photo prints
  • 4 separate ink cartridges – only replace the colour you’ve actually used – saves money
  • We can reliably refill the cartridges to save you even more!
  • Small foot print, so suitable for home/small offices
  • USB host and media card centre
  • Print speeds up to 33ppm Mono and 27ppm Colour (not based on the new ISO ESAT comparison)

You can view the full specifications by visiting the relevant page of Brother’s website by clicking here

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Canon Pixma ip3600 £79.00

Special Offer – Buy now and we’ll refill your first 4 empty cartridges for free!


£79.00 high quality ip3600 printer

Significant features:

  • 9600 dpi at droplet sizes as low as 1 picolitre – virtually grain-free photo prints, very high quality
  • 5 separate ink cartridges to minimise wastage and save you money
  • We can reliably refill the cartridges to save you even more!
  • Two paper trays so you can have photo paper and plain paper in the printer at the same time

Read Canon’s Specifications on this printer by visiting their official website here

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Canon MG5150 £99.99

Special Offer – Buy now and we’ll give you 10% off your genuine Canon Cartridges throughout 2011!


Canon Pixma MG5150 Multifunction £99.99

Significant Features (Info Copied from Canon’s website)

  • 5 Single Inks & 9600dpi
  • ISO ESAT 9.7/6.1 ipm mono/col
  • Full HD Movie Print
  • 10x15cm photo in 39 sec
  • Auto Duplex print & 2-way paper feeding
  • Easy-WebPrint EX
  • Intuitive interface with 6.0cm display
  • CREATIVE PARK PREMIUM (Only available when using genuine Canon cartridges)
  • Auto Photo Fix II & Auto Document Fix
  • ChromaLife100+ ink

Note: We can not refill the cartridges for this printer yet and we are not aware of any compatibles being available. This doesn’t mean that we never will have any cheaper alternatives but they are likely to be a few months off (No guarantees!). It’s still a great printer though and one we are very happy to sell.

Read Canon’s Specifications on this printer by visiting their official website here

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Brother DCPJ315W £89.99

Special Offer – Buy now and we’ll extend your 1 year warranty to three years for FREE. (Brother warranty upgrade is worth around £35)

DCPJ315W Wireless Multifunction £89.99 with Brother Warranty extended to 3 years for Free

 

Key Benefits (Lifted directly from Brother’s website)

  • Save time with fast 28/35ppm colour/mono print speed
  • Compact size – Ideal desktop device
  • Lab quality photo’s in 49 seconds
  • Easy wireless set-up, plus extra peace of mind with the latest wireless security
  • Print without limits with borderless colour printing
  • Easily enhance photos with the 4.8cm LCD screen
  • Individual inks to help keep costs down – replace only the one that’s run out
  • Don’t lose any detail, with up to 19200 x 19200dpi colour scan resolution
  • Built In media card centre (Print & Scan)
  • Includes free photo editing software
  • Added peace of mind with free 12-month warranty and lifetime technical support
  • Green and clean technology that meets Energy Star & Blue Angel environmental standards

Important Note: Refilling the Cartridges

We found out from our in k supplier that we can now refill the printer cartridges for this printer. Prices TBA and will be announced this week but you will save money!

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Brother DCPJ515W £110.00

Special Offer: Buy this printer now and we’ll offer you a free extended Brother warranty – extended to 3 years, normally costs £35

DCP515W Wireless Multifunction with Brother 3 years extended Warranty for Free

Key Benefits (completely lifted from the Brother website)

  • Save time with fast 28/35ppm colour/mono print speed
  • Compact size – Ideal desktop device
  • Lab quality photo’s in 49 seconds
  • Easy wireless set-up, plus extra peace of mind with the latest wireless security
  • Print without limits with borderless colour printing
  • Easily enhance photos with the larger 8.2cm TFT LCD screen
  • Individual inks to help keep costs down – replace only the one that’s run out
  • Dedicated 20 sheet tray for photo paper
  • Don’t lose any detail, with up to 19200 x 19200dpi colour scan resolution
  • Built In media card centre (Print & Scan)
  • FREE iPhone, iPad, Android app available
  • Green and clean technology that meets Energy Star & Blue Angel environmental standards
  • Added peace of mind with free 12-month warranty and lifetime technical support (we will extend to 3 years if you buy before Christmas)
  • Includes free photo editing software

Important Note: Refilling the Cartridges

We found out from our ink supplier that we can now refill the printer cartridges for this printer. Prices TBA and will be announced this week but you will save money!

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Brother DCPJ715W £120.00

Special Offer: Buy this printer now and we’ll offer you a free extended Brother warranty – extended to 3 years, normally costs £35

DCPJ715W Wireless Multifunction on offer with Brother Warranty extended to 3 years for Free

Key Benefits (Lifted completely from the Brother Website)

  • Save time with fast 28/35ppm colour/mono print speed
  • Compact size – Ideal desktop device
  • Lab quality photo’s in 30 seconds
  • Easy wireless set-up, plus extra peace of mind with the latest wireless security
  • Print without limits with borderless colour printing
  • Easily enhance photos with the larger 8.2cm TFT LCD screen
  • 15 sheet Automatic Document Feeder
  • Individual inks to help keep costs down – replace only the one that’s run out
  • Dedicated 20 sheet tray for photo paper
  • Choose how to connect with Media Card, PictBridge and USB Host options built-in
  • Don’t lose any detail, with up to 19200 x 19200dpi colour scan resolution
  • Green and clean technology that meets Energy Star & Blue Angel environmental standards
  • Includes free photo editing software
  • FREE iPhone, iPad, Android app available
  • Network Ready
  • Added peace of mind with free 12-month warranty and lifetime technical support (We will extend to 3 years if you buy before Christmas!)

Note: Refilling the Ink Cartridges

We can reliably refill the ink cartridges for this printer and save you a significant amount of money compared to buying new.

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Canon MG5250 £149.99

Special Offer- Buy now and we’ll give you 10% off your genuine Canon Cartridges throughout 2011!

Canon Pixma MG5150 Wireless Multifunction £149.99

Significant Features (Most Info copied from Canon’s website)

  • 5 Single Inks & 9600dpi
  • Wi-Fi (Wireless connectivity if you wish)
  • Print onto the surface of printable DVDs, CDs and Blu-Ray discs
  • ISO ESAT 11/9.3 ipm mono/col
  • 10x15cm photo in 20 sec
  • Full HD Movie Print
  • Auto Duplex print, 2-way paper feeding & Direct Disc print
  • Easy-WebPrint EX
  • Intuitive interface with 6.0cm TFT display
  • CREATIVE PARK PREMIUM (available only when using genuine canon Ink Cartridges)
  • Auto Photo Fix II

Note: We can not refill the cartridges for this printer yet and we are not aware of any compatibles being available. This doesn’t mean that we never will have any cheaper alternatives but they are likely to be a few months off (No guarantees!). It’s still a great printer though and one we are very happy to sell.

Read Canon’s Specifications on this printer by visiting their official website here

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Canon MG6150 £199.99

Special Offer – Buy now and we’ll give you 10% off your genuine Canon Cartridges throughout 2011!

Canon Pixma MG6150 Multifunction - Only £199.99

Significant Features (Some info lisfted from Canon’s own website)

 

  • Intelligent Touch System with light-guided operation
  • 6 Single Inks with grey (to improve black and white/grey scale photo prints)
  • 9600dpi 1pl; 10x15cm photo in 20sec
  • Full HD Movie Print
  • ISO ESAT speed 12.5/9.3 ipm mono/col
  • Ethernet and Wi-Fi
  • Auto Duplex, Direct Disc print
  • 4800dpi scanner
  • ChromaLife100+

Note: We can not refill the cartridges for this printer yet and we are not aware of any compatibles being available. This doesn’t mean that we never will have any cheaper alternatives but they are likely to be a few months off (No guarantees!). It’s still a great printer though and one we are very happy to sell.

Read Canon’s Specifications on this printer by visiting their official website here

 

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Canon and Brother introduce new Printers – Watch this space!

Posted on September 28, 2010 by

Some of our favourite printers from both Canon and Brother have been discontinued this month and we are soon to receive their replacements.

I had a really good meeting with  our account manager from Brother UK yesterday and have agreed to stock 4 new multifunction inkjet models, one mono laser printer and two label printers. Details to follow shortly.

Meanwhile, our stocks of the Canon MP560 are VERY low and when they are gone, they are gone! …. for good!

We’ve just received literature from Canon about the new models but we are yet to find out more. We are very interested in some of the new features that appear to be on offer, for example, the ability to print a still image from an HD camcorder! Now that could be worth a look! Again, We’ll post more information when we’ve got it.

Gary

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