Screen print · Packaging · Compostable
We print on paper, plastic, ceramic and cups — cups, sleeves, cartons, mugs, bottles, the lot — and we do it with biodegradable stock and water-based ink. The proof breaks down before the planet does.
What we print on
Same registration, same ink kitchen, same compost-friendly mindset — whatever the substrate.
Hot cups, cold cups, kraft sleeves and fibre lids, printed up to four colours on FSC paperboard with a compostable lining.
Folding cartons, kraft carrier bags and roll labels, screen or litho printed on recycled and recyclable board.
Clamshells, pouches and tubs in PCR or compostable plastic, printed with low-migration, food-safe inks.
Glaze-fired screen printing for ceramic and glass — won't fade, chip, peel or wash off in the dishwasher.
How a job runs
Every screen print job moves through the same four stages, in this order, on every material.
We split your design into colour layers and burn one screen per colour — the fewer the colours, the lighter the run.
Paper, plastic, ceramic or cupstock gets loaded and registered to the press, so every colour lands in exactly the right spot.
Each screen lays down one colour of water-based, low-VOC ink — built up pass by pass until the proof matches the brief.
We heat-set or kiln-fire the ink, then pack the finished run in the same compostable stock we just printed.
The fine print
Four things we won't compromise on, no matter what we're printing on.
Paperboard, lining and cupstock compost in under 90 days, industrial or backyard.
Every ink in the kitchen is water-based — safe enough on the press, safe enough in the ground.
Every sheet of board can be traced back to a responsibly managed forest.
What you print is what ships — no plastic film added at packing.
Why the smile
The circle in our name is the same shape as a proof stamp — and the smile is what we draw on a job once it's checked, registered, and ready to run. It goes on cups and cartons just as readily as it goes on mugs and tiles.
If it's not right, it doesn't get the mark. If it does, it's correct — and it's pressed.
Checked & pressed