Large-format (also known as Wide-format) printers have the capability to print on various substrates including coroplast, vinyl, foamcore, PVC (and many more!) with a width between 17″ and 100″. Printers with a print width of over 100″ are generally referred to Super-Wide or Grand format. Using rolled substrates (or non-rigid substrates) as opposed to individual sheets, wide format provides the…
Understanding Crops & Bleeds: When you prepare a document for printing, a number of marks are needed to help the printer determine where to trim the paper, align separation films when producing proofs, measure film for correct calibration and dot density, and so on. Selecting any page-mark option expands the page boundaries to accommodate printer’s marks, bleed (the parts of text or…
Color is a form of non-verbal communication. It has the ability to awaken thoughts of memories, stimulate the senses and represent abstract ideas. It is important to consider the psychology of color in design. Is it simply a coincidence that Microsoft, LinkedIn, Twitter, and Facebook all use blue as the dominant color in their logo? Probably not. Blue is strongly…
Who has access to your company’s crown jewels? Version control and access management of your marketing assets can easily become unmanageable if not monitored carefully. Marketing materials are often created and handled by numerous individuals, sometimes in different locations or on different work schedules and it can be difficult to keep track of who has what. Collateral can be spread across…
We’ve all been there. You overestimated how much marketing material you’ll need and now you’re left with excess and a huge reminder of what it cost you. So you keep it, hoping that one day you’ll be able to use it and make up some of your loss. Eventually, you allow your team to use this material that has now…
Your marketing assets are among the most vital resources for your company. They are what tells your story and helps you develop a trusted relationship with your current and future customers. It’s critical to have a solid marketing resource management process in place to understand what you have, who wants it, and how you will get it to them. Below…
Ever play telephone as a kid? It was a game lots of children played on the bus, at school lunch or while waiting in lines. The concept is simple, all you have to do is relay a message from one person to another. One person thinks of a message and tells it to the person on their left, that person…
Marketing materials are what drive consumers to your business, but are they doing their job? Without knowing the effectiveness of your marketing materials there is no way of knowing if they are worth the resources to produce. Knowing if they work as a whole is one thing but know what works in particular is another. What do I mean by…
Edit, reshape, adapt, resize, confirm, dispatch. This may be the repeated stream of work in-house designers are confronting day in and day out. The work needs to be done, but it also could be managed in a way that saves much of the time your designers are already setting aside to complete it. We’ve come up with a few solutions…