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Color of the Month for October 021: Orange

Our color of the month for October 2022 is PMS 021 Orange!

For the Offset Press: 

Mention this for no additional charge for wash up on this month’s color throughout the month of October. Great option for one color business cards, coupons and flyers.

For the Digital Press:

Upgrade to 20# Hammermill Goldenrod stock for no additional cost. Great for flyers, coupons, and much more!

Color of the Month for September 2022: Green

Our color of the month for September 2022 is PMS 347 Green!

For the Offset Press: 

Mention this for no additional charge for wash up on this month’s color throughout the month of September. Great option for one color business cards, coupons and flyers.

For the Digital Press:

Upgrade to 20# Hammermill Green stock for no additional cost. Great for flyers, coupons, and much more!

What is the Pantone Matching System and why is it important?

The Pantone Matching System, which we sometimes refer to as PMS, is used to help keep colors consistent for reproducing a certain color on different equipment and/or using different methods. Each color has a reference number, and this number can be given to any printer, manufacturing company, or designer to ensure the color is the same. For example, USA Quickprint uses PMS 185 for the color red. Anytime we print our invoices, order vinyl for our decals, get t-shirts printed, reproduce labels we use this PMS 185 red to keep the red in our logo consistent. Check out the video below for a great visual.

Pantone.com does a great job explaining the Panton Matching System as “a universal language of color that enables color-critical decisions through every stage of the workflow for brands and manufacturers. More than 10 million designers and producers around the world rely on Pantone products and services to help define, communicate and control color from inspiration to realization – across various materials and finishes for graphics, fashion and product design” (https://www.pantone.com/color-systems/pantone-color-systems-explained).

If you are just starting out, revising your company brand, or you have an established brand, it is important to know your Pantone Color(s) to keep your brand consistent. If you want to know your Pantone color(s) or need to pick some colors out, feel free to reach out to us and we will be happy to help you out.

 

Color of the Month for August 2022: Violet

Our color of the month for August 2022 is Pantone Violet!

For the Offset Press: 

Mention this for no additional charge for wash up on this month’s color throughout the month of August. Great option for one color business cards, coupons and flyers.

For the Digital Press:

Upgrade to 20# Hammermill Orchid stock for no additional cost. Great for flyers, coupons, and much more!

Adobe Express is a great tool for our customers.

Have you checked out Adobe Express?

GREAT TOOL FOR ANY SMALL BUSINESS! Adobe Express is easy to use and the blog contains some great how-to, tips, and information about marketing. http://ow.ly/GeyV50KgHKc

If you are familiar with Canva you will love Adobe Express. Personally, we like Adobe Express better than Canva. Along with a great design tool it links to a content scheduler that links your and posts on your social media accounts. Try it out and let us know what you think!

 

What does USA Quickprint Do? (Part 3)

Over the past few weeks, we have discussed two types of printing that USA Quickprint specializes in: offset printing and digital printing. If you have not had the opportunity to read these posts, you should! What does USA Quickprint Do? (Part 1) and What does USA Quickprint Do? (Part 2)

This week… it is all about Large Format Printing! Large Format Printing, also sometimes referred to as Wide Format Printing, is a type of digital printing that produces products that are too big to be produced on your home printer or even on high production copiers. USA Quickprint considers anything larger than 12” x 18” to be large format. Other attributes about large format printing, other than size, is media and ink. Media and inks used for Large Format Printing are typically more durable than offset and other digital printing methods and great for many outdoor uses. For example, banners, decals, parking lot signs, and yard signs are the popular outdoor products USA Quickprint produces using Large Format printing. We also produce indoor point of sale (POS) signage, posters, blueprints, and canvas prints.

Recently we upgraded our 52” inkjet printer and had to bring it through the window to get it upstairs. Big equipment for big jobs! Check out the video below!

Also, I found a video that gives a great example of what digital printing is, How It’s Made: Digital Printing, and it also shows some Large Format Printing in action.

What does USA Quickprint Do? (Part 2)

What does USA Quickprint Do? (Part 2)

Last week we discussed what offset printing is and mentioned other types of methods of printing that USA Quickprint uses to produce printed products. If you have not had the opportunity to check out that post, I recommend it: What does USA Quickprint Do? (Part 1).

This week the topic is digital printing. What is digital printing? Xerox does a great job defining digital printing, “Digital printing is the process of printing digital-based images directly onto a variety of media substrates (paper, vinyl, fabric, etc.). There is no need for a printing plate, unlike with offset printing” (Xerox, 2022). For example, when you open a word document or email and print this file to your desktop printer, that is digital printing. It is the process of printing directly from a computer to a printer. USA Quickprint uses high production digital printers, such as copiers, inkjet printers and laser printers, to digitally print several different products. Booklets, brochures, business cards, calendars, copies, coupons, doorhangers, envelopes, flyers, forms, invitations, mailers, menus, newsletters, postcards, programs, rack cards, signs, and tickets are all common digitally printed products we produce. Digital printing is beneficial for smaller quantities and for items needed quickly.

I found two videos this week to help you understand what digital printing is. The first video discusses offset printing vs digital printing: Offset vs Digital Printing. What are they?

The second video is an ad for a type of digital printer that is common in the printing industry showing the process of digital printing: HP Indigo Printing Technology | Indigo Digital Presses | HP. Keep in mind that this is just one process for digital printing. Just like when you pick out an inkjet printer or laser printer for home use, there are different processes and equipment for high production digital printers.