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Two stacks of blank white paper on a steel table in a sunlit print shop with an offset press in the background

Sustainable Printing Practices for Modern Print...

Sustainable printing is no longer a marketing position; it is a procurement requirement. Commercial buyers, brand owners, government agencies, and major publishers now require FSC certification, recycled content, VOC compliance...

Sustainable Printing Practices for Modern Print...

Sustainable printing is no longer a marketing position; it is a procurement requirement. Commercial buyers, brand owners, government agencies, and major publishers now require FSC certification, recycled content, VOC compliance...

Six-panel comparison of printing methods labeled Offset, Digital, Screen Printing, Flexography, Gravure and Letterpress, each showing the press or cylinder it uses

Types of Printing Methods: A Complete Guide for...

Every printed product made commercially comes off one of six methods: offset, digital, screen, flexographic, gravure, or letterpress. The right method for a job depends on five variables: substrate, quantity,...

Types of Printing Methods: A Complete Guide for...

Every printed product made commercially comes off one of six methods: offset, digital, screen, flexographic, gravure, or letterpress. The right method for a job depends on five variables: substrate, quantity,...

Print shop worker loading a stack of blank envelopes into the feed tray of a digital press

How to Print on Envelopes: A Print Shop's Compl...

Envelopes are the trickiest commercial print substrate. They are thicker than text stock in the seam and flap area, thinner across the face, and asymmetric in ways that hammer feeders...

How to Print on Envelopes: A Print Shop's Compl...

Envelopes are the trickiest commercial print substrate. They are thicker than text stock in the seam and flap area, thinner across the face, and asymmetric in ways that hammer feeders...

Six blank envelopes in assorted standard sizes and flap styles laid out on a gray background

Envelope Sizes Guide: Every Standard Size, Use,...

The wrong envelope size will stop a mailing dead. A piece that exceeds USPS letter dimensions by an eighth of an inch gets reclassified as a flat, doubling postage. A...

Envelope Sizes Guide: Every Standard Size, Use,...

The wrong envelope size will stop a mailing dead. A piece that exceeds USPS letter dimensions by an eighth of an inch gets reclassified as a flat, doubling postage. A...

Designer at a dual-monitor workstation editing a vivid octopus illustration, with a printed proof, color swatch fan and calibration target on the desk

CMYK vs RGB for Printing: A Designer’s Guide to...

The complaint comes in after every job: the printed piece looks nothing like the screen. Colors are dull, the vibrant blue turned purple, the neon green is muddy. Understanding CMYK...

CMYK vs RGB for Printing: A Designer’s Guide to...

The complaint comes in after every job: the printed piece looks nothing like the screen. Colors are dull, the vibrant blue turned purple, the neon green is muddy. Understanding CMYK...

Screen printing shop floor with one worker printing on a manual carousel press and another operating a heat press, with finished shirts on a rack

Screen Printing vs Heat Transfer: Which Method ...

Every decorator reaches the same fork: screen printing vs heat transfer. The answer depends on your order quantity, substrate, color count, and how much equipment investment you can absorb. Get...

Screen Printing vs Heat Transfer: Which Method ...

Every decorator reaches the same fork: screen printing vs heat transfer. The answer depends on your order quantity, substrate, color count, and how much equipment investment you can absorb. Get...