Archive for the ‘Printing and Color’ Category

Social Media - Turning Over an ‘Old’ Leaf

With everything going digital, it’s hard to believe that one of Social Media’s big wigs is reverting back to ‘old fashioned’ PRINT.
Twitter makes it possible to share mini tid-bits of information with whomever you choose. According to a Twitter blog, “These little bursts of information are about anything and everything - they make Twitter a [...]

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The Joy of Having an iPhone

Granted, you could probably survive without one but they just make things so much easier. Between Urban Spoon and eReader, iPhone apps are there to help with everyday life. And right now, with all the fun and useful apps available, it’s going to be harder than ever to not have one.
When it comes to [...]

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Print…Alive and Well?

Have you ever walked into a print shop? I must say, I love the smell! Maybe because my grandpa and great grandpa both owned their own print shop but maybe it also has to do with the fact that I like being able to use more than just one of my senses, I like to [...]

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Design trends – a blessing or a curse?

Every year, new design trends appear and others fade away. This means that what is new, cool and hip today might be completely dated a year or so down the road. It’s just the chance taken. However we all know it’s almost impossible not to be influenced in some way by what we see around [...]

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Prepress best practices

Think you’re ready to go to print? Be sure. Without good file preparation, valuable time can be lost and results are less predictable. When prepping a file for print there are a series of steps to take to make sure that your end product is clean and consistent.
One of the biggest mistakes people make [...]

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Pantone, CMYK, RGB, oh my!

by Taraneh Foster, guest contributor
By the time I met Mitch Craghead, who owns PMG, I was about to go postal. The company I was working for at the time had outsourced its marketing communications needs for its more than 50-year history, and to cut costs, it often let its sales team manage and implement graphic [...]

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