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  • How to Remove Printing Ink From Paper

    Removing ink from paper can be daunting. When you make mistakes with ink, correction tapes, white out fluids and erasable ink are the best options for correcting those mistakes. If the ink is...

  • How to Design a Letterhead Template

    When creating a professional business, there are several standard materials you need in order to appear professional. A business card is the most obvious, and envelopes a close second, but you...

  • Money-Saving Business Card Printing Tips

    Business cards are a great marketing tool no matter what occupation, business, or service they represent. In a flash, potential customers know what you do, who you are, and how they can contact...

  • What Printer Do You Need to Print Posters?

    Posters have been a popular and effective advertising and informational medium since the invention of paper. The earliest posters were hand-drawn, eventually giving way to commercial printing...

  • How to Find Cheap Printing

    You stare desperately at the screen, hoping to make that printing bill just a little lower. While staring may not help, using a few keywords in Google or blog hubs just may. Find out how to...

  • How to Create Envelopes

    When it comes to designing business cards or letterhead, the task seems rather simple. But although an envelope seems harder, designing your own envelope is just as simple as any other corporate...

  • Ink Used for Printing

    If you think ink is ink, think again! Depending on how you print, the ink is based on different resins, solvents, dyes, or pigments. Some are environmentally friendly, while others are harmful. ...

  • The Uses of A4 Paper

    A4 paper is the standard measurement of paper in Europe and Asia, and has most of the same varied uses as the 8.5-by-11 sheet in the United States. Incredibly similar in size at 8.3 inches by 11.7...

  • Types of Printing Machines

    Look around you, and you will find a plethora of printed materials. Banners, food packaging, business cards, and so much more. Here we examine the most common printing machines, used to make...

  • Types of Flexography Printing Machines

    Flexography printing has been used for years on packing supplies and materials. From corrugated cardboard boxes, to milk containers, plastic cups and bags. It even has some other commercial...

  • How to Download Vista Printing Templates

    Printing templates can be used for a variety of personal and business projects. Some examples of templates you can print include brochures, agenda, fliers, resumes, invitations, invoices and more....

  • Why is Thermal Paper Important for Business?

    Thermal paper, technical name thermochromic paper, can be of two types: thermal transfer and direct thermal, but they are both highly important for business activities. Thermal transfer printers...

  • How Does a Web Press Work?

    When the term "web" is invariably linked to the Internet in the public mind, it is sometimes difficult to remember that it has other meanings as well. In printing, a web press is any press that...

  • What Is a Dye Sublimation Printer?

    Dye sublimation computer printers are in demand due to the high quality of sharp, clear print images that can be produced from the printer at home. Their images are of equal or greater quality...

  • Where Did the Typewriter Begin?

    The story of the typewriter begins in the 1430s, with the invention of movable type and the printing press. Over the centuries, inventors tried to design a printing machine that people could use...

  • What Is Heat Transfer Printing?

    Heat transfer printing is a method of transferring a desired pattern via heat onto a substrate. There are two ways to transfer the pattern--with a press or with an inkjet or electrostatic printer....

  • What Is a Thermal Printer?

    A thermal printer uses heat and carefully applied pressure to mark paper in patterns. This requires specially treated paper and is most often used for simply black and white printing, especially...

  • What Is Digital Printing Used For?

    Digital printing is more than just copiers and printers. Digital printing is becoming used for a wide variety of applications.

  • The History of the Inkjet Printer

    Printers have run the gamut in history from monks making hand copies to today's technology. The inkjet printer had a small road to travel to get to the point of the all-in-ones we are now all...

  • How to Create a Business Card for Free

    Creating free business cards is an economical way to present your business in a professional manner. Although you will not be paying for the business cards, the company printing them will be...

  • How Is Sublimation Printing Done?

    In a sublimation printer, there is a thermal printing head. This head heats up and moves over a ribbon of colored dye.

  • How Does Offset Printing Work?

    Offset printing provides sharper, cleaner reproductions than the letterpress (because the process reproduces at higher resolutions) and is less expensive than rotogravure printing (an even higher...

  • How 3D Printers Work

    3D printing is closely related to the practice of rapid prototyping, in which an object is constructed through automated processes rather than skilled labor. The first factor in 3D printing, as...

  • How Does a Dye Sublimation Printer Work?

    Because dye sublimation printers work under the process of sublimation, it's necessary to understand sublimation to understand the dye sublimation printing process. On the most basic level, the...

  • How to Make Your Own Badges

    Badges can create a more secure work environment for your employees and promote professionalism in your company. Making badges for your company can be a costly endeavor if you create and print the...

  • How to Get Your Own Silk Screen Equipment

    Interest in the screen-printing industry is on the rise. This is due to the demand for screen-printed items as well as the development of printing equipment that make the process easy enough for...

  • How to Create Your Own Glossy, Full Color Business Cards Online - for Cheap

    If you want to create your own glossy, full-color business cards, you don't need to go to a printing store or an office supply store to get your professional personalized business cards printed,...

  • How to Create your own T-shirts

    I enjoy drawing all types of things. I decided to take my drawing to a new level. I wanted to see my artwork on a T-shirt. I did the research and I have accomplished my goal. I will share with you...

  • How to Find Discount Printing Prices

    Lucky us! With the proliferation of discount printing prices on the Internet, it is a piece of cake to find get your printing done at discount prices that don't eat your wallet alive. Whether you...

  • About the Digital Printing Process

    Digital printing is an important part of any business that needs to either print their own advertising or for businesses that outsource their printing. Here is an overview of the digital printing...

  • What Is Thermal Printing?

    Thermal printing is the process of using heat to activate the embedded inks in specialized paper to print words and images. Thermal printers are more efficient than dot matrix printers, and they...

  • Gravure Printing

    Two major types of commercial printing technology are in use today. One of them, gravure printing, is popular for projects that involve either very high quality images, a long lifespan, large...

  • How to Print Your Own Checks

    With all the banking costs going up these days the cost of printed checks has become an expense that can make a dent in the budget. Since it is very easy to make your own checks, why not save the...

  • About Flexographic Printing

    Heavy duty printing jobs call for heavy duty printers and excellent techniques. One of the oldest of such techniques is known as flexography, or flexographic printing. It involves pressing raised...

  • About Transparency Film

    Presentations such as in business sales projections, graphs, slideshows and lectures are all possible with the use of transparency films. This medium is also useful in screen printing projects as...

  • How to Make Great Photocopies

    Making copies is a fairly simple process. Making great copies, however, requires some forethought. There are factors to consider, such as the project you're working on and the type of paper. The...

  • How to Cut Printing Costs on Inkjet Color Printer

    Inkjet printers remain a staple in many homes and offices but keeping printing costs down can often pose a problem. Printer ink and paper is costly and depending on the printer your use and how...

  • How to Choose Business Stationery

    Business stationery gives an impression of professionalism and personal style. By using the appropriate design you let your clients and business partners know your company is stable and pays...

  • How to Conserve Paper

    Paper may not seem like a precious commodity when it is sold in stores, lined up in offices by the case, and strewn about your home and work desks. However, paper comes from trees, one of our...

  • How to Buy an Inkjet Printer for a Business

    Printers and printing technology continuously evolve in an effort to keep up with the requirements and demands of an ever-advancing world of computers. There already exists an entire generation of...

  • How to Buy a Basic Fax Machine

    With so many features available, buying a basic fax machine can seem more complicated than it really is. Follow these tips when buying a basic fax machine.

  • How to Print a Poster With an Inkjet Printer

    Printing a poster with an inkjet printer represents a challenging but doable task. With some ingenuity, you can print a full-sized poster even with a normal letter/A4 inkjet printer. Just follow...

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