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Archive for the ‘Printing’ Category

Large Format Printing: Faux Beer Cans on a Standee

Tuesday, May 15th, 2012

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. (more…)

Printing Services: Can a Digital Press Print Quality Wedding Materials?

Friday, May 11th, 2012

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). (more…)

Commercial Printing: What You Can Now Do with Digital Inks and Toners

Saturday, May 5th, 2012

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. (more…)

Custom Printing: Nanography, a Breakthrough Printing Process

Wednesday, May 2nd, 2012

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.” (more…)

Commercial Printing: Letterpress Is Thriving

Tuesday, April 24th, 2012

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. (more…)

Commercial Printing: Sappi Paper Fosters Sustainable Forestry

Thursday, April 19th, 2012

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. (more…)

Custom Printing: A Wedding Package Case Study

Tuesday, April 10th, 2012

A client came to me with a three-element wedding package. Interestingly enough, it had been designed through an on-line print design vendor to be sent to my client for final offset or digital custom printing. (more…)

Book Printer Resolves Lamination Debacle

Thursday, March 22nd, 2012

When you’re a print buyer, nothing is better than a book printer willing to step up and make things right when a job goes South. (more…)

Large Format Printing: Double-Sided, Backlit Movie Posters

Tuesday, March 20th, 2012

In addition to my print brokering, design, and writing work, I install movie “standees” and signage. This side work gives me a unique view of a number of printing processes, up close. It lets me see first hand exactly how a number of promotional items have been designed, printed, and assembled. (more…)

Printing Technology: The Option of Waterless Lithography Printing

Tuesday, March 13th, 2012

Traditional offset lithography depends on the fact that oil and water repel each other. The image area of a traditional lithographic plate attracts the oily ink and repels the dampening solution (water and alcohol), while the non-image area attracts water and repels the oily ink. When the commercial printer achieves the correct ink/water balance, the press can accurately print type and images from the planographic (flat surfaced) printing plates. (more…)

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