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Using a Local Printing Company to Self-Publish

Your local printing company can be a powerful asset if you’ve written a book. Many burgeoning authors believe that they must stick to digital publishing because hard-copy book-printing costs are too onerous. That’s not true today, thanks to technology and value-added services provided by your local printing company. In fact, you have multiple options for printing your…

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Combining Offset & Digital Printing for Personalization

Choosing between offset and digital printing can sometimes pose a dilemma. Offset printing is more cost-effective for bigger print jobs — substantially so for large runs — but digital printing gives you the ability to customize and personalize each piece for its intended recipient. What if you didn’t have to choose? When you combine digital and offset printing for the same…

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Printed Catalogs Are Making a Comeback

Do you use printed catalogs, or has your company abandoned this platform and gone digital? Many companies have, believing that printed catalogs are relics. But like personalized direct mail campaigns and other seemingly old-school marketing platforms, the catalog is making a strong comeback. Printed Catalogs Are the Antidote for Digital Overload Most information comes to us today…

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Digital Printing On-Demand: How to Leverage Personalization

One of the primary advantages of digital printing is that today’s revolutionary technology allows you to order print jobs on demand and personalize them to your needs. Rather than order a large run of a particular item, why not just order it when you need it? That way you don’t have to store boxes of printed materials and scramble to find them when you need them. Even…

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Offset Printing Quality Issues: Hickeys, Ghosting & Picking (Oh My!)

In offset printing, quality is an ever-present concern, both for the printing company and the customer. Some defects and problems occur due to the customer’s choice of paper stock or ink while others relate to problems in the design of the artwork. In many other cases, however, quality issues arise due to a problem in the…

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What a Union Printing Company Means to You — Our Customer

As a proud union printing company since 1941, Sun Print Solutions delivers exceptional value to its customers. In fact, our company has the distinction of being the only union printer in Utah. You may have noticed the union label — fondly called “the bug” in our industry — on some of our work. When you see the bug, as long as…

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Does Offset Printing Artwork Require a Graphic Designer?

If you’re planning an offset printing project, do you have to pay a graphic designer to handle the artwork for you? The answer to that question depends on the nature of the value-added services — if any — that your local printing company offers. In many cases, printers offer design assistance as a part of their offset and digital printing…

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Digital Packaging Printing Solutions for Small Businesses

If you believe that customized packaging printing is only possible for large companies with generous production budgets, you’re in for a delightful surprise. Today’s digital printing technology has made short-run packaging printing an affordable option for companies of all sizes. But if you’re a small business selling limited quantities of your products, this news will…

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Printing Company Tips & Tricks for Marketing with Flyers

Your local printing company can be your best asset when you want to maximize the impact and effectiveness of a print marketing campaign. If you’ve had a poor response to flyer marketing campaigns in the past, you may have blamed the medium and assumed that flyers don’t work well for your purposes. But you might be surprised at how…

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Booklet Printing Options & Considerations

Booklet printing can be a challenge if you aren’t familiar with the process, or if you make the wrong choices in design and distribution. With a little guidance and input from your printing company, however, you will find it simple and cost-effective. Our customers use booklet printing for everything from product catalogs and annual reports to training manuals and entertainment programs. You…

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Digital Printing for Trade Show Displays

Digital printing solutions can help ensure your next trade show is a success. Trade shows and expos pose some significant challenges for many businesses, as the realities of portability can clash with the image you want your company to project. The good news is that your local printing company can be a valuable ally in…

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Custom Sticker Printing Tips & Tricks

Custom sticker printing is a great way to boost your marketing efforts and increase brand awareness. But many companies use stickers in more utilitarian ways too, such as for labeling files, sending mass mailings and creating user-friendly archiving solutions. Whatever your application, you can stretch your printing budget by giving some thought to your custom sticker design to…

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