March 4th, 2013
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I was installing a standee tonight with my fiancee and thinking about industrial design: the concepts and goals discussed in “Industrial Print Has Awesome Potential. But What Is It Exactly?” Marcus Timson’s article in the 2/8/13 edition of industrialprintshow.com, which I summarized in the last issue of the PIE Blog, had broadened my awareness. Read the rest of this entry »
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March 3rd, 2013
Posted in Industrial Printing | Comments Off on Custom Printing: What Is Industrial Printing?
I just had my mind opened by an article entitled “Industrial Print Has Awesome Potential. But What Is It Exactly?” I read the article, written by Marcus Timson, in the 2/8/13 edition of industrialprintshow.com. A very interesting read. Read the rest of this entry »
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March 2nd, 2013
Posted in Newspaper Printing | Comments Off on Newspaper Printing: Four Newspaper Success Stories
I have some good news about the newspaper printing business.
According to “Four Revenue Success Stories,” written by Mark Jurkowitz and Amy Mitchell (2/13/2013, journalism.org), the Pew Research Center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism has published a report documenting “a year-long effort to identify newspaper successes in the search for new business models.” Read the rest of this entry »
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February 27th, 2013
Posted in Direct Mail, Magazine Printing, Newspaper Printing | Comments Off on Commercial Printing: Five-Day USPS Delivery–Ouch
I have concerns and questions about the effects of the upcoming change in postal service deliveries. On August 5, 2013, mail delivery will be cut from six days a week to five. Read the rest of this entry »
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February 23rd, 2013
Posted in Letterpress | Comments Off on Custom Printing: The Art and Craft of Letterpress
I saw a most heartening article today in the 2/4/13 HamptonRoads.com called “Old Fashioned Printing Method Is Just Her Type.” It’s by Krys Stefansky of the Virginian-Pilot, and it extols the virtues of a slow, beautiful, custom printing process using oil-based ink on fine paper. Read the rest of this entry »
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February 19th, 2013
Posted in Letterhead, Promotional Products, Stationery Packages | Comments Off on Business Printing: Thoughts on Logo Use and Branding
Many years ago when I was an art director, the firm I worked for commissioned a logo redesign by an outside designer. Then, to create a corporate identity using the logo design, my company brought the job in-house. Read the rest of this entry »
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February 18th, 2013
Posted in 3D Printing, Fabric Printing, Large-Format Printing | Comments Off on Large Format Printing: Printing Bikinis and Houses
In the last PIE Printing Blog article, I discussed novel uses for 3D custom printing, including the specifications Nokia has made available to enable phone owners to 3D-print their own phone cases, and a stem-cell 3D printing firm called Modern Meadow that 3D prints hamburgers. Read the rest of this entry »
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February 14th, 2013
Posted in Newspaper Printing | Comments Off on Newspapers, Newsprint, Tabloid Publications: New Signs of Life
There may be new signs of life in newspaper printing. I just read an article in the 1/28 International Business Times written by Christopher Zara and entitled “Newspaper Launches Innovative New Print Format: Will Bucking the Digital Trend Pay Off?” Read the rest of this entry »
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February 6th, 2013
Posted in Large-Format Printing | Comments Off on Large Format Printing: New Presses from AGFA
Digital printing manufacturers are getting more serious—and creative—with their offerings. I recently read about two AGFA products, the :M-Press Tiger and :M-Press Leopard, which combine large-format flatbed inkjet printing and custom screen printing in various (changeable) configurations. Read the rest of this entry »
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February 4th, 2013
Posted in Paper and finishing | Comments Off on Commercial Printing: The Art of Paper Specification
If the following specification from a printing estimate strikes fear into your heart, we need to talk:
“Stock: Body: Printer will furnish a 60# Finch Opaque, 426 ppi., pricing as of 4\11\11.”
It’s really just a printer’s short-hand way of expressing in a minimal number of words a vast amount of paper information. Think of it as poetry, or a mathematical formula. Read the rest of this entry »
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