Part of marketing your business should be to stand out. You want to create something that will stand out, be valued, and be engaged with. In print you aren’t limited to a screen or a one-size fits all device. You don’t have to settle for familiar forms and sizes. You can get better print, all…
Even with constant emails and social media notifications, the power of well designed print still reins supreme. The facts are beginning to point to catalogs and booklets as one of the most effective marketing strategies. In early July stories began to circulate on the internet that Amazon would be releasing a holiday toy catalog. According…
It takes a lot of work to put together a book or catalog. There are page counts, bleeding edges, and elements like creep to consider. Oh, and you have to lay the whole thing out too! But, one thing we urge designers not to forget is to plan what print binding they will use. Print…
Without doubt, the four most important words in printing are, “Did you proofread this?” It sounds so simple, it sounds so obvious, but the biggest reason for re-printing something we encounter is the failure to proofread. As we often point out on our blog, printing is a process. There are certain steps and standards that…
A brief look at the many variations of white paper, and what to look out for when you are choosing white paper for a print design project.
The Pamphlet, outside of company stationery, is often the most important printed marketing material for your business.
Need help setting up your print project? Want to make sure your design is ready for our prepress and print teams? We’re now providing a few basic templates to help get your files ready. As we continue our work to help provide you with quality printed materials easier and easier, we have introduced a few…
At cutpasteandprint we are primarily printers, it’s the main focus of what we do. But it isn’t all we do. We have a team of fantastic designers and pre-press operators that help get your work designed and ready to print. We also have a great print finishing team. While often overlooked, what they do…
As part of the process of helping you get fantastic printed materials, we always offer a printer’s proof before we start printing. A printer’s proof is a final safeguard, that helps both our customers and ourselves from having to reprint anything. It also helps stop big and costly mistakes. A lot of times when we…
If you have done any printing on press, than you may have heard the term dot gain bandied about. Or, if you haven’t heard it from your printer, then you may have seen it as an option in In Design, Photoshop or some other design related software. At first glance you might think dot…
