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I pretty much dropped the ball this year by not doing anything on our small business’s website for April Fool’s day. With two sick kids at home, I honestly didn’t have the time and if I put any more work on my staff, a riot of epic proportion could occur since they’re all pretty overworked [...]
Time constraints: Everyone has them, no one knows what to do with them. This past week I’ve been trying to figure out how best to deal with too much to do in too little time. So what do you do when you have 16 hours worth of stuff to do in 8 hours? I mean, [...]
This last week, our online printing company upgraded its mobile website and I thought it might be interesting to evaluate what others were doing. I was shocked to learn how many print companies are practically ignoring mobile users. Here is what I found as of 3-12-12. Vistaprint – FAIL I was surprised that Vistaprint (vistaprint.com) [...]
A while back we pitted Zazzle (zazzle.com) against Cafepress (cafepress.com) via info graphic from visual.ly. The chart only compared the two online printing company’s Twitter activity; nevertheless it demonstrated that both were clearly aggressive with social media. We rated the battle a tie.
Epson America introduced its next generation 64˝ solvent printer, the Epson SureColor S30670. Incorporating Epson’s latest technological breakthroughs, the SureColor S30670 is the first solvent-based printer to use the Epson MicroPiezo TFP print head, bringing a new level of quality, performance and value to the signage, vehicle graphics and fine art markets. “Our first generation [...]
Comparing DTG printers is fairly complex and overwhelming. Unfortunately, if you read over T-shirtforums.com, you will only find a sea of complaints and answers with no real way to compare the models. The only thing I could attain was that all of the machines are overly problematic, but DTG has come a long way so [...]
I go back and forth whether the Xerox 700 is worthwhile. Even though we run into ALOT of trouble with this thing, we have printed over 2.5 million clicks on our machine in less than three years. We’ve also experienced countless quality issues and service debacles that is probably responsible for my hair loss. Read [...]
Anajet’s new mPower digital apparel printer is the fastest and most durable direct-to-garment printer in its class. Purpose-built for high-volume production, the mPower uses a robust industrial print head and a new, innovative, patented ink delivery and recirculation system superior to the Anajet Sprint. For singles, short runs, or hundreds of prints per day, the [...]
When Epson decided to develop a commercial outdoor printer, customer and industry expectations were high. And for good reason. Over the years, Epson has been known to provide some of the best wide format solvent printing available…or have they? I wanted to look closer myself at the machine since there were so many ads for [...]
Instagram is a photosharing phenomenon. Basically, you snap a photo with your iPhone, choose a filter to transform the look and feel, then share or send to Facebook, Twitter or Flickr. Instagram says their service is easy as pie. It’s photo sharing, reinvented. Did we mention the service has millions of users? What I love [...]
Now you can meet and greet your loved ones at the airport and be sure they don’t miss you in the crowds by trying the world’s first vending machine capable of printing out personalized giant canvas banners in just a few minutes. Located in Amsterdam’s Schiphol airport, the machine allows customers to pick messages, like [...]
The history of digital print is relatively short compared to printing as a whole, which dates back to 1439, when German businessman Johannes Gutenberg created a press that started the mass production of books. The first digital printing presses came onto the market in the early 1990’s. Digital printing assembles each image from a complex [...]
Bringing easy large-format printing and the instant sharing of plans to design professionals wherever they work, HP unveiled a new HP ePrint & Share mobile application for the iPhone, iPad or iPod touch. HP ePrint & Share is a printing and sharing tool that allows designers in the architecture, engineering and construction (AEC) industry to [...]
Canon Inc. and Océ N.V. announced the launch of two new production printing systems developed jointly by the two companies: a monochrome production printer series equipped with Canon finishing and scanning technology, and a high-speed color multifunction system series incorporating Océ controller technology. Since Canon welcomed Océ into the Canon Group in March 2010, the [...]
As a completely digital printer, we’ve been dealing with click charge plans for some time now, most notably with Xerox. I have to tell you, its a love / hate relationship so if you intend to enter a new contract for a digital production machine based on clicks, I have some advice for you. There [...]
This week is sad for our print company – or maybe just for me. This is our production manager’s last week, and I’m honestly very disappointed he’s leaving. The production manager position can be a high stress spot since it entails quality control, staff management and much more. Every position is essential since we’re a [...]
A click charge is an agreed-upon charge per “click” or piece of paper that runs through your machine and are a common charge incurred during the lease of digital printing equipment such as copiers, printers or digital presses. My experience with click charges is based on three digital machines with Xerox including the Docucolor 240, [...]
For the last couple weeks, our print company, PrintKEG, opened up two new positions – a graphic designer and finisher. We turned to our local newspaper and CareerBuilder (which was less helpful). We got tons of applications (and still are) and used some obvious tactics to help us sift through potential new hires. We demand [...]
