Print Production Services
"Dan is the master of the print production, printing and color world!"
There is absolutely no one better than Dan Marx when it comes to print, print files, press checks and color matching. He was born under a printing press and he knows his ink and rollers. From day one to the new printers run by computers, there are "tells" that only a hands-on pressman sees. Dan is your man.
Introducing print production services for the web and print. Most business people want professional graphic design and web design, but many overlook the raw skills it takes to produce accurate, unblemished files. Most business enterprises want production files that are optimized for a web business and correctly created for commercial printing.
You want graphics for your business that excite people who exclaim "WOW! This is a company that we want to do business with!" Print production plays an important role in getting this response.
Be sure your graphic designer has the knowledge and skill to do more than just hand over your files to the printer. Ask if the graphic designer can meet the pre-press requirements of the printer you select. You may also want a printer's proof in addition to the designers proof.
One of the benefits of using a professional production manager is to insure that the files are sent to the printer in a way that returns the best clarity, registration and resolution.
You want to insure that your design file is executed to exacting pre-press production standards, because less than perfect affects the outcome. In other words, it's not good enough to create a fabulously creative design, such as a brochure... the file itself must be produced right for the web or for print. It's like baking a cake that looks great, but when put in the oven, it doesn't bake as expected, or worse, it tastes funny. Print production is the back half of creative design, and that's one of our specialties!
With DM-Creative, our design services are executed to exacting web and pre-press production standards. For printed projects, the layout file meets commercial printing standards to ensure trouble-free printing. Output files include all elements for reproduction including type fonts, images and pages.
Color definitions in the layout files are consistent with colors for image files created using applicable RGB or CMYK for high resolution. Bleeds are crop-marked and folds indicated to ensure a high-quality finished print product.
Layouts include high-resolution, created and royalty-free images including stock photos, illustrations, background textures, unique shapes and graphic objects. Full-color photo images are typically 300 dpi resolution depending on the printer and final file application. Illustrations and clip art are scalable vector graphics. A color palette is uniquely defined for your layout and its graphic elements.
We work with many printers nationwide. We partner with online printers, and we have relationships with local printers. When we design product brochures and catalogs that require a color match, printing locally is essential because these types of projects call for a press check... another service we provide.
Print production management for your project is a courtesy and that means there's no extra charge when clients want us to coordinate with the printer. We have hands-on printing experience and team members have worked as a pressman on small duplicator presses and mountainous monsters like the Heidelberg printing press, a leader in sheetfed printing.
Web site design follows a similar development process that we use for printing, except web page images are optimized for a fast load with 72 dpi resolution. You have *turn-key* options for integrated web services. For example, when you order a website design, you can add web hosting, security certificate, copywriting, SEO and search engine marketing.
For email marketing design, the production is similar to web development. Brochures formatted for use as a PDF can include security and digital signatures upon request.
We also manage and direct photo shoots for fashion, beauty products and jewelry catalogs, which generally includes photography, lighting, stylists, models and following the project through the printing and bindery process.
Contact us. Browse our online store for pre-priced creative design services. Thanks! |
