Many Postal Changes Coming It’s not your parents’ Post Office anymore… Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds. The way things are changing at the United States…
Snail mail versus email campaigns, which is getting greater results? Snail mail, better known as direct mail, is winning the race. Let’s be direct about this: if you’re like many business owners and managers, you probably think email has caught up…
Over one and a third billion Internet users go straight to Google when they want to search for something online. With so many users, you would think that Google wouldn’t need to use old-fashioned direct mail to advertise its products…
Please don’t give up on commercial printing Because commercial print is alive and well, and living, or should I say, working alongside a new, powerful partner—web-based integrated marketing communications. Once you do the research, you’ll discover that print should still…
Web to print programs provide huge savings and more! Have you heard of the term web to print programs? If you haven’t, not to worry, because you’re not alone. Web to print program is the term used to describe an…
RGB and CMYK? What’s the difference? These days more and more graphic designers are grappling with this very question. Which is why I want to take the time in this blog to color your opinion as to which one to use, and…
Commercial printing paper types is one of the most common questions I receive over the many years that I’ve been involved in printing. This is understandable for many reasons. The question comes from a wide range of people. Most often…
Commercial printing screening – what is the difference? FM vs. AM. we’re not talking radio here. What we’re talking about is Frequency. Modulation (FM) screening or stochastic printing and Amplitude Modulation (AM) or conventional screening. I know, it sounds like…
Commercial printers are not all the same If you’re a buyer of color offset printing, large format printing or require global printing, then you’ve had many occasions to wonder if the color(s) you saw at the proofing stage will be…
Just what the world needs, another acronym—G7 PC. Well, actually, if you’re a buyer of full-color commercial printing, it really is something you need. You see, G7 Process Control (PC) is designed to help commercial printing services deliver a repeatable color…