Comments for Craftsmen http://craftsmenprinting.com/blog Smart ideas for print communications Mon, 11 Jan 2010 20:02:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 Comment on Exporting a Print ready PDF from Quark 8 by Brian Harrison http://craftsmenprinting.com/blog/2009/08/05/exporting-a-print-ready-pdf-from-quark-8/comment-page-1/#comment-108 Brian Harrison Mon, 11 Jan 2010 20:02:12 +0000 http://craftsmenprinting.com/blog/?p=94#comment-108 Thanks Sherman! Thanks Sherman!

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]]> Comment on Print’s Not Dead, It’s Just Getting Started by Tweets that mention Print’s Not Dead, It’s Just Getting Started | Craftsmen -- Topsy.com http://craftsmenprinting.com/blog/2009/11/02/print%e2%80%99s-not-dead-it%e2%80%99s-just-getting-started/comment-page-1/#comment-98 Tweets that mention Print’s Not Dead, It’s Just Getting Started | Craftsmen -- Topsy.com Mon, 02 Nov 2009 18:27:19 +0000 http://craftsmenprinting.com/blog/?p=226#comment-98 [...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by Craftsmen and ashleylenz, PIAG Georgia. PIAG Georgia said: RT @craftsmen_atl Print’s Not Dead, It’s Just Getting Started http://ff.im/-aSLZJ #print [...] [...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by Craftsmen and ashleylenz, PIAG Georgia. PIAG Georgia said: RT @craftsmen_atl Print’s Not Dead, It’s Just Getting Started http://ff.im/-aSLZJ #print [...]

]]> Comment on Graphics File Formats Demystified by Brian Harrison http://craftsmenprinting.com/blog/2009/10/13/graphics-file-formats-demystified/comment-page-1/#comment-95 Brian Harrison Mon, 19 Oct 2009 19:35:35 +0000 http://craftsmenprinting.com/blog/?p=215#comment-95 Hi Polprav! You sure can. Let me know when it is up, I would love to check out your article. Hi Polprav! You sure can. Let me know when it is up, I would love to check out your article.

]]> Comment on Exporting a Print ready PDF from Indesign CS4 by Brian Harrison http://craftsmenprinting.com/blog/2009/07/31/exporting-a-print-ready-pdf-from-indesign-cs4/comment-page-1/#comment-94 Brian Harrison Mon, 19 Oct 2009 19:33:45 +0000 http://craftsmenprinting.com/blog/?p=97#comment-94 Hi Marius, thanks for the comment.If your printer does not support X-4, then just use X-1a. The PDF X-1a standard should set Transparency to High Resolution as part of it's standard. Hi Marius, thanks for the comment.If your printer does not support X-4, then just use X-1a. The PDF X-1a standard should set Transparency to High Resolution as part of it’s standard.

]]> Comment on Graphics File Formats Demystified by Polprav http://craftsmenprinting.com/blog/2009/10/13/graphics-file-formats-demystified/comment-page-1/#comment-92 Polprav Fri, 16 Oct 2009 21:05:34 +0000 http://craftsmenprinting.com/blog/?p=215#comment-92 Hello from Russia! Can I quote a post in your blog with the link to you? Hello from Russia!
Can I quote a post in your blog with the link to you?

]]> Comment on Exporting a Print ready PDF from Indesign CS4 by Marius http://craftsmenprinting.com/blog/2009/07/31/exporting-a-print-ready-pdf-from-indesign-cs4/comment-page-1/#comment-91 Marius Fri, 16 Oct 2009 13:09:07 +0000 http://craftsmenprinting.com/blog/?p=97#comment-91 And what about the Transparency Flattener (Advanced tab), in case the printer does not support PDF/X-4? What kind of settings do you recommend? And what about the Transparency Flattener (Advanced tab), in case the printer does not support PDF/X-4? What kind of settings do you recommend?

]]> Comment on Graphics File Formats Demystified by Twitted by ashleylenz http://craftsmenprinting.com/blog/2009/10/13/graphics-file-formats-demystified/comment-page-1/#comment-90 Twitted by ashleylenz Tue, 13 Oct 2009 20:27:21 +0000 http://craftsmenprinting.com/blog/?p=215#comment-90 [...] This post was Twitted by ashleylenz [...] [...] This post was Twitted by ashleylenz [...]

]]> Comment on What are all of the paper weights and what do they actually mean?: Basic size & weights explained by Brian Harrison http://craftsmenprinting.com/blog/2009/08/21/basis-weights-and-basic-sizes/comment-page-1/#comment-76 Brian Harrison Mon, 21 Sep 2009 20:07:08 +0000 http://craftsmenprinting.com/blog/?p=181#comment-76 Hi Karla! Thanks for reading and for the comment: Without knowing the complete specs of the book and how you are mailing this currently, I cannot really give a good answer on how to reduce the mailing cost, but here are some generalizations: 40# stocks are available in web papers (paper on rolls instead of packages of sheets) but depending on the thickness of the overall piece, automated equipment may have trouble feeding it. Also, if you drop to a 40# text the opacity of the paper will drop and you will be able to see through it a lot more. I would suggest getting a mock up made on a 40# text paper you are considering and see how it feels, see if the opacity value is okay for your purposes and get the post office to test and approve it through their automated equipment, and go from there. Hi Karla! Thanks for reading and for the comment:

Without knowing the complete specs of the book and how you are mailing this currently, I cannot really give a good answer on how to reduce the mailing cost, but here are some generalizations:

40# stocks are available in web papers (paper on rolls instead of packages of sheets) but depending on the thickness of the overall piece, automated equipment may have trouble feeding it.
Also, if you drop to a 40# text the opacity of the paper will drop and you will be able to see through it a lot more.

I would suggest getting a mock up made on a 40# text paper you are considering and see how it feels, see if the opacity value is okay for your purposes and get the post office to test and approve it through their automated equipment, and go from there.

]]> Comment on What are all of the paper weights and what do they actually mean?: Basic size & weights explained by Karla http://craftsmenprinting.com/blog/2009/08/21/basis-weights-and-basic-sizes/comment-page-1/#comment-75 Karla Fri, 18 Sep 2009 20:13:19 +0000 http://craftsmenprinting.com/blog/?p=181#comment-75 For the sake of postage, we need our print work to fall into a particular physical weight. Currently a book that previously was requested on 50# white text came to weigh 3.0 ounces. We now need that same booklet to weigh .40 ounces less to get the overal package down an postage increment to save thousands of dollars. We need to do this while maintaining the "no bleed' requirement, and keep the paper stable enough to feed through automated equipment. If a 40# paper were available we would go with that. What do you recommend? For the sake of postage, we need our print work to fall into a particular physical weight. Currently a book that previously was requested on 50# white text came to weigh 3.0 ounces. We now need that same booklet to weigh .40 ounces less to get the overal package down an postage increment to save thousands of dollars. We need to do this while maintaining the “no bleed’ requirement, and keep the paper stable enough to feed through automated equipment. If a 40# paper were available we would go with that. What do you recommend?

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