December 11th, 2017
Posted in Book Printing | Comments Off on Book Printing: Thoughts on the Future of Book Printing
I found a very heartening article online today about print books. The article was in Printing Impressions (or more specifically, www.piworld.com). It was entitled “2018 Book Manufacturing Outlook Includes Ranking of Top 5 Book Printers from PI 400,” written by Julie Greenbaum and published on 12/6/17. Read the rest of this entry »
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December 7th, 2017
Posted in Cards | Comments Off on Custom Printing: Hand-Printing Your Holiday Cards
It’s the holidays again, and whatever holiday you celebrate, it’s always nice to receive a physical, paper card with a handwritten note. It goes miles beyond a virtual card. I really do believe that.
I’ve given thought recently to ways you can produce individual works of art if your card list is manageably short. Some of these methods I’d like to try in the next year with the autistic students my fiancee and I work with, since they lend themselves to fine art printing as well as greeting card printing. Read the rest of this entry »
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December 4th, 2017
Posted in Fabric Printing | Comments Off on Custom Printing: Printing Electronic Circuits on Fabric
When I first read the article “Fully integrated circuits printed directly onto fabric” (https://phys.org, 11/08/2017), all I could think about was growing up watching James Bond. I have begun to wrap my brain around 3D printing, knowing that some people are already printing food and body parts with a greater or lesser degree of success. I also know that the definition of custom printing has expanded way beyond the realm of ink on paper or even digital toner on paper. Read the rest of this entry »
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November 27th, 2017
Posted in Fashion | Comments Off on Commercial Printing: Print in the Fashion Industry
I have had an eye out for news about the fashion industry recently, since I have been helping a print brokering client find fabric printing sources for her new clothing line. I have mentioned her before in this blog. She started with a print book color system for choosing hues complementary to one’s complexion, and now she is expanding her color system into garment production. Read the rest of this entry »
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November 20th, 2017
Posted in Fabric Printing | Comments Off on Custom Printing: “Going to School” on Fabric Printing
As with any other commercial printing technology, there’s more to fabric printing than the online promotional and technical material would suggest. This is not a bad thing. It just requires study.
I’ve been working with a “fashionista” recently, who is expanding her color offerings from a color print book to clothing. (Her initial product is a book of color chips bound with a screw-and-post assembly that resembles a PMS color swatch book. However, instead of choosing colors for graphic design projects, it helps you choose appropriate fashion colors based on your complexion.) Read the rest of this entry »
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November 13th, 2017
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I have a client who for the past three or four years has been producing and reprinting small color print books for fashion. I have written about her before in this blog. She is a “fashionista.”
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November 6th, 2017
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Two things happened this week with two separate print-brokering clients’ jobs, and yet I saw a connection between them regarding being aware and being flexible. I thought you might find these insights helpful in your own print buying work. Read the rest of this entry »
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November 1st, 2017
Posted in Envelope Printing | Comments Off on Envelope Printing: A Few Thoughts to Get You Started
If you’re a marketing executive or designer of marketing materials, you know that almost nothing of importance gets to your prospective clients without an OGE (outgoing envelope). In many cases, nothing gets back to you without a business reply envelope (BRE). The only exception I can think of, other than marketing collateral passed out at conventions, is the postcard, since this workhorse of modern marketing travels unencumbered (without an envelope). Read the rest of this entry »
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October 27th, 2017
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Coming up with a solution to a problem on the spot is a blessing. Sometimes the insight comes; sometimes it doesn’t. But I was grateful last night as my fiancee and I assembled a new standee for Ghostbusters that I had a realization on the spot. It solved a problem and offered some awareness into the particulars of large format printing, die cutting, corrugated paperboard, and the printing process of flexography. Read the rest of this entry »
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October 23rd, 2017
Posted in Printing | Comments Off on Commercial Printing: Saving Money Buying Printing
“Saving money.” These words have a nice ring to them. Here are some ways to do this.
An Example: Using a Cutting Die More Than Once
A print brokering client of mine is about to (hopefully) award me a job she has been sending my way for a number of years. It is a small print booklet with diagonal, step-down flaps in the corners of the successive pages. Each is a different color, and together they provide an easy way to navigate through the sections of the booklet. Read the rest of this entry »
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