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Designing Tips to Create Door Hangers

Printed door hangers can be used for assorted purposes, for example advertisements, do not disturb signs, contact us pages, double sided messages and many more. There are various companies which can do this tedious job for you. Finely printed door hangers can also be used as a marketing tool for your business.

You can be assured that marketing your products or your services through door hanger can be very viable. This method of advertising is much more cost effective than bulk mailing or brochure and booklet distribution. The design of the door hangers is as important as the message that it holds.

You can create your custom made door hanger designs as per your requirements. Astounding designs coupled together with exceptional content can grab the attention of new and existing customers. Striking and abstract colors can be used to ensure that people pay attention to the message. Bright photos, contrasting hues, and even assortment of color patterns can grasp attention.

Custom designed door hangers should always have big and bold headline. Bold headlines are very distinctive and can impress potential customers for your business. An extensive range of color combination can be used to make your door hanger stand out from the rest. These features work as a catalyst in speeding up the sales of your business.

You can also have double sided door hangers made for you. In one side you can mention the type of business that you own, and on the other side you can print a detailed map locating your showrooms or service centers. Similarly political campaigns and movements can be conveyed through door hangers to spread the message appropriately.

If you have a point to make or a message to spread to your community or around the city, than door hangers are your most reliable option. Various restaurant owners can also print their menus and phone numbers for take away orders through promotional door hangers. This makes it easier for both, the consumers and the service providers as well.

You can display your messages in ways that you want and design the door hanger yourself. Various online printing service providers are ready to help you decide on the design, help you choose the color combination and print it for you.
If you are looking to promote your business or advertise your services then look no further than creative door hangers. One of the most prominent and consistent printing agencies for door hangers in the US is PrintPapa. Visit PrintPapa to find out more.

5 Tips to Create Custom Greeting Cards

Greeting cards are great giveaways on special occasions. Development in technology has meant that the cards can be customized according to tastes and wishes of the sender. Nothing makes a person more happy then to wake up on his birthday and see a beautifully designed greeting card bearing a memorable picture of his life. This is the power of custom greeting cards. It makes you a designer and you can create whatever you wish and not go for the same old stuff that all the others buy.

Creating a custom greeting card is a very easy task and it is a great tool for marketing too. Such greeting cards can be ordered from any of the printing agencies. But the better the printer the more prominent results you can expect. But here are 5 tips for those that want to create a custom greeting card sitting at home:

• Hardware Required: You will definitely need a computer which has graphic editing software such as CorelDraw and Photoshop installed. To get good quality prints you also need to have a Laser Jet printer. High resolution laser quality prints make even an ordinary print look great and the greeting card look professional.
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• Unique Idea: The designing and the content of the card would be focused on the event. For example if it is a Christmas greeting card then a picture of you dressed as a Santa and some personalized messages  is a good choice.
• High Quality Paper: Do not pick any paper that you get. There have been so many instances when a beautifully designed card has suffered due to poor choice of paper. So it is of utmost importance to pick a paper that will give you high quality outputs.
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• Bright Photographs: Choose pictures that are taken in full light. Dark looking photographs on top of the greeting card gives a dull look to it.
• Designing: There should be separate designs in the front and inside the card. The top messages should be catchy while the inner messages can be more personalized. Adding some humor to the cards makes them more interesting.

It isn’t tough is it? But then again customizing a greeting card requires a lot of time and some amount of precision. So why not entrust the job to the printing service providers such as PrintPapa?

Pro-Environment Calendar Printing Tips

If you have an environmental organization then you will surely need all the promotion you can have to gain support from a large section of the populace. This is the reason why calendars are considered apt marketing tools for environmental organizations. Calendar is a thing that every household requires and they remain in front of the eyes all throughout the day and night. So is there any better way to make people remember your organization and the cause for which you are fighting. Though the printing agencies will give you various ideas to make the calendars more effective but below are some of the tried and tested tips:

• Special Events and Dates should be highlighted – Highlight the special dates of the organization and those that are valid for your organization. This will serve as a constant reminder for all viewers of the calendar what your organization is about and what you strive to attain through it. Many interested people might also take a notice of those special days and participate in the event organized by your organization. By doing this, you will make people aware of the various events that are held by the organization such as concerts, exhibitions, anniversary celebrations, etc. More people participating in these events leads to more success for your organization.

• Foreign Translations should be included – There are many people around the world who do not understand English. So, it is a great idea to have native language translations for month, date and other messages included in your calendar. This will help you to reach out to a larger population of the audience.

• Include Paintings, Poetry and Quotes by Other Members – Get the people in your organization involved in it. Make the campaign more absorbing by including quotes, poetry, nature photos and paintings by the other employees of the organization. These will not only give the members a boost but will also add content to the design of your calendar.

Whatever you do, bear one thing in mind that take up the best printing services available. These tips will work effectively only if the printing agency chosen by you is effective. An effective calendar campaign will ensure that your environmental organization grows by leaps and bounds!

Recycling Used Postcards

Though this is the age of Internet and emails but postcard is still considered as one of the best ways to greet and inform people. This is the reason each year you get so many postcards from your friends, relatives or many other companies trying to promote their products or services. But once the postcard is read it is of no use and soon gets disposed of in the garbage box. But wasting paper is a crime in itself especially taking into consideration the rate at which the greenery is being shed all around you. So why not try and put minds into play and find some ways to use the postcards that are lying in a corner of your house.

The postcards are made of high quality materials and a lot of hard work goes in on the part of the printer to design them. So using the recycled postcards is also paying respect to the printing agencies. There are so many innovative ways to use the used postcards. Below are some of the ideas that you might put into use:

• Creating a Collage: Cut some of the pieces of the beautiful custom made postcards and put them together to create a collage. You need to have a creative mindset to turn the pieces of postcard into an artwork. If the collage gets the desired effect then place it within a frame. This artwork can be given as a gift to any friend or even sold.
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• Making a Birthday Scrapbook: Use the postcards to make pages of the scrapbook or the borders for the photos. The text portions of the postcards may also be used to create captions on the photos.
• Creating Gift Tags: Beautiful images and designs are made on the postcards that are used for marketing. The printing service providers put in a lot of effort to make the postcards look the best. So if you have bought a gift for your friend then use the desired images from the heaps of postcards at your disposal. Just make a hole and then attach the image with a string or ribbon.
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• Making Home Décor Items: Use the best images in your postcards and then place them in frames to make things of table and wall décor. These images may also be pasted on the glass and you will get a beautiful looking candle holder.

Custom printed postcards are the best things that can be used to decorate a home without spending a penny. So use them and that will in itself be showing respect to the printers.

Reasons to use Green Printing!

With widespread concerns about pollution in various quarters of life isn’t it wise to do whatever one can to save this beautiful planet? Green printing is the latest trend in the industry. This type of printing service not only reflects the caring attitude for the planet but is affordable too. Though green printing is not as cheap as some of the other conventional types of printing services, it has many other advantages that are making people go green. Below are some of the advantages:

• Cost Effective – Though the costing for green printing might seem high initially but in the long run they prove to be an economic option. On top of this, there are many green printing agencies that offer very competitive prices for such services.
• End Results – The recycled papers used in this process are of the highest quality and give great prints while the vegetable or soy inks are made to produce vibrant colors. Such prints also last for a longer time than the prints made from conventional printers.
• Quick Shift – It is easy to make a switch from conventional printing to green printing. Just place your order and watch the results. These printers follow the same process as conventional printers.

• Eco friendly – The sole purpose of using such printing service is to make others feel that you care for the planet. The earth has given so much to us. This is just a small gesture on your part.
• Appreciated by Customers – Using green printing service is a feather in your cap. Your customers will appreciate the caring heart you have for nature. It will convey your obligations to the society and the environment at the same time.
• Printing is Essential – Printing is needed by all organizations big and small for various purposes. So, if you are going to use the printing services why not use green printing and show your responsibility towards the planet.

• Spreading the Thought – It might so happen that your green prints might inspire many other companies to take up this form of eco-friendly printing service.

When there is a way to thank the planet for all it has given why not use the green alternative! There are so many printing agencies (one of them is PrintPapa) that provides green printing services. So, use it and feel good!

At PrintPapa below are the list of things we do which classifies us as a Green Printer

• Chemistry Free Plate Making Process: We use Presstek Computer To Plate Making machine to make the printing plates, which can just be rinsed with plain water. No need for developer or fixer, or polyester films, masking sheets and tapes.
• Waterless Offset DI Presses: Our presses are waterless press and here is a link to read more about how environmental friendly is a DI Press.
• We recycle all paper waste.
• We recycle all metal plates
• We turn off all lights, AC, fans before we go home.
• We use electronic Job Tickets to save on paper and also allows us to be more efficient.
• Plus many more small things we do everyday.

Tips to Create a Proper Print Ready File

Printing is a facet that can make a good work appear great. To get good results from your printer you should always be ready to help out the printer in all respects. Sending the work to the printers is one of the important tasks for you. When the formats are correct this saves a lot of time for the printing agencies and also produces optimum output for you. Before sending the work it is always necessary to ask the printers about the type of software and tools they will be using while printing the copies. In case of printing and designing the images there are various types of software that are being used by the printing service providers. These software range from Adobe InDesign, Corel Draw, Adobe Photoshop, Microsoft Publisher, etc. Then there are many varieties of printers using which the printing is done so here are some of the steps to creating a print ready file:

• Format: In case of the artworks the most preferred format is high resolution PDF files.
• Resolution: To get clear prints for the images the resolution needs to be minimum of 300 dpi. If the resolution is less than this then there is a high probability that the images might be blurred and distorted. Bear it in mind that most of the images found over the Internet have a resolution of 72 dpi, and thus, they cannot be used by the printing agencies for printing.

• Colors: The color format for the files should be in CMYK (Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, Black). This format is used by most of the printing service providers. If the files are sent in formats such as Pantone and RGB then they are automatically converted into CMYK format. But in such instances there are some changes in the selected colors.
• Fonts: If you using a font that is rare to find then there are high chances that the printer might not have it. This is why the documents should be sent in easy to find fonts. If a font is used that is not with the printer then your work might be automatically substituted by any other mundane font style. Also do not forget to mention the font type on top of the work so that the printer can readily understand. Most of the Design Software will have a way to convert the fonts to an image (called outline in Illustrator). That way you do not have to worry about the fonts getting converted wrongly or incorrect type.
• Text: For printing purposes it is generally asked that the texts should be finished at least 5 mm or 1/8th” from the edge of the page.

• Pagination: Arrange all the pages and documents in page order. If the files are sent in PDF format then they will automatically be numbered.
• Bleeds: If you have colors, graphics, line going to the edge of the printed sheet then you need to extend those elements o.25″ beyond the finish size. So for e.g. a 8.5×11 flyer with bleeds will need to be of 8.75×11.25 inches in size, so that when the paper is cut the bleeds show up properly.

With these simple steps you can make the task of the printing service providers a lot easier and quicker, and thus, get all the printed materials on time. Visit PrintPapa FAQ section to learn more about producing the correct print ready files.