May 27th, 2014
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My fiancee and I installed a standee for Rio 2 tonight in a local theater. As I inserted all 57 screws, I came to appreciate the intricacy of its diecutting, scoring, and pattern gluing. Actually, it was more than intricate. It was precise. Everything that had been scored could be folded correctly, and everything drilled with holes for screws went together perfectly, too, in the almost three-hour assembly. Read the rest of this entry »
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May 25th, 2014
Posted in Book Printing | Comments Off on Book Printing: Different Printers/Different Capabilities
In prior blog postings, I have written about a 450-page, 8.5” x 11” book I’ve been working on with a client of mine. My client and her boss have looked at a number of press runs (from 1,600 to 10,000 copies) and binding options (perfect binding and plastic coil binding). I have approached digital printers (with the new HP T230 web-fed inkjet press), sheetfed printers, and web offset printers. Read the rest of this entry »
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May 23rd, 2014
Posted in Photos | Comments Off on Custom Printing: Creating Four-Color B/W Images
At first glance, the concept of four-color black and white images would appear contradictory. After all, either you print halftone images in black ink only, or you print them in full color (i.e., cyan, magenta, yellow, and black ink). Or do you? Read the rest of this entry »
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May 21st, 2014
Posted in Book Printing | Comments Off on Custom Printing: A Twist on Concealed Wire-O Bindings
My fiancee just bought an exceptionally cool print book on Pilates physical fitness (Pilates: achieving your potential for health, strength, flexibility, and stamina, by Joyce Gavin). It has a see-through cover that reveals a bright magenta photo underneath. The title is screen printed onto the binder in solid black ink, and the binding is a white, Wire-O coil looped through the plastic folder material. Read the rest of this entry »
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May 19th, 2014
Posted in Book Printing | Comments Off on Book Printing: Assumptions About Web-Fed Inkjet Books
I made a really big assumption about a book printing bid recently that turned out to be totally incorrect. It taught me a lesson, or maybe a few lessons. I thought that sharing this case study might help you avoid making the same mistakes. Read the rest of this entry »
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May 15th, 2014
Posted in Large-Format Printing | Comments Off on Large Format Printing: Creating a Dimensional Standee
My fiancee and I just installed the standee for the new movie Transformers: Age of Extinction. In spite of our four years’ of installation work, we had never assembled a standee quite like this before. I thought you might find some elements of this large format print product not only interesting but also applicable to your own custom printing design work. Read the rest of this entry »
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May 12th, 2014
Posted in Paper and finishing | Comments Off on Custom Printing: A Few Thoughts on Paper Stocks
Paper choices can make or break a job. In fact, paper is what makes a custom printing job a physical product, although the paper used in a print job often goes unnoticed. That said, it can still have an immense subliminal effect on the reader. Read the rest of this entry »
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May 10th, 2014
Posted in Large-Format Printing | Comments Off on Large Format Printing: A “Squeezed” Standee Design
Spiderman 2 is coming out in June, and my fiancee and I just installed a “domestic theatrical standee” for this title. “Domestic theatrical standee” actually just means it’s huge, so it will dwarf the other standees in a movie theater. Read the rest of this entry »
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May 8th, 2014
Posted in Book Printing | Comments Off on Book Printing: Consider the Subtleties of Paper
I’m brokering the custom printing of two books for a husband and wife publishing team. Both print books will be 5.5” x 8.5” in format, but one will be 450 pages plus cover (the fiction book) and one will be 80 pages plus cover (the poetry book). Read the rest of this entry »
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May 5th, 2014
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My fiancee handed me a food label the other day and showed me where white ink had been printed under process inks. She then asked me how the commercial printing vendor had produced the label. She asked if the white ink had been printed before the process color layers or at the same time. I didn’t have an answer, so I went online and did some research. Read the rest of this entry »
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