Before anything else, preparation is the key to success. ~ Alexander Graham Bell An order of 500 sheets of letterhead takes a ream of 500 sheets of paper, right? Well, its not always that simple. When you are printing at home, its very easy to see that you put a…
So you have this great new design for a postcard. Its perfect really, you’ve selected 3 beautiful PMS colors, found an amazing paper that you love and you cannot wait until your customer gets it in their hands. Because certainly their jaws will drop and they will rush headlong to give you their business. You…
Strolling through the Internet this week we have come across quite a few stories and events that have us excited. First up, the big event around the Philadelphia area this week is of course the Philly Folk Festival. The event is always fun and this year’s lineup will certainly not disappoint. Big names like Dan…
If you are just starting to think about the printing process for new business cards or company letterhead than you may not yet have heard of prepress, if you are a designer you might dread the idea of someone pointing out problems with your work. Either way, prepress is one of the, if not the…
Digital, as the great marketing machines never forget to tell us, is the only everything for the future. Someday, they say, all the work we do will be digital, and the world will be better for it. One can only hope its true. Certainly as an industry, printing has been massively and irrevocably altered…
Well we are back at it this week, sifting through all the web has to offer in order to showcase a few things that caught our fancy about print and about some local events that have us excited. First up is this story about a new kind of printable and erasable E-paper. Is…
If there is one look of puzzlement we know better than any other here at cutpasteandprint, it is the look of confusion we see on customers when we tell them their files don’t separate. Separations are a big part of our day here at the shop. We are constantly receiving files and making sure…
There are plenty of great sites out there to get you inspired to create a new design to promote your business. But when it comes to the hard work of making your design a physical reality, then consider these printing tips for making it work in print. Mind the bleed Do you have an…
Each Friday we take a little time to share some of our favorite links related to printing and our local community here in the Greater Philadelphia area. This week we look at a few things that remind us just how much we love print. Getting started this week, we have to admit we…
You’ll find that in a print shop we have a lot of concern for plates. We are constantly talking about them, making them and getting them into the press. Of course these are not commemorative plates that we are talking about here, but rather printing plates. So what is a printing plate and…
