What We Can Predict About the Next USPS Pricing Increase
When is the next rate increase scheduled? Do you have any indication of what the percentage of increase will be? Can mailers expect as high of an increase as the…
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6 Most Common Mistakes We See in Prepress (and how to avoid them)
As a publisher you likely know this feeling: you spend countless hours on your print project and hold your breath as you hit the submit button. Then you exhale in…
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¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ: A Story of Vision, Values and Commitment
On January 16 of 1937, ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ Brothers Printing Company opened its doors to the town of Marceline, Missouri. As a company, ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ would adapt its products and processes, acquire new…
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¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ Print Jobs Win Gold, Two Best of Category Awards at GraphEx Awards
¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ was proud to accept two Best of Category prizes, as well as a Gold, last Thursday evening at the PIA MidAmerica GraphEx – Graphics Excellence Awards ceremony, held at…
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Planning is Key in the Current Landscape of Paper Supply and Demand
We’ve been living in this new normal for long enough now to know the best way to combat the current challenges in the printing industry is advance planning. As with…
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7 Lessons We Can Learn From the 1909 Sears, Roebuck and Co. Catalog
Browsing through a thrift store the other day, I found a reprint of the Fall 1909 Sears, Roebuck and Co. catalog. This is the famous catalog that was printed from…
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Print Magazines Aren’t Dying and Here’s Why
While it is true that some print media numbers have been down in recent years, there is no reason to panic; print is definitely not dead or even dying. There…
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¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ – Ripon Excels at GLGA Awards
Quality is of the utmost importance at every ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ facility, and we appreciate when that effort is recognized. It is an honor to have seven publications from our ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ –…
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What’s Happening with Paper Right Now?
You may have heard about some issues that the printing industry is having with paper right now. In this blog, we’ll take you through some specifics of what’s going on,…
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Words of Wisdom Webinar: The Duotone Effect
We know it’s hard to keep up with design trends and even more impossible to learn how to replicate all of them. ¡¯sIt is increasingly complex with many trends going…
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