April 16, 2008 – 10:48 am
Designing A Catalog From Conception To Completion
By Elle Phillips, Elle Phillips Design
We are very excited to have Elle Phillips guest write for us this week. Please visit her fabulous portfolio to see more of her wonderful work. You will find that this catalog design article is very well written, informative, and extremely helpful. [...]
April 11, 2008 – 2:14 pm
What Are The Different Types Of Printing?
Not all printing companies are created equal. There are those that are able to give you full color printing for your marketing collaterals. Still there are printing houses that offer excellent offset printing to provide you a cost effective print job, hence, bigger savings.
Whatever kind of printer [...]
September 7, 2007 – 8:48 pm
 To help with your purchasing decision of large format printers, here we will list out the advantages of each technology.
Which Large Format Printer Technology is Better for You - Thermal or Piezo?
For many years the debate over which is best Thermal or Piezo technology on large format printers has confused many a potential customer. Which [...]
June 22, 2007 – 9:41 am
Here are some questions that you need to ask from your printer so that you know what the printing specs are and your printing job goes smoothly.
So step one is to get the printing specs from the printer. Ask the following questions
Color questions for your printer
by Ben Baker
This article presumes you have an [...]
June 19, 2007 – 4:28 pm
This article will help you figure out how to design and layout a document with folds.
GRAPHIC DESIGN AND LAYOUTS WITH FOLDS
by Ben Baker
Copy that runs across a fold is often difficult to read, see and sometimes because of the compression of the folding machine, the ink on one page can leave an impression on the [...]
May 29, 2007 – 8:57 am
A host of good reasons exist for using a local printer for your project and finding one online (not local). At the same time, a good number of reasons exist for not using a local printer or an online printer. Lets examine two benefits and two drawbacks (there are plenty more) for each one.
Local [...]
May 9, 2007 – 5:58 pm
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What is Color Separation and How to Separate Colors for Print
Let's start with a definition of what color separation is and how it's used by printers. Color Separations are artwork and photographs split into component plates of the four colors cyan, magenta, yellow, and black (CMYK) in preparation for process printing. In graphic arts, cyan, [...]
April 3, 2007 – 8:05 pm
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Preparing artwork for print
Love it or hate it, you just can't escape printed materials. From the moment you wake up in the morning, you read the newspaper, curse the amount of junk mail on your doorstep, pass billboards on your way to work, hand out your business card, get given a flyer on the high street, [...]
