PDQ Media Solutions Ltd.

For all your pre-press and post press solutions

PDQ Media Solutions Ltd.

For all your pre-press and post press solutions

Digital Asset Management
ePublishing
 
Pre-press & Reprographics
Design & Typesetting
 
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Why use PDQ

  • Quality + Craftsmanship - Here at PDQ we really do care about quality. Not just quality of service, but the quality of the finished product. We have strict quality control policies in place at every level of every project, regardless of size or value.
  • Communication - We won't just tell you what needs to be done. We listen and respond to your feedback at every stage. We realise that the needs of each client will be different, which means our service will be tailored for you and just you.
  • Costs - We keep a very keen eye on costs, because we know that you do too. We provide competitive pricing for any project, by-the-hour, or all-inclusive, that way you know exactly how much, before we begin your project.
  • Project Management - Managing a project successfully is often the most important aspect of our service. We provide exceptionally well honed project management skills that cover initial concepts and ideas to the finished and highly polished product.
  • Advanced Print Knowledge - PDQ's own evolution began in the printing industry and grew from there. You can have total confidence that if it needs to be printed, then PDQ are the company that will get it right.
  • Investment - Always investing……..A combination of HP server hardware, Infortrend storage clusters and LTO6 backup technologies ensures security of your data. Our 200Mb dedicated fibre optic leased line with failover connections provides unrivalled access into PDQ. Running all the latest software packages allows us to take your work straight in.

Our Clients

Digital Asset Management – MediaBank

Your files become assets, when they're too valuable to lose

Why MediaBank?

  • You don't need special software to use our Asset Management Service - you can simply access it through your web browser - anywhere you have an Internet connection.
  • An ideal solution for busy publishing, creative and marketing teams.
  • We make it simple to store, manage and share your digital assets, whilst enabling your team to be more efficient. Freeing-up time for more important things.

Overview

With our Digital Asset Management system, you have a centralised library to store all of your assets. This isn't necessarily just for images, videos or creative work in progress, but also for other departments across your business to store documents such as briefs, presentations and artwork. With everything in one place your team know where to go to find material, and all approved users can access, browse, search and download what they need.

Ingestion of content into MediaBank is as simple as dragging-and-dropping. MediaBank will then automatically generate all the Previews, Thumbnails, and any Transformations defined upon the cataloguing process. This also holds true when it comes to searching, downloading, sharing, modifying, or any other expected asset management function.

Key Features:

  • Everyone who touches the brand has what they need to do their best work
  • Entire solution is web-based, requiring no special software or hardware and very little training
  • Intuitive system, making it easy to share assets both locally and globally
  • Intuitive interface and editor's platform means that minimal training is required to use the system
  • You have full control over who has access to what, making it a secure workplace
  • Send files to external clients for approval
  • Efficient working and reporting

Modules

Asset Manager

  • Supports all file types including images, documents, video, audio, e-mail, etc. with unlimited metadata options
  • Control file edits with versioning while automatically converting multiple renditions of the file
  • Smart folders, associations, and taxonomies intelligently group and relate assets
  • Improve decision making and communication with configurable dashboards and reports
  • Establish seamless integrations with other systems using flexible import and export tools
  • Secure permissions and data structures prevent unwanted access and enable digital rights management

Workflow Manager

  • Define the criteria and dependencies of required tasks to define workflow(s)
  • Attach a project of steps to workflow tasks with due dates and responsibility assignment
  • Manage the performance of marketing campaigns and schedule other important activities
  • Intelligent rules and automated actions streamline manual repetitive tasks

Plugin Manager

  • Work directly within Adobe CC authoring tools such as Photoshop, InDesign, and Illustrator
  • Organize important Microsoft Office documents for the business, including PowerPoint, Word, and Excel
  • Archive e-mails from your Outlook inbox as assets and associate them with customer accounts

Website Manager

  • Utilize online light-boxes to share assets and monitor remote access such as upload and download transactions
  • Plug-ins to standard web page authoring tools establish database-aware content without layout restrictions
  • All the tools needed to create and manage a robust website including shopping carts, hit tracking, etc.

Reporting

MediaBank Gold now incorporates a robust Analytics engine that automatically collects data regarding system and asset usage. All of this information is presented to administrators and users via graphical charts, called Dashboards.

  • Administrators' Dashboards include information such as login sessions by Client type, Asset count by Asset Type, file disk storage usage, search performance, etc. All Administrator Dashboards can be viewed with current information or across a selected historical period, such as last quarter or year.
  • Users' Dashboards include their current count of checkouts, current workflow Tasks, completed workflow Tasks (including early, on-time, and late), downloaded Assets, etc. All User Analytics are presented with the User's current information, their own historical averages, and the historical averages of the Roles for which the User belongs to.
  • MediaBank Reports are built upon its Export capability which provides specified File Renditions and XML files which include Asset metadata information. For Reports, the Asset Renditions and XML information is run against an XSLT style sheet to produce a configurable Text, PDF, or HTML Report. This open, standards-based mechanism provides a great deal of flexibility in customer's ability to customize the output Asset-based Reports.

Adobe Creative Cloud

Users can now work directly through their Creative Suite application. MediaBank's plugins now allow users to perform all their required tasks simply by logging in to MediaBank through the Creative Suite application. MediaBank's plugins also provide an easy way to deconstruct documents for importing.

MediaBank maintains and displays all "Usages" or links that were used in the creation of documents like InDesign, Word, PowerPoint, etc... MediaBank's bidirectional linking will list the assets that are used within a document. Showing the details of an individual asset will display all documents where that asset is currently linked to.

Want To Know More?

If you're excited as we are about MediaBank, and would like to see what it can do for you and your business, get in touch today!

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ePublishing

We can convert your digital content into an eBook that is compatible with modern eBook Readers!

Overview

Using PDQ Digital Media technology your content can be converted into a an ebook compatible with iBooks, Amazon Kindle, Kobo and many other reading devices. We can help you develop a digital strategy, as well as convert the actual content for you.

Key Features:

  • Conversion of existing files to most eReader formats
  • Flexible range of conversion methods from reflowable to fixed layout picture books with read aloud audio
  • Upload of finished ebooks and metadata to your distributors
  • Strict quality control procedures ensure that final output matches quality of original dependant on ebook format required

Want To Know More?

If you're excited as we are about our ePublishing solution, and would like to see a demo of what it can do for you and your business, get in touch today!

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About PDQ Media

A little bit about us.

Overview

We're technologically led but we never forget the personal touch. We have the expertise, we have the capabilities and creativity, but most important of all, we have the people. Each and every member of the PDQ team is aware that the most important thing we can do is satisfy you, the customer.

We'll deal with your enquiries efficiently. We'll keep you informed of progress. And should there ever be any problem, no matter how minor, we'll resolve it quickly and satisfactorily.

History

PDQ was born in 1992, and over the years we've built up an enviable reputation in digital media. We count among our clients some of the biggest names in publishing and print, alongside them, we also work with small, local businesses, helping them to squeeze the most out of their modest budgets.

We've many years of experience providing the complete creative and pre-press solution for publishers, printers and agencies. Our investment in digital asset management brings together image/data capture and storage technologies from the best available in the world, and has been developed out of our work for clients who increasingly require the efficient control of everything from raw-photographs to high end HD-Video. However, we've not neglected our traditional skills. We still have our in-house scanning department.

Why Use PDQ?

  • Quality + Craftsmanship - Here at PDQ we really do care about quality. Not just quality of service, but the quality of the finished product. We have strict quality control policies in place at every level of every project, regardless of size or value.
  • Communication - We won't just tell you what needs to be done. We listen and respond to your feedback at every stage. We realise that the needs of each client will be different, which means our service will be tailored for you and just you.
  • Costs - We keep a very keen eye on costs, because we know that you do too. We provide competitive pricing for any project, by-the-hour, or all-inclusive, that way you know exactly how much, before we begin your project.
  • Project Management - Managing a project successfully is often the most important aspect of our service. We provide exceptionally well honed project management skills that cover initial concepts and ideas to the finished and highly polished product.
  • Advanced Print Knowledge - PDQ's own evolution began in the printing industry and grew from there. You can have total confidence that if it needs to be printed, then PDQ are the company that will get it right.
  • Investment - Always investing……..A combination of HP server hardware, Infortrend storage clusters and LTO6 backup technologies ensures security of your data. Our 200Mb dedicated fibre optic leased line with failover connections provides unrivalled access into PDQ. Running all the latest software packages allows us to take your work straight in.

Prepress & Reprographics

From digital image scanning to press-ready FOGRA certified PDF output and proofing

Overview

We offer a group of prepress professionals, ready to start work on your next project. We can handle all your prepress needs, from scanning, through to the creation of press ready pdfs, or even film output. Regardless of the size of your project, timescales for delivery or complexity, our prepress group will always ensure that your projects are completed to the highest quality and that your business objectives are met.

Our prepress group covers a vast array of services, which we believe are key to providing the best overall package.

Key Features:

  • Graphic design and layout - From concept to printed product.
  • Photography - Our small studio is great for pack shots, and we'll happily arrange commissions off-site.
  • Artworking - Our team of artworkers check every fine detail ensuring that every last element is passed for press.
  • Scanning - Specialising in high quality scanning, digital capture and retouching.
  • PDF creation - Our processes enable us to produce press ready pdfs which have been checked by industry standard software.
  • XML conversion - Enables us to convert freely between text and XML formats. This allows a straightforward interchange between print and web designs.
  • Advanced photoshop - Image manipulation and colour correction.
  • Large format printing - We can output up to 42 inches wide on a range of materials.

Design & Typesetting

From concept to finished product

Overview

Our creative group covers a vast array of services, which we believe are key to providing the best overall package.

Graphic design and layout - Doing what we do best. We'll create and develop the concept through to the final product giving you the upper-hand over your business competitors.

Key Features:

  • Regardless of the size of your project, timescales for delivery or complexity, our creative team will always ensure that your projects are completed to the highest quality and that your business objectives are met.
  • Our creative group covers a vast array of services, which we believe are key to providing the best overall package.
  • Graphic design and layout - Doing what we do best. We'll create and develop the concept through to the final product giving you the upper-hand over your business competitors.
  • Creativity - Our group of creatives are always on the lookout for a new challenge. Our professional training and experience enables us to put a smile on our client's face, which for us is priceless.
  • Typesetting - Our pricing is extremely competitive giving us the ability to compete with the overseas market.
  • Artworking - Our team of artworkers check every fine detail ensuring that every last element is passed for press.
  • Communication - Knowing that all client's requirements are completely different, we aim to understand your needs both from a personal and corporate level. We'll listen to you every step of the way ensuring that we are working with you at all times.

Legal Stuff

Also known as the small print, terms and conditions and company policy

Company Name: PDQ Digital Media Solutions Ltd.

Company Registration No. 03231387 (Registered In the UK.)

Registered Address: PDQ Digital Media Solutions Ltd., Dunelm House, 65 Lower Olland Street, Bungay, Suffolk, NR35 1BY

Data Protection: We comply with all applicable UK Data Protection Laws. We do not ever sell or pass-on information gathered on this site to any third parties.

1. DEFINITIONS

In these conditions (unless the context otherwise requires)

1.1 "Contract" shall mean the contract between the Company and the Customer for the supply of Work, and these conditions of business.

1.2 "Company" shall mean PDQ or any subsidiary thereof (which expression shall have the meaning ascribed to it by section 736 of the Companies Act 1985) as shall contract with the Customer for the supply of work.

1.3 "Customer" shall mean the person, firm or company contracting for the Work.

1.4 "Work" shall mean the services undertaken by the Company for, and goods supplied to the Customer from time to time, and shall include, but not be limited to, the production and supply of materials and goods (together with all ancillary service related thereto).

2. ACCEPTANCE OF ESTIMATES

Estimates given by the Company shall be deemed to be withdrawn unless the Company receives notice of Customer's acceptance in writing within 30 days from the date hereof.

3. COST VARIATION

Estimates are based on current costs of production and are subject to amendment by the Company on or at any time after acceptance to meet any rise or fall in such costs. Additional charges may be made to cover any extra work involved where copy supplied is not clear or legible.

4. VALUE ADDED TAX

Where applicable Value Added Tax will be charged whether or not included in the estimates or invoice.

5. PRELIMINARY WORK

Work carried out at the Company's request whether experimentally or otherwise will be subject to an additional charge.

6. PROOFS

Author's and Customer's corrections, including alterations in style, and the cost of additional proofs necessitated by such corrections will incur an additional charge unless specifically included in the estimate. Proofs of all work may be submitted for Customer's and/or author's approval, and in that event no responsibility will be accepted for any errors in them not corrected by

the author or Customer as the case may be.

7. DELIVERY & PAYMENT

7.1 In the absence of the express written agreement of the Company to the contrary and in consideration of the Company accepting instructions from the Customer which first places an order, such Customer will be primarily liable for all sums due to the Company in respect of such order irrespective of whether or not such Customer is acting as principal or as agent.

7.2 Due date for payment of Work shall be upon delivery of Work to the Customer or the Customer's nominee.

7.3 If payment is not made on the due date the Company, without prejudice to its other rights hereunder, shall be entitled to charge, in addition to any monies due hereunder, interest on the overdue outstanding amount at the rate of 4% above the base rate of Lloyds TSB plc from time to time in force from the date the monies first become due until the outstanding amount is paid.

7.4 Risk in the Work shall pass to Customer when delivered to Customer or on notification that the Work has been completed whichever first occurs.

7.5 Should expedited delivery be agreed and require overtime or any other additional costs an extra charge may be made.

7.6 Should Work be suspended at the request or delayed through default of the Customer for a period of 30 days or more the Company shall be entitled to payment for the Work already carried out and material specially ordered, and may terminate the Contract on giving the Customer 14 days notice in writing.

7.7 The Company reserves the right to issue invoices to the Customer for work completed or materials of Services purchased by the Company pursuant to the execution of this contract and the Customer acknowledges that such invoices shall become due for payment on the terms herein contained.

8. CLAIMS

8.1 Claims arising from damage, delay or partial loss of Work in transit must be made in writing to the Company and the carrier so as to reach them within 3 days of delivery and claims for non-delivery within 7 days of despatch of Work.

8.2 The Customer shall inspect the Work forthwith on delivery and any claim against the Company by reason of any defect in or damage to the Work shall be made within a reasonable time thereafter not being more than 7 days from the date of delivery.

8.3 All other claims must be made to the Company within 10 days of delivery.

9. LIABILITY

9.1 Customers exclusive remedy for damaged or defective Work (howsoever caused, and including negligence), shall be the Company's election, be limited either to the repair or replacement of such Work.

9.2 Other than as provided in this condition 9, the Company shall not be liable for loss or damage caused arising directly or indirectly in connection with this Contract, the Work or completing of the Work, and for any loss to the Customer from delay on delivery of the Work (howsoever arising).

9.3 Notwithstanding the provisions of this condition 9 or anything else contained in the Contract, in no event shall the Company's liability exceed the value of the amount of charges payable to the Company by the Customer with respect to the particular Work which is the subject to the claim provided however that nothing contained in these conditions shall have effect so as to exclude or restrict the Company's liability for death or personal injury resulting from its negligence.

10. STANDING MATTER

10.1 Metal, film, glass and other materials used by the Company on the production of type, plates, moulds, film setting, stereotypes, electrotypes, negatives, positives and the like shall remain the Company's exclusive property.

10.2 Type may be distributed and lithographic, photographic or other work effected immediately after the Work is completed unless written arrangements are made to the contrary. In the latter event rent may be charged.

11. CUSTOMER'S PROPERTY

11.1 Customer's property and all property supplied to the Company by or on behalf of the Customer will be held, and carried at the Customer's sole risk and the Company shall not be liable for any loss or damage to such property howsoever caused and the Customer should incur accordingly.

11.2 The Company may make a reasonable charge for storage of any Customer's property left with the Company before receipt of the Work or after notification to the Customer of completion of the work, whichever first occurs.

12 MATERIALS SUPPLIED BY THE CUSTOMER

12.1 The Company may reject any paper, plates or other materials supplied or specified by the Customer which appear to the Company to be unsuitable. An additional charge may be made if such materials are found to be unsuitable during production.

12.2 Where such materials are supplied or specified by the Customer responsibility for defective Work will not be accepted by the Company unless this is due to failure to use reasonable skill and care.

12.3 Quantities of materials supplied by the Customer shall be adequate to cover normal trialling, spoilage and wastage.

13. TERMINATION OF CONTRACT

In the event that in the Company's opinion, the Customer's financial position becomes unsatisfactory, or if the Customer ceases to pay its debts in the ordinary course of business, or cannot pay its debts as they become due, or being a company is deemed to be unable to pay its debts, or has a winding-up petition issued against it or being an individual commits an act of bankruptcy, or has a bankruptcy petition issued against them or the Customer is in breach of any of its obligations arising under the Contract (or where any of the above events appear to the Company to be likely to occur), the Company shall, without prejudice to its other remedies, have the right to terminate the Contract forthwith or materials purchased for the Customer, such charge to be an immediate debt due to the Company.

14. LIEN

Without prejudice to other remedies whether under this Contract or otherwise, the Company shall, in respect of all debts due from the Customer whether under this Contract or otherwise and whether or not due for payment have a lien on all goods and property in its possession belonging to the Customer (whether worked or not) and whether or not in the possession of the Company under this Contract and shall be entitled to the expiration of 14 days' notice to dispose of such goods or property as it thinks fit and to apply any proceeds towards such debts.

15. PROPERTY

15.1 The Company retains ownership of the Work and shall be entitled to dispose of the Work (or any part thereof) until

15.1.1 The Company has received unconditional payment in full for all the Work or

15.1.2 Property in the Work passes to a purchaser from the Customer by way of bona fida sale at full market value.

15.2 If payment is overdue in whole or in part the Company may recover or resell the Work and for that purpose the Company and persons authorised by it are irrevocably licensed to enter the Customer's premises or any other premises where the Company believes Work to be.

15.3 Until such time as ownership in the Work passes in accordance with Condition 15.1 above, the Customer shall at all times store and keep the Work clearly identified as being the property of the Company.

15.4 Notwithstanding the provisions of Condition 15.1 above, the Company shall be entitled, as its election and at any time, to transfer title in the Work, to the Customer, and without prejudice to any other remedies the Company may have, sue for the price thereof.

16. ILLEGAL MATTER

16.1 The Company shall not be required to print any matter which in its sole opinion is or may be of an illegal nature or an infringement of any third party rights.

16.2 The Customer shall indemnify and hold harmless the Company from and against all actions, proceedings, costs, claims, demands and expenses (including all reasonable legal expenses) whatsoever suffered or incurred by the Company of the Work containing any matter of a defamatory nature or being an infringement of any third party rights, including but not limited to copyright, patent, design and trademark.

17. PERIODICAL PUBLICATION

A contract relating to a periodical publication may be terminated at any time by either party giving to the other written notice as follows:

Nature of Publication Minimum length of notice Weekly, Fortnightly, Monthly - 13 weeks

Two Monthly, Quarterly - 26 weeks

18. FORCE MAJEURE

Every effort will be made by the Company to carry out the Contract but its due performances is subject to postponement or cancellation by the Company as it may find necessary as a result of inability to secure labour, materials, or supplies or as a result of any act of God, war, strike, lockout or other industrial dispute, fire, flood, drought, legislation or other cause (whether of the foregoing class or not) beyond the Company's control. Any such postponement or cancellation shall be without liability to the Customer or any third party.

19. CONSTRUCTION OF CONTRACT

Neither the Contract nor these conditions shall be modified without written agreement of a duly authorised representative of the Company and these conditions shall govern the construction of the Contract, notwithstanding any inconsistencies which may arise as between these conditions and any other terms and conditions that the Customer may seek to impose. These conditions and all other express terms of Contract shall constitute the entire understanding agreement between the Company

and the Customer and no representations or warranties express or implied statutory or otherwise made by or on behalf of the Company or the Customer to the other party, in connection with or arising out of the Work and which are not contained in these conditions or such other express terms of the Contract shall give rise to any liability on the part of the maker thereof.

20. LAW

These conditions and all other express terms of the Contract shall be governed and construed in accordance with the Laws of England and the Customer hereby submits to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the English Courts.

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About Us

PDQ Digital Media Solutions Ltd.
Dunelm House
65 Lower Olland Street
Bungay
Suffolk
NR35 1BY

Tel: +44 (0) 1986 89 6128
Email: sales@pdqmedia.co.uk

+44 (0) 1986 896128 sales@pdqmedia.co.uk

Digital Asset Management ePublishing Prepress + Reprographics Design + Typesetting

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