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What to Print with a VPC?
The first step in developing a Virtual Print Center to order your print products is to analyze the types of printed material your organization uses on a regular basis. We divide printed products that lend themselves to ordering via a VPC into two categories: static and versioned. First, static: these pieces don’t change from order Read more...
As we celebrate Earth Week it’s important to remember that paper is one of the most recycled products in the United States. Much more so than plastic. Paper is a renewable, earth friendly resource that is useful as part of a communications strategy. Especially when you put ink on it. Our friends at Kodak, the Read more...
This Earth Day, don’t feel guilty about choosing print!
Notice: It is OK to print this e-mail. Paper is a biodegradable, renewable, recyclable, sustainable product made from trees. Growing & harvesting trees provides jobs for millions of men and women, & a working forest is good for the environment, providing clean air, clean water, wildlife habitat and carbon storage. – BFSDaniels email signature If Read more...
What do Toyota, Cold Stone Creamery, W Hotels, and Whole Foods all have in common?
Besides being leading brands in their industries, all of them use some form of print-on-demand systems. The great thing? You could be using one too. Depending on your needs, you may even be able to get one for little to no-cost. Virtual Print Centers (VPCs) allow you, working with a printer like us, to put Read more...
It’s Friday the 13th, have you set your bleeds?
In 1980 the movie “Friday the 13th” changed forever how we view the date. Far from being merely unlucky, the date is now synonymous with fear. On that note, there’s something our pre-press department fears almost as much as a crazed maniac in a hockey mask, our clients not setting up proper bleeds. What is Read more...
I wish there was a template for that…
The current economy has a lot of our clients taking on expanded roles. We often see that many of our clients are now responsible for their own design. We know that’s not your primary responsibility. So, we’re here to help. Setting up files that can be easily printed is an art unto itself. We’ve created Read more...
We’re proud of our innovative Boston neighborhood!
For the past six years we have called the Marine Industrial Park in South Boston Home. What a difference six years makes. When we moved in the area was a desolate patchwork of parking lots. It’s blossomed into a vibrant community of thousands of residents, companies and employees. Just in our little slice of the Read more...
Pioneer Institute bolsters on-line budget tool’s impact with print
The Pioneer Institute is a public policy think tank focused on free-market solutions to government’s problems. As part of their mission the institute publishes an interactive map of government spending. While the on-line interactive map is a great tool, Pioneer also believes that a printed version of the map is important to getting the data Read more...
You don’t have to be a large corporation to take advantage of customized on-line print ordering
If you are like many small businesses you have routine printed items that you order over and over again. You also probably don’t have the time to deal with the process of ordering. Many large corporations have taken advantage of putting their printed materials on-line for ordering. Now you can too. You may be thinking Read more...
What do you mean, “you never approved the proof”?
Your boss is just about to leave for the big trade show and he asks you for his new box of business cards. You scramble to find them. Unsuccessful in that effort, a pit forms in your stomach. You nervously call your printer and ask, “I placed an order for Jim Smith’s business cards last Read more...