There’s a lot to know about printing. It’s a whole world of processes, materials and lingo. On this blog we’ve spent time looking at a few of printing’s many aspects. Yet, often one question we are asked is simply; What do you do? What is professional printing? And what makes it different from printing at…
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…
Today we take a look at a few printing term phrases that you might hear around the shop. Specifically, work and tumble, work and turn, and a few others. Generally speaking printing terms like work and tumble aren’t something you absolutely need to know. Unless of course you are a press operator or work in…
All year, in print shops everywhere there are always some howling-ly Halloween-ish terms being bandied about. Today we look at some of these frightfully scary printing terms. As always happens this time of year there are Halloween songs on the radio and more than a few eerie and creepy things happening. Here at our print…
I want my printed material to really shine. I want to show customers my business’ value. I want to stand out from the crowd. If you’re asking these questions, then consider printing with metallic inks. One of the more interesting materials we print with are metallic inks. Gold, silver, and other metallic inks shine and glow…
Design for Print vs. Design for the Web. Sometimes it feels like a fight, but it doesn’t have to be. Just mind the differences and design with the end in mind. There is no such thing as a graphic designer who only does design for print or only for the web. These days designers have…
Everyone wants fast printing. You have clients to meet, products to market, and sales to make. We understand. You don’t have time to wait for your printing to get done. You need fast printing and you need it now. That said it is important to remember that printing is a manufacturing process. When you want…
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.
Postcards are a great way to get your message out. Either as part of a mailing, or handed out at an event, or trade show.
Creating a PDF in Windows is all about options. There are hundreds of programs and add-ons available that will help you get whatever documents you work with into the PDF format. You can find a solution that is as simple or as exacting as you need. Today we look at 4 of the most common and straightforward solutions.
