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DS
Graphics wins top award at 49th New England Book Show
Six-color, Hexachrome-printed Harvard University press book
tops 40 other titles
“The Smaller Majority,” a book printed by DS Graphics
of Lowell, Mass., that includes more than 450 stunning photographs of
close-up looks at species of frogs, lizards and insects that abound
in the tropics, was selected as the top printed publication at the 49th
annual New England Book Show held recently in Boston. (More)
PIA/GATF
to host printers at Capitol Hill Legislative Conference
Printers invited to attend annual conference
scheduled for June 6
Make plans to join your peers from across the nation as the printing and
graphics communications industry takes its story and policy agenda directly
to Washington, D.C. Deliver our industry’s message first-hand by
sharing your personal business perspective directly with legislators and
help raise print’s visibility with a critical audience, members
of Congress on Capitol Hill. (More)
Mohawk
Fine Papers Inc. achieves 1 million safe work hours in 12 months
Employees at Mohawk Fine Papers Inc. have performed
one million safe work hours without a day lost to injury. (More)
PRIMIR
study to explore digital printing outlook
A new Print Industries Market Information and Research Organization
(PRIMIR) study, Digital Printing Outlook in a Production Environment
was launched last month. State Street Consultants, Inc. and John
M Hamm and Associates, LLC will jointly conduct this new research effort.
(More)
GRACoL
7: What’s the big deal?
By Ron Ellis
While GRACoL has been around for many decades, a majority of printers
did not embrace it. As more and more printing is purchased from remote
locations, the need for standards becomes more important. Because of
this, standards such as GRACoL and SWOP become even more important.
Rather than matching a printer’s proof or somebody’s Kodak
approval, many designers and print buyers now seek to match a standard
such as GRACoL. For internal quality and consistency reasons, many printers
are now looking at GRACoL. A lot has changed, and GRACoL 7 has a lot
to offer to those who are interested in learning the new techniques.
(More)
Company
Profile
Goodway Graphics: Venerable company makes transition
from offset to digital; sees a bright and busy future
By John Scibelli
“Goodway Graphics is a sales oriented company, not a manufacturing
company.”
“Our ability to sell determines what we will manufacture.”
“The
company is not in the printing business, but in the business of graphic
services.”
Those statements
were made in October 1967 by a marketing VP at Goodway Graphics’
national headquarters in Philadelphia. They hold true today, and epitomize
the mission of Goodway Graphics’ Burlington, Mass., operation.
(More)
Only in printed version
Ten
ways to make your customers love —
no, really love — you
Customer love is all about respect
By Jeanne Bliss
If you don’t enthrall your customers — and make them believe
you respect them — you’ll lose them. The good news is you
can make them love you. It just takes a hefty dose of commitment, energy,
and old-fashioned elbow grease. Here are 10 tips for getting started.
They’re far from easy, but they’re absolutely necessary.
Do them for a while and then you can move on to the “L”
word
Meeting
the EPA’s Spill Prevention Controls and Countermeasures Plan
By Gary A. Jones
Although printing companies are typically not considered an oil storage
or processing facility, the requirements of the federal Environmental
Protection Agency’s Spill Prevention Controls and Countermeasures
Plan (SPCC) regulation is so broad, that many printers, regardless of
employee size, must meet the rules. For the printing industry, the SPCC
rules are most likely one of the least known set of regulations. Simply,
SPCC is a set of regulations developed by EPA that addresses oil spill
prevention and response.
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