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Preparing Files

• Understanding Commercial Printing- Understanding printing is a rite of passage for all professional graphic designers. Some designers never understand it. Good thing the Internet came along to keep them employed.
• Getting files ready- Requirements differ from one printer to another but if you know the basics for sending files to your service bureau (SB) or printer it will eliminate most common problems that might prevent them from processing your job.
• Best Graphics File Formats- Graphics come in many flavors but not all file formats are suitable for all purposes. How do you know which is best?

• Coping Strategies — Rising Cost of Commodities

  By Dr. Joe Webb
  Over the last couple of years, there has been much media attention given to price increases in commodities, particularly oil and other energy- related expenses, even as the economy has continued to strengthen. These increases have had an impact on the cost of doing business for just about everyone, and manufacturers, including those in the graphic communications industry, have certainly not been immune. More
• Direct Mail Market Remains Strong
  Spending on U.S. direct mail services rose 7.5 percent this year to $60.6 billion, according to estimates by Winterberry Group LLC, a New York consulting firm. In its third annual white paper on vertical market trends affecting direct mail production, Winterberry predicted that overall spending on direct mail services will reach $73.6 billion by 2009, reflecting compound annual growth of 6.8 percent for the period 2005-09. Among the trends cited.. More
• Tear Down Those Cubicles
  Here's to the millions of Americans who live in a cube all day. It's hard living in a cube. It's not by our choice. It's what's been made available. And whether we like it or not, it takes on a life of its own and reflects the workplace culture we live in - the pecking order, how we work together and even how we behave toward others. More
• Top Ten Reasons to Use Print
  Given the rate at which advertisers and marketers have been jumping on electronic media bandwagons these days, the fact that print is still the most effective communication medium ever invented, seems to have gotten lost in the stampede. More

• Stop Document Fraud in It's Tracks
  -Protect  your sensitive business documents
  -Are you Check 21 Compliment?
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