Night and Day: Flowing City Panorama Printed on Satin Cloth

A few days ago we posted the story about Dan Johnson Photography’s entry in Grand Rapid’s extraordinary ArtPrize competition in which thousands of artists competed using every possible artistic medium and hundreds of thousands judged. Another photographer who entered, Steven Huyser-Honig, owner of Great Lakes Editions in Grand Rapids, created an amazing three-dimensional photographic panorama of the

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Making a Difference with Metallic

In its quest for a competitive edge, C2 Reprographics in Costa Mesa, Calif., was one of the first companies to try LexJet’s Sunset Metallic Photo Paper after it was introduced this summer. C2 Reprographics’ marketing director, Eric Monroe, says the company has been on the lookout for a way to replicate the unique pearlescent qualities

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High Five: Profiting from Large-Format Printing

“Large-format printing is not a supplement to our business; it’s a necessity,” says Kyle Yeager, owner of two UPS Stores in the Atlanta area. “It’s a major part of our product line, and a piece of our business that we use to define and separate ourselves from most of our competition.” Yeager’s UPS Store has

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ArtPrize in Grand Rapids Draws Millions, Awards $449,000 in Prizes

In only its second year, ArtPrize, held in Grand Rapids, Mich., may hold the prize as the most democratic art show and contest in the U.S. Entries are open to all media – whether photography, sculpture, oil, watercolor or any other medium you can use and arrange so that it’s subjective enough to call art.

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Window Graphics Applications Made Easy with Optically Clear Tape

If you’re looking for an economical and easy way to apply and remove window graphics, LexJet is now offering LexJet Optically Clear Tape. It’s a 1”-wide optically-clear double-sided tape that allows you to face-mount graphics on the inside of the window so they can be viewed from the outside

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Some Facts about Small Presses

There is a good deal of misinformation on the internet these days about publishing. Much of it focuses on on-demand printing and ebooks, both of which are the foundation of the Zumaya Publications business model. In hope of not having to endlessly repeat myself, I will list some facts that will save both of us time.

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LexJet Updates Popular Sunset Photo Papers

LexJet has improved its award-winning Sunset photo paper line to take advantage of the wider color gamuts provided by the latest inkjet printer and ink technologies from Canon, Epson and HP. Sunset Photo eSatin, Sunset Photo Gloss and Sunset Photo Semi-Matte are also thicker and heavier to make production and handling smoother and easier.

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LexJet Supports the Beer Industry of Florida at its Annual Conference

LexJet will be on hand at the Beer Industry of Florida’s Annual Conference in Orlando, Nov. 3-4 at the Ritz-Carlton, Grande Lakes. There’s a full slate of activities at this year’s event, including a Welcome Reception with an array of craft and specialty beers; a Breakfast and Business Session with presentations by industry experts like

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A Better Way to Produce Cooler/Shelf Tags

The cooler tag is the beverage industry’s dirty little secret. It is often inconsistent with the overall marketing image that has brought the consumer to the precipice of a buying decision at the point of sale. The challenge for most distributors is that producing these colorful shelf strips is typically very time consuming and difficult

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Speed up Production with Polypropylene Extra

Designed to make print production easier and faster, from print production to finishing, LexJet’s new TOUGHcoat Polypropylene Extra is now available and shipping. This thicker version of the popular Water-Resistant Polypropylene is wrinkle-free, lays flat and is more rigid so that it’s easier to handle and stack. TOUGHcoat Polypropylene Extra is perfect for banner stands,

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How much does your printer save you on printer cartridges?

In today’s economic climate we are very aware that you want to save money wherever you can. Indeed, one of the most common questions asked by our customers is ‘how can I save money on my printer cartridges’? A handy guide is available from one of our previous blog posts called 10 ways to save money

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Consumer Tech Price Volatility Continues With 3D Blu-ray Players Jumping As Advanced Processors Slide

Recent weeks have shown us that the “new normal” for the pricing of key retail electronics seems to include a high degree of volatility For example, last week our PriceSCAN 3D Blu-ray Player Index shot up a remarkable 9.44%, reversing about 80%^ of its slide since late August. To be sure, our index is still some 14% below its April inception level (see “ 3D Blu-ray’s Price Decline Seems To Jump Right Off The Screen! ”), but it appears retailers are now easing off their more aggressive Blu-ray summer discounts. Meanwhile, what a difference a few weeks have made in the pricing of Intel’s state of the art Core i7 processor.

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Consumer Tech Price Volatility Continues With 3D Blu-ray Players Jumping As Advanced Processors Slide

What does your ink cartridge have in common with a mass produced Mud Cake?

Printer ink cartridges contain many ingredients including dyes, pigments, humectants, resins, fungicides and surfactants.

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What does your ink cartridge have in common with a mass produced Mud Cake?

Some interesting insights about the ink in printer cartridges.

A combination of printer technology, paper characteristics and ink quality all contribute to the final result of your printing job. Most of us are familiar with the two main types of printer technology – laser printers vs

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Processing New Volatility In Long-Stable Intel i7 Core Pricing

Last week saw a remarkable spike in the price of a top-of-the-line Intel microprocessor. The pricing of one of Intel’s most sophisticated processors, the i7 Core , displayed a fairly high degree of price stability from early March until late July, with our PriceSCAN.com Intel Core i7 Processor Index remaining in a range of about 1% above or below its initial value. But from the third week of July until mid-August we witnessed a nearly 10% nose-dive in that our index, followed by a sharp 4.35% upward jump last week

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Onyx Version X10 Includes Significant Improvements in Profile Building

Historically, software upgrades have been a mixed blessing, sometimes leaving users wondering if a new release offers enough enhancements to justify the additional cost. In the case of Onyx’s new Version X10 release, however, a major the improvement in the Profile Build utility appears to be worth talking about

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Good Customer Service is Personalized and Memorable

By Angie Lane Last week my family and I had a great experience while dining out.  For days afterward, we continually spoke about what great service we had received with a very personal touch.  I started thinking of how this relates to LexJet and how we provide a personal touch.

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Good Customer Service is Personalized and Memorable

Printing to the beat of a different drum

Laser printing technology is deceptively simple. You use some software to create a digital image and a laser temporarily etches the image onto a round drum which picks up toner and transfers it onto paper which then passes through a heating source to “cure” it – simple, right

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I.T. Strategies Survey Shows Pro Photographers Like Having Control over Printing

Professional photographers who have purchased inkjet printers for photographic output like having control over the entire process. That’s one of the findings of an in-depth survey conducted in May 2010 by I.T. Strategies, a digital-printing market research firm that has been surveying photographers since 2005.

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Calvin Klein, QR Codes, and You

Last week Calvin Klein kicked off its 2010 Fall advertising campaign in NYC and LA. For one short week, Calvin Klein Jeans replaced three of its billboards—two in downtown New York and one on Sunset Boulevard in LA—with a bright red QR code under the words “Get It Uncensored.” View the billboards at: Mashable http://mashable.com/2010/07/13/calvin-klein-qr-code-billboard/ Gizmodo http://gizmodo.com/5587753/nycs-sexiest-billboard-doesnt-care-for-dumphones Those with Smartphones—a limited market at present—could scan the QR code and view a 40-second Calvin Klein commercial

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