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Non Profit Printing & Raising Money - Non-profits, religious and charity organizations depend on donors for survival. Direct mail and printing... The Effect of Digital Printing on the Printing Industry - The start for the sake of argument started with the Xerox Docutech and... Building Bleed into a Bitmap Program - If you use a bitmap program like ("Adobe Photoshop") beware of subtle differences from the page layout programs... Offset Printing Color on Glossy Paper - If you are trying to make your print job jump off the sheet you should print in color on a glossy... Graphic Printing and Distribution Services - Graphic printing and distribution services are when you incorporate printing whether it be... Variable Print Programming - Variable printing by definition is where either image or text changes from one impression... Online Printing Services - There are many online printing services now available over the internet... Pros Cons Print on Demand - More and more these days people call and ask the question of what are the pros cons of print on demand... Offset Printing Color on Glossy Paper - If you are trying to make your print job jump off the sheet you should print in color on a glossy sheet... Job Requirements of Digital Printing - What are the requirements of printing a digital print job... Turn of the Century Offset Printing - Offset presses can cock the cylinder or laterally move any one plate through computer controls on the console... Define Digital Printing - The most common definition for digital printing is going to be taking an electronic file and going straight to a digital press... Offset Printing vs Digital Printing - Offset is usually looked at as the higher quality choice, although, digital printing has vastly improved to where the difference is pretty small now... Pros and Cons of Digital Postcard Printing - The good about doing postcards digitally is you can do very small quantities and you are not dealing with setups like you do on offset printing... Digital Postcard Printing - Postcards or direct mail pieces can be printed on a digital press in very short runs... Political Campaign Printing - Political campaigns use several different types of printing to get their candidates messages across... Spot Color or Spot Coating in Digital Printing - Digital printing continues to try and do more things that close the gap between digital printing and normal offset printing.. Commercial Printing Tips-Gradient Screens - A gradation in printing jobs is taking a certain area and taking screen percentages from one % to... Commercial Printing Tips-Screen Tints - Screen tints or screen percentages can help give an illusion of having additional colors in commercial printing jobs... Commercial Printing Tips-Reverse Type - Graphics software has made it so easy to do things that were once very difficult to do in commercial printing... What is the job of a Printing Salesman? - Like any job in this world, printing sales for a commercial printer is only successfully done by about 20% of the people that try it... All brochures are the same. - A brochure usually entails folding. If there is no folding most people call it a flyer... Dallas Commercial Printing Market. - The Dallas-Ft Worth commercial printing market is the largest in the state of Texas... Dallas Printing Company, Since 1923. - The Odee Company was established in 1923 by a man named Will Odee... Critical Deadline!! Will your printer deliver? - I see hundreds of print jobs every month and the vast majority has a critical deadline, some of which are extremely quick turn times... Digital Printing Dallas - Digital printing is made for print on demand type situations... Dallas Commercial Printing - Another large Dallas printing company has declared bankruptcy... Building Bleed into a Layout Program - When creating your design in a page layout program like QuarkXpress or InDesign if you want to create a bleed... Building Bleed into a Bitmap Program - If you use a bitmap program like ("Adobe Photoshop") beware of subtle differences from the page layout programs... Building Bleed in a Vector Program - If you use a vector program like ("Adobe Illustrator"), set the new document size to the trim size... Building a Bleed on Printed Pieces - Let me start with the term trim because it is the primary factor in using bleed on brochures, flyers, doorhangers ... Doorhanger Printing - Many ad campaigns use door hangers as effective tools for creating awareness through direct marketing... Printing Digital Business Cards - First of all, I would not recommend printing business cards digitally on a gloss cover... Articles about Graphic Arts - All processes of offset printing, web printing, digital printing and the finishing industries are discussed... Full Color Commercial Printing - Full color printing usually means printing in the primary colors of CMYK... Software Programs in Printing - As a commercial printer we get files from all kinds of software programs... Debossing vs Embossing - Both of these terms are letterpress terms that describe the pushing of paper to a level not equal to the original surface... What is a Full size printing press? - A full size printing press is one that is capable of printing up to a 28"x40" printed sheet... Perfecting Presses - A printing press that can print both sides of the sheet in one pass is called a perfecting press... Line Screen in Printing - In theory the more lines per inch the more detailed your photos... What is a Small Format Press? - A Small Format press is a printing press that feeds a 14"x20" press sheet and is made for the short quantity market for printed products... What is a Half Size Press? - The term half size press represents a press that will feed a 20" x 28" sheet or smaller... Converting Printed Envelopes - The printing is not limited because of a ready made envelope... All Digital Printing is not the same. - First of all, there is black and white digital printing and color digital printing... Alterations in Printing - An alteration in a print job is where there is a customer change that is a billable item beyond what was originally quoted... What is a Press Check? - So you've given your first brochure, pocket folder or other print job to a printer you have seen a proof and everything looks fine... Overs and Unders in Printing - Many people don't understand when a printer says he can deliver +/- 10% of the quantity ordered... Variable Data Printing - Variable data printing is also called "one to one marketing" or "personalization"... Labels and Stickers - Printed labels and/or stickers have many choices when it comes to the types of adhesives and backers you can choose from... Ganging Print Runs - As an example let's say we are printing 8-8.5x11 brochures printed process on both sides... Indigo Digital Press Inks - The HP Indigo is a brand of digital press that uses a unique liquid ink called ElectroInk... Starting Small, Growing Big. - Digital Printing has enabled you to have that opportunity. You don't have... On Demand Printing The term on demand printingis used to describe printing brought into the JIT(just in time)... What is a Page to a Printer A page to a printer is one side of a sheet that is the finished size of the document... Printing Metallic Inks When someone is printing metallic inks they are trying to get a metallic look or a shine... Full Color Printing To a commercial printer, full color printing is printing in CMYK... Printing Postcards Printing postcards and dealing with the post office doesn't have to be scary.. Commercial Printing and PDF Workflows PDF workflows have the ability to streamline commercial printing and enable more throughput in automated workflows... Trapping in Printing The term trapping to printers means printing ink over ink... What is rich Black? In printing the term rich black represents printing 100% of black and some combination of another color behind. CMYK No-No. Here is something that we see beginning designers do that is not reproducable in the print world... Digital Printing PMS Colors. Most knowledgeable printing veterans even believe that you can't print PMS colorswhen printing digitally... A chronological production of Pocket Folders. The pocket folderwill however need a dieline that shows the place where the diecutting occurs... Online Print Procurement System Online print production workflows have gained considerable ground in popularity as their versatilities have grown... Coatings or Varnishes Coatings and/or varnishes are used for different reasons in printing jobs... Offset Printing - What does it mean? The term offset printing or offset lithography is one of the most common methods of commercial printing today... Sizes of Printing Presses. Although not totally comprehensive here are the most common sizes of offset presses... Brochure: A definition. A small booklet or pamphlet, often containing promotional material or product information...... Picking A Printing Company While it is not as critical as choosing who you are going to marry, choosing a printer does hold similarities..... Kisscutting in Printing When printers talk about kisscutting they are not referring to anything to do with kissing.... Diecutting in Printing Ever wonder how printers cut odd or irregular shaped products like pocket folders out of paper?... Printing with Duotones ...there can be considerable savings when printing only two colors if Duotones are incorporated... Folding of Printed Products Here are a few thoughts on folding brochures or any other printed products... Print or Photocopy? This article could also be called digital printing or offset printing... Printing Terms Abrasion Resistance- The resistance to scratching or scuffing of a surface of paper... Bindings for Printed Products How many different ways can you bind printed products?... Envelope Sizes-People are Always Asking Here is a list of common size preconverted envelopes... What is a Letterpress? Letterpress printing is how printing was done before offset printing came about... How Many Colors do I need? When you are printing a project consider who will be looking at it... Converting Spot Colors to Process When designing a document to be printed by a commercial printer... Printers Terms and Definitions In this day and time, most anyone with a computer is capable of producing print ready files.... Thermography is a printing process where the ink is raised on the sheet... Chain Printer vs Commercial Printer & why to use each Printing like many industries... Reasons for Printing Digital Why has digital printing become so popular?... Quality of Digital Printing So you want one guys opinion on color digital printing quality? Here it is ... Types of Digital Printing Machines Digital printing is a term that encompasses a lot of different equipment ... Digital Color Printing When we decided enter into digital printing... Types of dies There are multiple types of dies used for different processes... Printing Special Effects: treatments in printing that are considered special processes... How quick can I get it? It also depends on what you need printed and what printing company you are talking with... Total articles: 85 last added at 2007-02-02