Archive for March, 2008

Full Color Printing News - newest technologies in a color printing arena.

Friday, March 14th, 2008

I think one or more challenging things to figure out over the last few years is what type of machinery would one by when trying to leverage themselves in the full color printing arena. It is been my experience over the past 20 some odd years in this arena of full color printing.  That is been more challenging over the last five years actually picked a piece of equipment that you might be able to use the next 10 or 15 years.  By riding out that equipment until it is completely paid off, and you’d be able to leverage it out and purchase another piece of equipment. The problem is when you go to buy a piece of commercial printing equipment and it ends up being outdated within three to five years, if you’re lucky. The use disadvantage.  I piece of equipment, it’s probably worth 35 to 40% less than what you paid for. I have to tell you that this makes it a very challenging situations you looking to leverage out of one piece of equipment into another. I wish I could give you some type of a silver bullet or a magic wand that would make you immune from these choices, but the truth is that I can’t. My advice to you before you purchase any of this equipment that you do the due diligence to make sure that nobody is coming out with a piece of equipment that on making your is obsolete with the next three years. A lot of companies have made the decision to make the goal of the commercial printing industry is brokers.  Rather than commercial printers themselves. One of the companies that I do some counseling for www.onetwothreecolorprinting.com this company has made a decision to outsource all of its 12 and three color printing rather than trying to print in house for the simple reason that what they can actually buy cheaper from a company that’s been around for 20 some odd years.  And that owners will or equipment outright selling offset printing to the trade only that it would be for them to employ a commercial printing mechanic to produce their work internally.  The other thing that’s important in my opinion is to find a niche within the commercial offset printing industry.  Such as there is some companies out there that specialize in all they do is full color business cards. Some companies may specialize in just doing catalog printing. Other companies will put all their aphids and marketing in two producing just full color flyers. Some of these companies won’t even have their own graphic designers on staff, everything needs to be sent to them and what they call art ready, and/or artwork supplied. In my opinion.  I think your best taking a specific niche and doing some direct mail marketing and marketing and promotion to those groups of people.  Some other companies not only will they go after a niche market as far as product is concerned.  But they will also go after specific industries like just printing for Christian churches. They will go after the financial institutions and looked to be a specialist in that particular industry.

Color Brochure Printing

Friday, March 14th, 2008

You’re looking to do something like a full color brochure.  You don’t want to pay an arm and a leg for it.  Call preferredprint.com.  This company has been around for are in excess of 10 years and I’ve always been very happy with the work that they’ve done for me in the past as well as the work for my clients that have referred to them.  Their graphic designers are well-equipped to basically handle all of your needs from logo design as well as and not limited to catalog design, brochure design, pocket folder graphic design. I will leave you there direct URL this will bring you directly into the brochure page for www.preferredprint.com the full color brochure or link is : http://www.preferredprint.com/color-brochures-printing_15.htm definitely give them a call and let me know what you think. By the way some people who refer to this as a full-color flyer. Remember when it comes to full color printing or commercial printing.  The difference between picking the company that might be $100 cheaper versus a company that would give you a highly professional finished product can make the difference between a promotional campaign that is successful all promotional campaign that goes in the toilet.

Full color printing and its effectiveness in today’s marketplace.

Friday, March 14th, 2008

I have been around and involved in the full color commercial printing industry for well over 25 years.  I guess this makes me what they would call a trained professional after all I have been earning well over six digit personal income and have created and business tens of millions of dollars over the last 25 years. Some years ago when I first was introduced to the full color printing market place as a person purchasing full color printing for my own events. I started out as a nightclub promoter and I would order for color printing from a commercial printer located in Manhattan.  Over near Spring Street and Van Damme. The thing I was able to find out, back then was how form printing worked, better known as gang run printing today.  Nowadays, almost all a full color printing that you purchase on any given day is done by a gang run printer. Back then, very few printers were actually involved in production in this way.  And if you want to buy something like 5000 full color postcards you’d end up paying someone area for upwards of 700 to well over $1000 for 5000 full color postcards. Now for product is even more superior than that, based on technology in the sheer volume and competitiveness of this particular industry the commercial printing industry.  That same product can be easily purchased phone anywhere in the area of $150 to someone area of $325, which I have to tell you this is significant discount from where once was. One of the companies you have heard about from me many times before is www.preferredprint.com This company offers a variety of full color printing at virtually wholesale printing prices.  It’s a definitely worthwhile time to give them a hard look to see what they have that minefield to help you in the future your commercial printing needs.  So whether it’s 123 color printing or something that may be a bit more coarsely such as full color catalogs, full-color brochures, full color business cards, full-color letterheads in envelopes.  They also dual wide variety of promotional products, and I know that they also carry a full line of mailing equipment.  So they’re able to fulfill all of your direct mail and marketing needs.  They also have a full staff of graphic designers.  I believe that the Rall running state-of-the-art G5 Macintosh computers.

Some more great resources for full color printing vendors

Thursday, March 13th, 2008

One of the websites that I would like to write about today is called www.freeprintingdirectoryonline.com this particular directory has virtually every single full color printing company in the whole continental United States. What’s really great about this directory is that you can search by very us different categories such as city state as well as by company name. It also has the vendors set up in such a way that it actually shows in that listing one is that the company specializes in.  For example of the company does full-color brochures is listed on the full-color brochure section in the directory. And if the company specializes in full color business cards than it will be located in the business card printing area and the director. I think you’ll find this to be a tremendous resource when you are shopping your full color commercial printing.

Another great promotional product is custom labeled water bottles!

Thursday, March 13th, 2008

One of the websites that I would like to showcase that offers full color custom labeled water bottles is www.preferredprint.com I had sent some customers that were looking to do a trade show.  Not that long ago over to them and they were very happy with not only the quality of the label that was produced by the graphic designers at preferredprint, as well as the water itself. My client had said that they were very impressed with the quality and taste of the water. I believe the client actually created not only label with their logo on it, but they also had a coupon on the side of a label that was a $500 coupon for anybody who handed in the label with the purchaser of the new job. The link to go to the page directly is http://www.preferredprint.com/custom-label-bottled-water.html this will actually bring you directly to the page that does all information necessary for you to order a custom water bottles directly.

Retractable Banner Stands

Thursday, March 13th, 2008

Are you taking a booth at an upcoming trade show?  Do you have a graphic display to catch your prospects attention? We highly recommend the retractable banner stands. Retractable banner stands are different from hanging banner stands because they have graphics that roll up inside of the banner stand. For a free quote on a banner stand, call 1-800-58-POPUP.  We also recommend having printing marketing material to hand out, such as full color flyers and full color brochures. Call 1-800-329-0005 for all of your printing needs.