Crowborough, East Sussex · TN6
Specifying CCTV systems for a print shop
Expensive printing and finishing equipment, paper stock and customer proofs create a target for theft, while confidential customer documents raise a separate data-handling concern. This page sets out what a Crowborough print shop should be asking for, and where DVR and NVR recording systems fit into it.
- Sector: print shops
- Lead service: CCTV systems
- Exposure: Trading hours, with equipment and stock most exposed overnight.
Primary risk
Expensive printing and finishing equipment, paper stock and customer proofs create a target for theft, while confidential customer documents raise a separate data-handling concern.
First priority
Counter and till camera
Common pitfall
Leaving confidential customer proofs and documents on open shelving accessible to anyone passing through the workshop, undermining any data-handling assurances given to clients.
The loss pattern on this type of site
Expensive printing and finishing equipment, paper stock and customer proofs create a target for theft, while confidential customer documents raise a separate data-handling concern.
Exposure window: Trading hours, with equipment and stock most exposed overnight.
The role of DVR and NVR recording systems
The two main recorder types behind a CCTV system: a DVR processes analogue camera signals over coaxial cable, while an NVR receives already-digitised video from IP cameras over a network.
- Mixed sites needing a considered choice between the two rather than a default
- Upgrades to existing analogue coax cabling, which favours a DVR
Where the budget goes first
- Counter and till camera
- Standard protection for cash handling and order disputes at the front desk.
- Equipment room camera or access control
- Large-format printers and finishing equipment are expensive and specific targets for theft.
What that approach will not do
Being straight about the boundary costs less than discovering it after an incident.
- Recording retention is limited by hard drive size and camera resolution, and higher resolution shortens it.
What the paperwork demands
This is an obligation that changes the specification for print shops, not an optional extra.
- Public-facing counters recording customers require visible signage
The other route
- Cloud-recorded CCTV
- On-site theft of the recorder is a specific concern or off-site access is a priority.
What usually goes wrong first time
Leaving confidential customer proofs and documents on open shelving accessible to anyone passing through the workshop, undermining any data-handling assurances given to clients.
The support call this sector makes most: noticeable delay or lag viewing IP cameras remotely
Once a system has been in a while, reduce lag when viewing IP cameras over a network or remotely is a common reason for a print shop to ring.
Usually it comes down to wireless link between camera and network adding delay, a camera connected over a weak or congested wireless link adds retransmission delay on top of any network-wide latency.
Before booking anyone, check how many camera channels are being viewed simultaneously when lag is worst.
Local notes for Crowborough
Property around Crowborough station is largely Victorian and Edwardian villas and 1930s detached, which is worth saying on the phone so we arrive with the right access equipment.
Crowborough questions we get asked
Specifying CCTV systems for a print shop
Local detail for Crowborough
- Written specification supplied with every quotation
- Takeover and repair of systems installed by others
- Domestic and commercial work handled by the same team
Start with a walk round
Whoever ends up doing the work, insist on knowing what each camera or reader is there to achieve.
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