Meet Robert Hunt: Creator Of Awesome Industry App @PrintApply

9th May 2013 by Deborah Corn under Buyers, Creative, Design, Education, Featured, Interview, Mobile Media, Paper, Print & Digital, Tablets, Tips, Tools, Training

As I often mention, one of the perks to having a website that’s dedicated to sharing cool things with our community is that cool things come along! Such is the case with Print Apply – an App for print professionals and graphic designers! I’ve had the App and have been sharing info about it for [...]

tagged in APPS, Design, envelope, FSC, Graphic Arts, mobile app, Paper, Pre-Press, Prepress, Print, Print Buyers, print production, Printers, Publishing and Printing, QR code, SFI, Sustainable Forestry Initiative, Western States Envelope & Label

A Bit of Guerrilla TRUTH For #Paperless2013

2nd May 2013 by Deborah Corn under Consumables, Education, Environment, Infographic, Paper, Print & Digital, Tips, Tools, Training, Trends

After the recent tweet from Paperless 2013 about the Restoration Hardware catalog, I decided to take a different approach to getting some paper sustainability facts out there that would be more digestible. What I realized from the Paperless 2013 tweet is that ONE image really does say a 1000 words (about a 1000 page catalog no [...]

tagged in advertising, Environmentalism, Graphic Arts, Paper, Paperless office, print production, Printing, Publishing and Printing, Restoration Hardware, Social Media Marketing

#Paperless2013 Fires The TWEET Heard Round The Print World

29th April 2013 by Deborah Corn under Consumables, Environment, Marketing, Paper, Print & Digital, Print Services, Tips, Tools, Training, Trends

Go Paperless in 2013 takes its eye off “Paperwork” and turns its focus on Catalogs Remember in the Lord Of The Rings movies when the EYE was looking around for Frodo and would fix it’s gaze is one direction until something else distracted it? Well that seems to have happened over the weekend with the [...]

tagged in digital media, eco print, Go Paperless in 2013, Green, Paperless, Paperless office, Print, print media, print production, Printing, social media, social networking, Twitter

PAPERCUTS: A New Webinar Series For Paper Lovers Everywhere!

23rd April 2013 by Deborah Corn under Creative, Design, Education, Featured, Interview, Marketing, Meet the Pros, Paper, Print & Digital, Print Services, Tips, Tools, Training, Trends, Webinar

PrintMediaCentr Partners with Paper Merchants, The National Paper Trade Association (NPTA), and AtTask to Bring New Webinar Series to Paper Lovers Everywhere! New format brings opportunity for Print Buyers, Designers, and Marketers to learn about multiple substrates and engage directly with Paper Merchants and Spec Reps. The Printerverse – April 23, 2013 – PrintMediaCentr [...]

tagged in Design, designers, Graphic Arts, Marketing, Paper, Paper Merchants, Paper Mills, Print, Print Buyers, print production, Printing, spec reps, specifying paper

Are These Ads Worth the Paper They’re Not Printed On?

27th February 2013 by Deborah Corn under Creative, Education, Marketing, Paper, Tips, Tools, Training, Trends, Video

This article from the NY Times was sent to me to share from my friend Warren Seidel at Unisource Worldwide. I have modified it but the full article is here: Are These Ads Worth the Paper They’re Not Printed On? – NYTimes.com. My apologies to the author, but also a HUGE thanks for covering our side [...]

tagged in advertising, Domtar, Domtar Corporation, Paperless office, print production, Printing

Designers, Buyers, Printers – Get a FREE Session Pass to #GOA2013 from PrintMediaCentr!

4th February 2013 by Deborah Corn under Creative, Design, Education, Events, Featured, Marketing, Paper, Print & Digital, Print Services, Tips, Tools, Training, Trends

With over 70 sessions to choose from, including those from Digital Classroom – LIVE, there is something for EVERYONE at Graphics of The America’s February 21-23, in Orlando Florida! Check out the schedule here To win a pass: Option 1Designers Tweet: @PrintMediaCentr I gotta get a GOA pass, to hang in your booth and take [...]

tagged in Adobe, Adobe Creative Suite, Design, Digital Classroom Live, digital media, Direct Marketing, Graphic Design, Graphics of The America, Marketing, print media

Visit PrintMediaCenter At #GOA2013 And Attend for FREE!

28th January 2013 by Deborah Corn under Design, Education, Events, Paper, Print & Digital, Print Services, Tips, Tools, Training

PrintMediaCentr brings its action-packed, fun-filled networking zone live to the expo floor. Stop by to see the use of print-based marketing technology – such as iPR, Augmented Reality, and QR Codes; listen to an array of speakers and panels; and more! Co-located with The Expo Theater in booth 371, we will bring designers and production [...]

tagged in bindery, cross media marketing, cross-media, Design, Design Software, finishing, GOA, Graphic Design, Graphics Of The Americas, Paper, Print, print production, Printing, Software

Who is Really Behind #Paperless2013

23rd January 2013 by Deborah Corn under Environment, Paper

It seems as though the Go Paperless in 2013 campaign has backed down from some of its environmental messaging. I am going to share some visible changes to this campaign, and introduce some facts that may have been overlooked or missed very early on. I will leave it up to you to draw your own [...]

tagged in Eco, eco-friendly, environmental impact, Go Paperless in 2013, Google, Paper, Paper recycling, Paperless2013, print management, sustainability, sustainable, Sustainable Solutions, Two Sides, Two Sides US

@MillcraftPaper on Making the Right Paper Choice

22nd January 2013 by Deborah Corn under Buyers, Creative, Design, Education, Paper, Print & Digital, Tips, Tools, Training

by guest contributor Jill DiNicolantonio With so many printing papers available, specifiers can easily get overwhelmed. Many end up relying on a few favorites, usually opting for a white, gloss coated stock. Looking at it in further detail, you’ll see a bunch of paper qualities that can make all difference between a dream job and a [...]

tagged in Coated paper, Design, Graphic Design, Paper, Paper Merchants, Paper Mills, Print, Print Buyers, Print Buying, print production, Printing

Why is the Print Industry Whining About #Paperless2013

14th January 2013 by Deborah Corn under Consumables, Education, Environment, Marketing, Paper, Print & Digital, Print Services, Tips, Tools, Training, Trends

Doesn’t the print industry have better things to do than shake its fist at Google and their Go Paperless in 2013 campaign? So many already think Print is out of touch with the “new world,” so why add fuel to that fire? And the organizations that are speaking out, well they just have their [...]