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What’s a print company doing with a blog?  Here are some goals: Share client success. Discuss marketing trends. Help you grow your business. You never know what you might find, but at a minimum, we’ll educate and put a smile on your face.

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AdminNov 6, 2015 8:32:52 AM

7 Unique Holiday Printing Ideas

It’s the most wonderful time of the year – for printing, that is! Have all of your holiday printing needs been met? We love seeing our customers’ creative ideas, but if you’re like me and haven’t even started thinking of the holidays yet, you may need a little inspiration (or a bag of coal…) to get ...
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AdminAug 27, 2015 4:21:42 AM

Print Ready Parade and Preparation

You brainstormed until the whiteboards fell of the conference room walls. At 2:00am, you found a comma missing on page 45 of the file and your designer was kind enough to tweak this at 6am. Rushing to the office, you grab a cup of coffee and upload your amazing opus so it goes to print.
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AdminAug 20, 2015 10:33:42 AM

Aces in the Hole

As August comes to a close, it is our pleasure to congratulate the ACE Mentor Program team in Chicago. Since 1995, the ACE Mentor Program has introduced students, particularly minorities, women and low-income populations, to careers in the architecture, construction and engineering industry.
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AdminJul 9, 2015 7:41:22 AM

Learn and Earn Credits at Cushing

Retail and hospitality, to healthcare and dining, wall decor is an integral element of interior design. Numerous firms are collaborating with clients to enhance interiors, boost environments and improve the customer experience. Adding a splash of color to the workspace, branding in a public area or ...
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MahtApr 28, 2014 4:51:00 AM

The What and the Why of Giclee

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AdminApr 12, 2013 8:07:01 AM

Making It Better

I have been involved in my family’s third generation business for forty years. Our family management team currently includes three family members from the same generation. Both my father and grandfather believed a non-family member with talent and ambition would never stay with a closely held company ...
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AdminFeb 12, 2013 3:33:40 PM

Bringing your Vision to Life

As the Director of Information Technology at Cushing, I instill upon our team a fundamental principal: our mission is to get the right information to the right people when they need it. This is vital not only for the internal operation of our company but, just as importantly, for helping bring your ...
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AdminFeb 7, 2011 10:20:18 AM

Large Format Imaging – NOW

Let’s say for the sake of discussion that “large format” images are larger than 12 inches by 18 inches – bigger than the average high speed copier can print. And further, to clarify, all of the technology available for reproduction of documents smaller than 12 x 18 is interesting, but not really what ...
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AdminFeb 5, 2011 11:38:58 AM

Large Format Imaging – THEN

A hundred years ago when someone needed a BIG copy of something, it was usually a plan for an engineering or architectural design. These were drafted on large sheets of transparent material (linen, vellum, etc.) so that they could be copied onto a sensitized paper. The translucent original was placed ...
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AdminNov 30, 2010 8:47:20 AM

Send in the Clouds (Part Two)

Okay, now I KNOW that you have seen the “To the Cloud” commercials – people in airports, department stores, and traffic jams, etc. all working seamlessly on computers that know everything they need to and respond instantly. I wrote recently about storing your data in the Cloud so that it can be ...
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