Business Form Printing North Wales

NCR means No Carbon Required and is now the go-to standard paper for use in multi-part business forms.

It was invented in the early 1950s by two chemists at the National Cash Register Company, Lowell Schleicher and Barry Green but the term NCR is now synonymous with carbonless paper.

Each sheet has a special coating that allows your handwritten message to be transferred onto the sheet below.

The top sheet is coated on the reverse and the bottom sheet is coated on the face.

For triplicate and quadruplicate forms, the middle sheet(s) are coated on both sides but any handwritten message recorded by you is only transferred to the surface of the sheet below.

NCR books and pads are usually bound in bundles of 50 multi-part Sets (see finishing options below) so it is important that the details recorded on one form are not transferred to the next Set.

To prevent this from happening, we provide a sheet of card which is inserted underneath the multi-part Set in use. Alternatively, wraparound covers can be requested and these perform the same function.

A 200gsm sheet of card is usually sufficient to prevent any spoilage of the Set underneath.

Sometimes, it can be helpful if the numbering sequence has a precursor or other identifier which allows users to identify different branches of the business, for example.

As long as the identifier is static (it doesn’t change), there is no extra charge because it is printed as part of the main form.

NCR paper colours range from white, yellow, pink, blue and green.

White is usually reserved for the top sheet and green for the bottom sheet leaving the remaining colours for the middle sheet or sheets.

However, it is possible to use a coloured top sheet and any colour other than green for the bottom sheet although it is slightly more costly to do so.

The most cost-effective ink colour is black but full-colour business form printing is also possible.

It is also possible to have printing on the reverse of the sheet, too. Typically, Terms & Conditions would be printed on the reverse of the customer copy but not on office copies retained by you.

Where T&Cs are required, we recommend they are printed in mid-grey. This enables them to be read without showing through on the sheet and distracting the customer from the all-important information on the front of the form.

Let’s have a quick chat to guide you through all the options available.

Just leave us your name and number and a convenient time to call back and we’ll be in touch.

We retain an electronic copy of your Artwork and your printing instructions indefinitely. Our records will retain the full printing instructions and product specifications for future use.

The unique job record will be detailed on your invoice so please keep it in a safe place ready for when you need some more.

These job record numbers are unique, so it is important to use only the reference number from your most recent order.

Older records will carry historic information which may be out of date and will almost certainly detail an inaccurate numbering sequence. And, possibly, previous Artwork versions too.

These are usually A4 in size and carry 6 or 8 receipts to view and can be used as invoices or receipts.

Butchers’ books are unusual in the respect that the numbering sequence runs across the page before continuing the sequence on the next Set.

 This is because there are six or eight separate forms on each page – each carrying a unique and sequential number.

Other than that, the printing process is the same and the same NCR paper is used as for other standard NCR books and pas.