Online Sales Tax Collection is Coming
“States are under pressure to raise their revenues, and with e-commerce sales rising, they are seeing these revenues go out of state,” Fiorentino said. “I don’t see the states ignoring it for a long time. Sales tax has become an issue for everyone, and in the near future we’ll all be collecting.” According to a […]
InterACT!: Print/Online/Social/Mobile Conference August 10-11 Chicago
This unique two-day two-track program is designed for marketers, agencies and customer publishers, as well as print/marketing services providers interested in improving how they interact with their customers and prospects. The conference program will focus on: How Marketers Are Making Interactive Media Campaigns Work This conference track will focus on tools available today for getting and keeping an […]
Fox Uses QR Codes in Print Advertising To Pitch Shows
New scanning technology will be attached to specific Fox advertising materials for consumers to use to access more content of Fox shows. Known as Fox Codes, the effort comes from a technology called “quick response codes” — more of an update on barcodes, a square-ish looking computer graphic. Using a camera-enabled smartphone — from a […]
Five Production Technologies you Should Know About
The most important aspect of change in the production industry is workflow improvement. The more efficient the workflow, the more time we have to focus on customer service. This efficiency is being accomplished by the evolution of digital workflow systems. In order to implement a fully digital workflow we must embrace key technologies such as […]
Color-Logic targets designers with video guide
Color-Logic has produced a video to demonstrate how graphic designers can quickly produce metallic special effects using its process metallic colour system. The seven-minute video provides a step-by-step guide to Color-Logic’s design software and was conducted by the company’s chief technology officer Richard Ainge, who developed the original MetalFX process. Mark Geeves, sales and marketing […]
AAF-Mosaic Vendor Fair 2010- 9/28 NYC
Mosaic Vendor Fair – New York City 9:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m., September 28, 2010 New York Athletic Club, 180 Central Park South New York, NY 10019-1562 The Mosaic Vendor Fair is a one-day event designed to provide diverse and women-owned vendors with the opportunity to connect with advertising agencies, advertisers and media companies and […]
HP Introduces Large Format Photo Negative Application for Fine-Art Quality
HP today introduced a Large Format Photo Negative application that allows professional photographers using the HP Designjet Z3200 Photo Printer series to produce fine-art quality prints or hardcopy image archives. HP is showcasing Large Format Photo Negatives and prints produced with the negatives for the first time at Les Rencontres d’Arles 2010 in Arles, France […]
PIA Color Management Conference, December 5-7th 2010
Make plans now to attend the 12th annual Color Management Conference. This is the conference for beginners and experts alike bringing together the who’s who of the color management industry. For years, the Printing Industries of America’s Color Management Conference has provided attendees the best advice on how to select the right technology and learn best […]
Royal Mail launches targeting tool for unaddressed mail
The Royal Mail is launching an online tool to help direct marketers improve the targeting of their unaddressed mail campaigns. The move follows concerns from consumer groups that the recent scrapping of the limits on the amount of unaddressed mail Royal Mail can deliver will lead to a surge in “junk” mail. The postal service […]
Fespa Digital 2011 Casts Off For Four-Day Event In Hamburg
Plans for FESPA Digital 2011, which will take place in Hamburg, Germany from 24 – 27 May 2011, are well underway, with the exhibitor promotion campaign set to kick off during FESPA 2010. The show will occupy around 16000m2 (net) in the new halls at the Hamburg Messe, located at the heart of Germany’s maritime […]
Converge–A Blueprint for Your Future
Those attending Printing Industries of America’s Converge Conference in Memphis, TN, November 7-9, 2010, they’ll find themselves in the midst of a unique opportunity to see the future of print and communication technologies and gain a broader understanding of the technologies changing the industry. Scheduled to speak at the event about the importance of innovations are two […]
Type printed in color or on color runs the risk of looking fuzzy, even illegible. Here's why it happens and how to avoid it.
The characters in the fonts we use have very distinct shapes, finely and painstaking delineated. When printed in solid colors—typically black—the shapes and subtleties of these characters can be reproduced with great fidelity. But when printed using screened colors—especially when using several inks—the edges of the characters are defined by a haze of dots rather […]