Basic Questions When Requesting A Packaging Quote
When a client requests an estimate on a packaging project, there are four basic questions to ask: 1) What type of product? – In other words, is this a Straight Tuck End, Reverse Tuck End, Auto Bottom...
View ArticleSpine Thickness for Perfect Binding
Prefect Binding is the type of binding you would find on a paperback book. It looks clean and you can print on the spine. In order to print on the spine, you want to have enough thickness in the book...
View ArticleWhat is Giclee?
Giclee is a type of printing that allows art and photography to be printed on materials such as canvas or special photo paper. Designers will often ask, because people sometimes do not understand the...
View ArticlePerforations In Printing
A recent marketing tactic is to perforate print materials. As an example, you might receive a postcard or brochure in the mail that will have a coupon or business card placed within the artwork. The...
View ArticleWhat is a PMS Printing?
PMS stands for Pantone Matching System. Sometimes clients prefer this type of printing to either save money, guarantee color consistency, or to print with speciality colors like metallics. Often...
View ArticleNo Cost & Low Cost Photography Solutions
So you want to create an ad, postcard, or brochure for your business and you don’t have any pictures you can use. You have a few options depending on the number of images you need and your budget for...
View ArticlePrinting In These Economic Times
I recently saw an opportunity via a LinkedIn group, where a seeker of printing services asked if the responder of her request was a broker. When the responder said “yes”, the seeker said “I already...
View ArticleCommon Postcard Sizes
I have had clients ask what the most common sizes are for postcards. So here I have created a list for your referencing pleasure: 1.5″ X 7″; 2″ X 8″; 2.5″ X 2.5″; 3″ X 4″; 4″ X 4″; 4″ X 6″; 4″ X 9″;...
View ArticleThe Realities Of Printing
Here we are again, speaking about this concept of clients seemingly finding more comfort dealing with a printer direct than a broker. For the brokers, I am providing some great responses and...
View ArticleA Touch of Class With Varnishes
One way to add interest and elegance to your business card or brochure is to use a spot varnish. You’ve seen spot varnishes before – with business cards that when you turn them in the light part of the...
View ArticleA Clients Guide to Vector Verses Raster Art
Maybe you’ve heard these terms from your printer, designer, or marketing manager but you still aren’t sure exactly what they mean. You’ve come to the right place, by the time you finish this article...
View ArticleProjectCenter Goes Online With Printing
ProjectCenter now offers printing services online to further enhance and round out their portfolio of services and purchasing options. “Our goal was to be a single source of printing services for...
View ArticleProjectCenter Has Gone Green
We now offer Green alternatives for your printing. We use recycled papers, soy/vegetable inks and Zero VOC solvents in order to reduce pollution and improve employee safety. Let us know if you want to...
View ArticleProjectCenter Is Google’s “Favorite Place”
ProjectCenter has been recognized by Google as a “Favorite Place“. Between July 1st and September 30th of 2009, Google users found the ProjectCenter business listing 2201 times, and requested driving...
View ArticleWhat Are Line Screens In Printing?
A Line Screen is the measure of how many halftone lines are printed in a linear inch. The value is expressed as Lines Per Inch (LPI), which usually seen in lithography, screen printing and more. This...
View ArticleProjectCenter Teams Up With Ear Candy Charity
ProjectCenter and EAR CANDY, a non-profit music organization, have teamed up in the 2010 Instrument Drive. ProjectCenter donated over 15,000 units of printed marketing materials, and will continue to...
View ArticleUsing Barcodes In Printing, A Growing Strategy
Already, 30% of the direct mail and marketing campaigns handled by ProjectCenter incorporate Quick Response barcodes. Given the advantages they present, we expect the number of clients utilizing QR...
View ArticleWhy Printing Prices Go Up At Lower Quantities
This article explores the reason why printing per unit costs go up as the quantity printed goes down.
View ArticleProjectCenter’s Latest Packaging Project – Step By Step
A step by step look at what goes into a packaging project.
View ArticleProjectCenter Gets Voted Into The 2011 Ranking Arizona Magazine
We are very pleased to announce that ProjectCenter made its way into the 2011 Ranking Arizona magazine (“The Best Of Arizona Business”). We were ranked Top 10 of the Copy, Duplicating & Printing...
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