David Airey, graphic designer

Print vendors: a few handy resources

Published on February 3rd, 2012 Read the 5 comments »

Establishing a good relationship with a printer can make all the difference when it comes to cutting costs.

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Archived under Printing, Resources.

Paper from GF Smith

Published on January 17th, 2012 Read the 11 comments »

The postman delivered a nice surprise this morning.

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Archived under Printing, Resources, Stationery.

From the reader #6

Published on December 31st, 2011 Read the 6 comments »

How lettering is made for public display.

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Archived under Art, Printing, Resources.

Dayfold’s Little Black Book

Published on August 26th, 2010 Read the 14 comments »

Dayfold’s Little Black Book is a useful print guide for designers and print buyers.

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Archived under Books, Printing.

Recommended UK commercial printers

Published on July 20th, 2010 Read the 36 comments »

Finding a reliable commercial printer can take some time. Here’s a head start — UK print companies recommended by a few of the UK’s top (and friendliest) designers and design studios.

(Updated with reader favourites.)

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Figuring out the Amazon Sales Rank

Published on February 26th, 2010 Read the 13 comments »

As an author, I’m keen to know how book sales are going, so it makes sense to check the stats provided by the world’s largest bookseller, Amazon. The retailer displays what’s known as the Amazon Sales Rank.

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Archived under Books, Marketing, Printing.

Hatch Show Print

Published on January 22nd, 2010 Read the 18 comments »

A fascinating eight-minute look at Hatch Show Print, a 130 year-old working letterpress shop (established 1879) in Nashville, Tennessee.

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Archived under Printing, Typography.

Prepress tips for graphic designers

Published on October 20th, 2009 Read the 36 comments »

When you design artwork for print, standard practice is to send a PDF to your printer. But are you 100% sure you got the settings right? Are you confident the size is correct? Have the colours been set to print standards or client brand guidelines? What about font usage?

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Archived under Printing.

Top ten problems in file prep for print

Published on July 27th, 2009 Read the 59 comments »

The following is a print-primer guest post from NetPublications, an “award-winning on-demand printing, publishing and fulfillment company with 25 years of experience in the book and manual business.”

There’s a lot to consider before printed products can go to press, so we’ve compiled a list of the top ten problems that occur when a printing company receives your files. By following this checklist, you can avoid many of these problems.

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HP invent

Published on July 8th, 2009 Read the 35 comments »

Hewlett Packard set a design brief for the recent D&AD Student Awards, and one result in particular stands out.

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Archived under Advertising, Printing.