Color Spot Printing & Graphics

Digital printing makes it possible for designs and layouts to dazzle the eye and impress the mind.  Like any precision printing process, achieving optimal results requires adherence to specific requirements.

You can use digital images from a variety of sources. As they say, “garbage in, garbage out.”  To end up with a sharp final print, you must begin with an image that is capable of your target clarity.  Your designs, photos and images can come from a digital camera, scanner, or the Web. Read the rest of this entry »

Whatis a font?  Seems like a silly question. Anyone who uses a computer chooses one regularly.  In fact, the term has become ingrained as part of our vernacular.  However, if you think about the word “font”, what does it mean and what does it REALLY pertain to?

The term font (a cognate of the word fondue) is derived from Middle French fonte, meaning “something that has been melted”, referring to type produced by casting molten Read the rest of this entry »

There are few things that bug me more than bad margins. Not sure if this obsession came from my design background or if it goes much deeper to my 3rd grade elementary school teacher who was the Gestapo of writing…and bad margins drove her nuts. Regardless, we see more and more small businesses trying to save a buck and “design” their own brochures using tools readily available to them. By default, Microsoft Word is often the program of choice. Read the rest of this entry »

If you want to transfer files by email or the Web to other computer users and to ensure that your files are readable, the safest option is to convert them to PDF. Other computer users will not always have the appropriate software to view your text and graphics files but the software to read PDF files is free and Read the rest of this entry »

The paperless office—a buzzword that’s been around for almost two decades. Frankly, it’s an ideal that hasn’t come to fruition. And even though history has proven the use of computers have actually lead to an increase in the use of paper, this buzzword never seems Read the rest of this entry »

Architectural / Engineering Copies

We can now make full sized black and white copies of your oversized blue prints or maps. Bring us your house plans, architectural drawings and schematics for reproduction. And like all of Read the rest of this entry »