North East commercial printer Jasprint closed its doors in July 2026 after 45 years of trading — not because of its own performance, but because its biggest customer went into administration owing it a large debt.
Managing director John Rowell told PrintWeek: “Our closure has come as the result of our biggest customer going into administration owing us a large debt which had a devastating effect on our cash flow. This and the loss of their ongoing business left us with no option other than voluntary liquidation.”
Jasprint had shrunk from a peak of 25 staff to 6 by the time it closed, and its Xerox digital presses — on lease-purchase — are expected to be repossessed. Founded in 1981, the business passed from father to son before finally running out of road.
The lesson isn’t about Jasprint — it’s about the chain reaction
This case is a clean example of something that doesn’t get talked about enough: print supplier failures cascade. One customer’s insolvency took out its printer, whose own suppliers and remaining customers were then left scrambling. If your brochure, catalogue or magazine printer relies heavily on one or two large accounts, their fortunes are quietly part of your risk too — even if your own invoices are always paid on time.
Spreading that risk with print management
This is exactly what a print management relationship protects against. Rather than a direct relationship with one printer — whose stability depends on factors you can’t see, like who else they print for — we manage your job across a vetted network of UK printers. If one link in that chain has a bad year, your work simply routes elsewhere.
Want print that isn’t tied to any single company’s fortunes? Get in touch and we’ll talk through print management for your brochure, catalogue or magazine runs.
Source: Jasprint closes after key customer entered admin, PrintWeek, Hannah Davenport, 4 August 2026.