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Proofing

July 22nd, 2009 · No Comments · General, Other

Perfect Your Proofing Proof reading can be a major source of conflict between customers and the printshop. Here is an article with an overview on how to proofread. You are in a rush so you just glance at the proof. Guess what there is always time to rerun when the print job is a mess [...]

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Tips on preparing artwork for professional printing!

August 27th, 2008 · 3 Comments · General, Other

OK… The graphic designer does not get your drift, so you take the plunge and you are going to do your own print design. Here are some of the biggest design mistakes you should avoid: When doing a business card always print it out actual size. A 4 pt. font size is hard to read! [...]

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Worst Fonts

July 16th, 2008 · No Comments · General

What are the worst fonts for you to use and read. For me it is is Wedding Text followed by Comic Sans. This was inspired by a blog from a New Zealand based company. Worst Fonts Fonts are the messenger and not the message they should be easy on the eye and appropriate. You should [...]

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Load shedding and new printshop hours

April 14th, 2008 · No Comments · General

We have had a careful look at load shedding and the new schedules for Johannesburg. Our schedule is from 6am to 10am on Wednesdays and alternate weeks on Mondays and Fridays. What we have done to ensure our normal standards of production is met is install an extra black/white printer Also last year we upgraded [...]

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A4 or letter size

March 16th, 2008 · 1 Comment · General

What I would like to share is my amazement in trainers, and training authors who send manuals for printing with the page size set at letter size. We cannot change the page size to A4 as the document then reflows. So we print "fit to page". This works but it looks unprofessional as the page [...]

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Testimonials needed

November 4th, 2007 · No Comments · General

Having read up on marketing one thing we are missing is testimonials from our customers. From this our potential customers will see how well we are handling our current customers. Please post them as comments or email me Thanks Ian Franks Ph 011 447 3133

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Dropbox just send us your files via your browser.

October 3rd, 2007 · No Comments · General

You have files to send us for printing let us save you petrol and time! How just use the dropbox on our website. No software to download and install. Just PLEASE don’t leave the dropbox page until the transfer is complete. Also this being South Africa don’t try this on the last working day of [...]

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BEE Rating

August 31st, 2007 · 1 Comment · General

Good news, We are now classified as EME so our BEE status is now Level 4. All our customers can now classify their purchases from us as 100% for BEE purposes. All the certificates are available here. ( BEE) If you need the certificates we will deliver them with your next purchase. Just let me [...]

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