pantone book

“Color,” said Monet, “is my day long obsession, joy, and torment.” And in the printing world, we so often feel exactly the same. There is the joy and magic of watching a beautiful color come off the press. The torment of exacting standards and working hard to achieve perfect color in every job. And there…

Print File Preparation for small business

Having a plan and a process in place to communicate with your print provider is an essential element in ensuring you get the results you want. Today we present a few quick tips to help prepare a file for printing. By the time you’ve finished your print design and gotten a go-ahead for printing, you…

Color Spaces

When it comes to color the options can seem unlimited, and many of the choices we make come down to our opinion and preferences. CMYK, RGB, SWOP, sRGB, Adobe 1998 – Color Spaces can get complicated and confusing rather quickly. Today we answer a few common questions about color spaces to help you set up your design and get the…

Align colors

Registration, tight, bad, off, or spot-on makes a big difference in the quality of your printed materials.   Registration in printing is not about signing up for anything. Unlike every app you download, you don’t need to submit your personal information and a credit card just to get something printed. In printing, registration is the…

  Well, we are deep into the holiday season and we have a few customers stopping by the shop to get postcards and greeting cards printed to send to family and friends for the holiday. These are always fun jobs and a welcome break from more usual business cards, letterhead and stationery. Some of the…

Pantone Colors

  “Are you printing that with a spot or is it in process?”   By far the most frequently asked questions we have at the shop are those about color. Which color to choose and why. And always questions about the difference between spot and process colors. Today we offer a brief explanation.   Spot…

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