Thumbs up for Netprinter

[Vezelay]

I know online pdf pattern printing has been discussed before here but I'm brand new to it. I realised I had a stack of lovely but unused patterns sitting on my hard drive (probably because despite being a compulsive online sewing shopper I just didn't want to spend too much valuable sewing time on my hands and knees with a roll of scotch tape). Then I watched a Stitchy Bee vlog comparing different UK online pattern companies and had a lightbulb moment. But it would need to be cheap or not worth it - including delivery to me here in Ireland.

First off I emailed a few print shops in Ireland and the only one that bothered to reply wanted €10 a sheet!! My local printer couldn't do it at all - so I moved on.

I uploaded 4 patterns (5 pdf AO sheets) to Netprinter who charge £1.50 a black & white sheet. Plus VAT + delivery to a NI based parcel forwarding service came to £12.50. The parcel forwarding cost the equivalent of £3.50, making a total of £16. So not dirt cheap in the end, but it saved me a ton of print, paper and effort and I must say the printouts are lovely - really nice 60gsm weight paper and good strong print lines for tracing. I asked but they weren't able to turn layers off (only applied to one of my patterns). I think some of the other specialist sewing pdf printing places may do this. Patterns left in your shopping basket vanish overnight and your invoice doesn't show which patterns you've ordered but otherwise the process was easy.
 
So I'm happy with Netprinter. However, I've promised myself I won't buy any more patterns until I've used a good number of the ones I already have, so it'll be a while before I collect another four pdfs (to make the delivery costs worthwhile). And I may look at other online options - I found one somewhere in Europe that looked promising but I've since lost it!

Of course some of the inde pattern houses don't provide a Copyshop version at all so my scotch tape and printer won't be redundant, but I'm now a convert to online printing - never thought I'd say that.

[Stitchalot]

I have just sent off for my second order from them , having been very happy with the first. As you say, a reasonable cost if you do several at the same time. Apart from all the printing and sticking saved, I like that it’s also much easier to store them than the self assembly version.

[Helen M]

Thanks for this Vezelay. I'm starting to think it's time I tried this rather than printing at home.