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…
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…
Its very common for printers to use an expression like 4-up, 8-up 0r 10-up. Despite it being as hot as it has been in Southeast Pennsylvania the past few days, these are not references to cans of soda. They are actually all expressions to describe the imposition of a project onto a page for…
Around here we love all the numerous choices and possibilities available in paper. We love all the different textures, weights, colors and uses associated with each paper and eagerly suck up information related to them. In short, we are a bunch of paper geeks. Two words you will often hear associated with paper…
When you are having something printed for yourself or your business, such as your letterhead or business cards, you will no doubt have an idea in your mind of how that should look as a finished product. And as with any creative print project, the options are numerous. One thing you will encounter initially is…
