Category Archives: Printing

Dscoop’s new website is as as easy to use as it is easy on the eyes.

Tailored towards members of the Digital Solutions Cooperative, a global community of HP Graphic Arts users and experts, Dscoop.org’s new features include:

• Customizable user profiles
• Personalized news feed and digest emails
• Discussion forums and listservs
• Ability to edit membership directory listings
• Integration with major social networking sites such as LinkedIn and Twitter
• Mobile app downloads for iPhone, Android, Blackberry, and Palm devices
• A resources archive that includes past conference proceedings, Dscoop Quarterly issues, and webinars

When you place a custom label order with Lightning Labels you have a choice. You can request a PDF proof of your artwork or a press proof (also called a hard copy proof). Here is a quick guide to help you decide which proofing method you should choose.

PDF Proofs

The biggest advantage of PDF proofs is speed. Our prepress department usually turns a proof around within 24 hours, sometimes it happens… Read the rest of PDF vs Press Proof - Which Should You Choose?

Sometimes when you are trying to research a topic a google search can get frustrating. You often have to sift through pages of search results before gathering all the information you need. Wouldn’t it be better to go to one location and find all the important news that is completely up to date? This is the idea behind Alltop, a new venture by Guy Kawasaki, the serial entrepreneur, venture capatalist and author.

Alltop gathers all the latest news from around the world and organizes it… Read the rest of Gather All the Printing News at Alltop | 1 Comment

I came across this interesting article a couple of weeks ago on the history of print. It describes a rich history that starts way back around 1800 BC and continues all the way to the 21st century. The photo above is from one of the first rotary printing presses invented in the 1840′s. For anyone involved in the printing industry it provides an interesting historical perspective.

The article does not mention the HP-Indigo press, which in my humble opinion was a very important part of the… Read the rest of The History of Print | 2 Comments

Adam Dewitz is a busy guy. He is a second year graduate student at the Rochester Institute of Technology studying Print Media, he is the author of the Printmode blog (a blog devoted to the printing industry), and now he has created PrintWiki – The Free Encyclopedia of Print. A wiki is basically just a type of web site that allows anyone to update the content – the most famous wiki is the online encyclopedia Wikipedia.

The PrintWiki website provides a collaborative platform that
enables anyone to contribute to the collective knowledge of the
printing and publishing community. The goal… Read the rest of Introducing PrintWiki - What on Earth is it?