A monthly newsletter about document management, digital print technology and printing.

School Print Centers As Easy As “A-B-C”

October 2009

abcStudents and administrators alike are clamoring for their own on-site print centers, a place where official and after-school print projects can be produced swiftly and economically.

We have created a tailored suite of products and software for use in local schools and made it available to schools across the country, and to widespread acclaim. The on-site school print packages consist of a 24” Canon poster maker, a scanner, and a computer if the school requires one. Software is included so kids and teachers alike can get up and running swiftly on a variety of related school work.

If you know of a school that would benefit from having its own on-site center, Contact Us and we’ll contact them.

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Supporting Freedom At Fraunces Tavern Museum

September 2009

fraunces-tavernWhen the centerpiece of your museum collection is, say, the Magna Carta and the venue where that legendary document will be housed also happens to be the site where George Washington bid farewell to his officers – be sure you partner with a company capable of paying homage to history.

The venerable Fraunces Tavern Museum in New York collaborated with our Ridgway’s division in Houston, TX last week to come up with supportive signage for its “Foundations of Freedom” exhibit – to be built around display of the Magna Carta and other historic items at the museum Sept. 15 through December 15.

For this rare and historic viewing, Ridgway’s developed specialized signage and printed banners for use in the museum’s exhibit rooms. The job included the creation of four 9’x9’ fabric banners, printed and sewn back to back.

The museum wanted someone who cared about how history was presented and we fit the bill. If you have a similar job and would like to talk with someone about it, Contact Us and we’ll be sure to contact you.

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Get A Big Message Across With Big Boards

July 2009

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Sometimes you need to take a “big picture” view to get a point across in land use hearings and other municipal meetings. Here’s how we helped one town capture the attention they needed.
 
A municipality in Southern California was having a difficult time getting its side of the story out during lengthy hearings about proposed land use within the district. “We couldn’t get anyone to listen to us, much less understand our position,” one local administrator said.

That changed when district officials contacted one of our divisions in Southern California and asked for more than 80 4’x8’ story boards. The boards – each as large as a full sheet of plywood – carried simple black and white text and graphics, while others required sophisticated renderings and diagrams in full color. Each helped the district tell its story and move its agenda forward.

How about your next meeting? Need an attention-getter or two to make that big project happen? Contact us today.

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Give “Credit Cards” Where Credit Is Due!

July 2009

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When you need to motivate your employees, let us extend our “creative credit” and produce a cost-effective and compelling incentive for your next business initiative.

A builder in Richmond, VA found a novel use of our color print capabilities when he turned to us for 2,000 mock “credit cards” he could hand out to his sales force as part of a contest. Their top salesperson got an actual card with a handsome credit limit at the end of their quarter.

Creative credit also goes to a real estate company in the Washington D.C. area that used a similar giveaway to promote a networking strategy for their brokers. The graphics on the credit card look-a-like included incentive and bonus codes, along with a web address so employees could discover new incentive programs on their company web site.

All these “credit cards” were printed several to a sheet using direct-to-board technology on styrene, and then carved out on a digital cutter.
 
Curious to see what we kind of “color capital” you can have to work with? Contact us to learn more!

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Making A Million

July 2009

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It takes a lot of capacity to turn out a million pages of manuals in a short time, but it’s easy when you’ve got the support of more than 300 locations nationwide.

One of our divisions in the San Francisco Bay Area put out a call for assistance recently when a major medical devices company needed thirteen different medical manuals – more than a million printed impressions in all.

“The job came in on April 20 and the majority of the work had to be done by May 5,” InPrint President Karl Winkelman remembers. “When I first saw what they needed I put out a call to our sister divisions.”

Once the print teams from four San Francisco Bay Area divisions ended up splitting the massive job, the job wasn’t so massive at all.

Got a big job and a short time to do it in? Contact us about our capacity and you’ll look like a million!

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