Company History

Ready Print opened for business in 1978 in a small shop on Swayne Street, Cobourg. Two years later they moved to their current location on Spring Street.

This was the heyday of the Quick Printing boom and they gave themselves a target of never missing a deadline and always having a "can do" attitude to any job a customer brought in.

By meeting deadlines and creating trust they quickly earned the business of most of the major factories and organizations in the Cobourg area. The brother team of Rick and Ian Harnden learned the skills of production while the front office was ably run by Bev Chrisomalis.

In 2003 Peter and Renee McLachlan, owners of Paperworks in Port Hope, took over Ready Print and consolidated the two businesses. With their combined buying power and by consolidating the offset printing into one operation, they are able to offer their customers a better price and quicker turnaround than ever before.

At a time when most printing firms took two weeks to print an envelope order, Ready Print commonly prints envelopes within 24-hours. 

We have also put a strong emphasis on employing creative people in our design department so that your project can be personalized to represent your business in the most professional manner.

It seems like every company talks about the importance of customer service, but one of the lasting cornerstones of our business is the way our customers feel about doing business with us. Our dependability and reliability have become very renowned. When you work fast, hardly ever miss a deadline, have fair prices, and treat people with dignity and respect it's hard not to grow your business. That's what we do, and Ready Print currently has many hundreds of active customers in the Cobourg area.

We invite you to consider using our printing firm the next time your company needs printing. There's a reason why we averaged almost 40 new business customers every month for the last 23 years, and we would love the opportunity to demonstrate that for you on your next printing order. You see, we do things very differently than other printers and the big box stores and we believe we can provide the best all-around experience for you if you'll give us a try.