May 24th, 2012
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I continued perusing the Sappi Standard #5, and I saw some other custom printing and finishing options I wanted to share with you. This print book is just too good to summarize in one PIE Blog posting. Read the rest of this entry »
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May 17th, 2012
Posted in Offset Printing, Paper and finishing, Printing | 2 Comments »
I received a book in the mail today from Sappi Paper, and I wanted to share some of it with you. Sappi makes paper. It is a paper manufacturer, in contrast to a paper merchant, which sells paper for a number of mills. A paper merchant is somewhat like a broker. Read the rest of this entry »
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May 15th, 2012
Posted in Box Printing, Large-Format Printing, Paper and finishing, Poster Printing, Printing | 2 Comments »
My fiancee and I installed a standee this week for the movie That’s My Boy. It came with three or four beer cans.
A few years ago, while installing another standee, I thought I had seen everything when I opened the heavy standee box only to see a bag marked “bricks.” (They had been ballast for a Lazy-Susan type of rotating display stand.) But the beer cans really took the cake. Read the rest of this entry »
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May 11th, 2012
Posted in Digital Printing, Paper and finishing, Printing | Comments Off on Printing Services: Can a Digital Press Print Quality Wedding Materials?
A reader recently commented on my blog post about problems with the color register of a client’s wedding materials on an HP Indigo digital press. She made an interesting point. She said she would not have printed a suite of wedding materials (invitation, thank-you notes, RSVP, envelopes, etc., on a digital press). Read the rest of this entry »
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May 7th, 2012
Posted in Digital Printing | 2 Comments »
A custom printing client of mine is producing a number of elements of a wedding invitation package. She received her hard-copy proofs of the invitation, RSVP card, thank-you note and envelopes and noticed that the type appeared fuzzy on some of the proofs. Read the rest of this entry »
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May 5th, 2012
Posted in Digital Printing, Printing | Comments Off on Commercial Printing: What You Can Now Do with Digital Inks and Toners
Not that long ago, if you wanted special ink treatments for your custom printing work, you had to opt for offset lithography. Digital printing just wasn’t there yet. But this has been changing, affording new options for short-run and variable-data work on digital printing presses. Read the rest of this entry »
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May 2nd, 2012
Posted in Book Printing, Box Printing, Digital Printing, Magazine Printing, Printing | 1 Comment »
I recently have been reading about a breakthrough custom printing process that will be unveiled in a few days at Drupa 2012, known as the “worlds largest trade fair for the printing and media industry.” Read the rest of this entry »
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April 29th, 2012
Posted in Book Binding Options, Book Printing, Hardcover Book Printing, Soft Cover Book Printing | Comments Off on Book Printing: Consider Both Design Goals and Custom Printing Costs
A client of mine is producing a family history print book. We’re not absolutely sure yet whether it will be long enough to warrant perfect binding—or even case binding—or whether the press run will require digital or offset printing. Read the rest of this entry »
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April 24th, 2012
Posted in Paper and finishing, Printing | Comments Off on Commercial Printing: Letterpress Is Thriving
I read an article about letterpress recently, sent to me via Google Alerts. The article was entitled “The Letterpress Thrives in an iPad Age.” It was written by Peter S. Green and published by Business Week early this month. Read the rest of this entry »
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April 19th, 2012
Posted in Paper and finishing, Printing | Comments Off on Commercial Printing: Sappi Paper Fosters Sustainable Forestry
I recently received a print book written by Sappi paper company (formerly Warren Sappi) entitled Taking the Guilt Out of Paper. Sappi manufactures and supplies paper to commercial printing establishments and other vendors. The print book is promotional in nature, but it makes several cogent points about paper-making and the harvesting of trees in general. Read the rest of this entry »
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