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…
Often on this blog we encourage designers and other readers to get out and look at paper. We want you to pick up and feel the papers you are choosing. It is important to see how a paper looks in different light and how it feels in your hand. Part of this is looking through…
What does it take to choose a font for a print project? What kinds of things do you need to consider before you commit a font to print? Today we present a few quick tips to consider as you make a decision. If you’re like us, you love fonts. You scour the web looking…
Spring is finally taking over, and Summer is right around the corner. If you are ready to start marketing your warm weather events there is no time like the present. And there is no print marketing tool like the postcard. Quick, Efficient, Economical Postcards are one of the simplest and easy to produce print marketing…
Happy New Year, Welcome to 2018! Now let’s print some great design! The new year is upon us, and with it all the possibilities of a fresh beginning. It is of course a time to re-focus ourselves and craft New Year’s resolutions. Lose some weight, learn a language, run a marathon. All great ideas, but…
Are the images in your print project yours? Do you have the right to use them? Are they public domain or royalty-free? Are they legal to use, or did you just find them somewhere? If you are new to print design or are designing your own project for the first time, then the distinction…
Does print size for your design project matter? We say absolutely! When you are planning a new print design project one of the first questions you should consider is print size. Whether you are planning a mailing, a handout, a booklet, or any project it is easy to fall back on standard print sizes. A…
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…
If you’re starting a business or planning an event, you may have considered putting together your own packaging. This can seem complex, but with some new print materials, custom printed packaging is getting easier and easier. A lot of people can imagine designing and printing a poster. A single sheet with some words and images….
Commercial printing is a new experience for many of our customers. We recognize that it can be intimidating the fist time you walk into a print shop or look through all the options available. Our goal is always to simplify the process and guide you to what will work best for your business, goals, and…
