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Tote Bag Materials and Minimums Before You Commit to a Run
The best material for custom tote bags is 8 to 10 ounce cotton canvas: it gets reused and prints sharp. Weights, duck vs plain canvas, blends and minimums.
How to Choose an Eco Friendly Printing Service You Can Verify
Search the FSC public register for chain of custody holders, check the product scope on each record, then get the code in writing on your quote.
Printing Address Labels From a Spreadsheet Without Reformatting Every Row
How to print address labels: split the list into columns, size the label from the envelope and the longest address, proof one sheet at 100 percent.
Badge Sizes, Holders and Variable Names for a Room Full of Attendees
Conference badge printing done right is a 3 by 4 inch insert on 16pt matte stock, both sides, names merged from one spreadsheet. Sizes, holders, lead time.
300 GSM to LB Paper Conversion, Grade by Grade
300 gsm converts to 111 lb cover, 166 lb index or 80 lb bond, because each grade has its own basis size. The math, the caliper, and what the stock feels like.
What 75% Cotton 25% Linen Paper Is and How It Prints
75% cotton and 25% linen is the fiber recipe behind US banknote paper. What the blend is, how rag stock prints, and how it differs from linen finish card.
How to Set Up a Business Card Outline With Bleed, Trim and Safe Zone
The three lines a business card file needs: bleed at 3.75 by 2.25 inches, trim at 3.5 by 2, and a safe zone an eighth inside, plus die lines for shaped cards.
CMYK Values for Print, From Rich Black to Total Ink Limits
Rich black is 60/40/40/100 and total ink stays under 300%. The CMYK values that print true, the ones that ruin a job, and how RGB colors shift on conversion.
Copy and Print Services You Order Online and We Ship to Your Door
Order copy and print services online: documents, flyers and booklets on press stock, with real starting prices, the two turnaround clocks and the files to send.
Creative Booklet Ideas and How to Brainstorm One Worth Printing
A four pass method for brainstorming booklet ideas, an idea bank sorted by marketing, events and product, and the page count and binding each idea needs.
How Digital Foil Printing Puts Metal on Paper Without a Die
How digital foil fuses metallic film to toner with no die, how it differs from hot foil stamping and raised foil, and the artwork that survives the process.
How Embossed Printing Works and Which Stocks Hold the Depth
How embossed printing presses paper between two dies, what blind, registered and combination embossing mean, which stocks crack, and what it costs.
