From adding a sturdy structure, increasing gloss, boosting colors, and dramatically increasing longevity, Lamination offers many benefits for your print design. Perhaps you have memories from elementary school of a flimsy plastic coating on your teacher’s materials. This image of lamination is not only dated, but very limited. Modern lamination can be used for all…
This post is part of a continuing series about the many and varied paper types that are available. Today we look at Bond paper one of the most common types of paper around the office.
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.
You know that saving your print project as a PDF is the best way to ensure that what your print team sees is the same as what you see. It also ensures no fonts, images, or color information are lost.
Paper textures play a big role in how a printed work looks when complete. It can affect everything from how bright a color looks, to how the ink fills the paper, and how a printed material feels in your customer’s hands.
There are many PDF tools out there, and everyone has their own preferences and opinions. This list shows a few of ours, but it is by no means an exhaustive study of what is available or an endorsement of which is best.
Is printing for your business a drag? Are you constantly shuffling between designers and printers to coordinate your printing? Looking for a better, simpler way to get all your printed materials and stationery in one easy place? Then a private print portal might be the right choice for you. In many respects…
At cutpasteandprint we are primarily printers, it’s the main focus of what we do. But it isn’t all we do. We have a team of fantastic designers and pre-press operators that help get your work designed and ready to print. We also have a great print finishing team. While often overlooked, what they do…
It has been a busy summer for us at cutpasteandprint. If you’ve stopped in to our shop lately you would immediately know that something is up. We have been moving things around, re-organizing, and re-arranging our floor in order to get our shop in shape for some new digital printing and web endeavors. What kind…
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…
