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Margie Dana Thanks for subscribing to Margie's Print Tips, written to build bridges between the printing industry and its customers. Here's to a glorious 2008. Today is special for two reasons. To my son Jacob, a very happy 13th birthday! And also this: today's Tip is #400. Yes, I have been publishing a Tip every Monday (give or take a few holidays) since September 1999. It must be love. Are you reading
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pm Join us for cocktails, dinner, and a very cool networking activity at the Millennium Bostonian Hotel from 6 - 8:30 pm to kick off the New Year. Seating is limited, so register online today at www.bostonprintbuyers.com/events. BPB Members pay just $35; others pay $65. Add $10 at the door. Tell your colleagues. Come meet old friends and make new ones! That's Amore This being Print Tip #400, I looked back over my Tip archives, scanning the headlines since '99, to reflect on their content and themes. What are the Print Tips all about? They’re about providing helpful information about working with printers and with print buyers – information you can’t get anywhere else. The Tips don’t discriminate. Each week I cover a graphics-related topic that seems relevant to print customers or manufacturers. Most of my Tips have been written with the buyer in mind - though many were written for an audience of printers and other service providers, to share buyer insights. I've covered basic printing processes as well as nifty specialties like hexachrome, thermography, engraving, foil stamping, and lenticular printing. There are tips about paper, ink, direct mail, and new postal rates (one of the most popular Tips of all times, by the way). Tips on file problems, PDFs, proofreading, working with Word, and how to write specs. A major theme of my Print Tips isn’t a process or a technology. It’s the people. One of the best things about working in this industry is meeting and learning about the people who make it happen. I've interviewed dozens of people for information on everything from the economy to why paper cracks. I've talked with scanning experts and print brokers, print CEOs and prepress wizards, hundreds of buyers and designers, and professors and other academicians. I enjoy speaking with behind-the-scenes pros like GMs and planners, estimators and spec reps, and finishers and envelope converters. Each person I've met is part of the fabric that covers all of us who work in or hang around the industry (like me). Each person taught me something. How neat is that? In 2008, I will continue to write about the people - the CSRs, sales reps, new buyers and seasoned ones, print CEOs, job planners, paper gurus and graphic designers. I want to interview the best minds and most creative thinkers in the business, and of course keep learning from customers of print. Another resolution? Visit more printing facilities. Plant tours are always eye opening. More than that, I love meeting print professionals. There is no way I could write a weekly column for this long if I didn't love doing it. Loco for litho? It's more that that. It is the undiminished excitement I get when I learn something new about a process or a technology in printing and related media. Then I get to share it in a Tip or a presentation. And that is not just zeal for one's work. That's amore.
Comments? Talk to me at PS: Please, won't you share with me any topic(s) you want me to consider for a 2008 Print Tip? I'm all ears. ©2008 Margie Dana. All rights reserved. You're free to forward this email to friends and colleagues: please do! However, no part of this column may be reprinted without permission from the author.
New Site Sponsor Say hello to our newest Print Tips Sponsor: Foster Printing Service! Foster Printing Service, located in Michigan City, IN, has been a part of the printing industry for over 80 years. The company's commitment to excellence and customer service has made it possible to achieve this milestone. It is the foundation of their success and longevity. Foster Printing is a commercial printer that produces Custom Print Products & Services, including Flyers & Brochures, Direct-Mail Pieces, Marketing Materials, Conference Materials, Postcards, Counter Cards, Inserts & Supplements, Cover Tips & Belly Bands, Media Kits, Posters, and Plaques. In addition, Foster Printing specializes in Reprint Production, including Reprint Marketing, Reprint Custom Publishing, Managed ePrints, Digital Content Licensing, Guaranteed Distribution, Reprint List Rental, Mailing Services, and Language Translation. Their web site is www.fosterprintingservice.com. Interested in becoming a sponsor? You get to "travel with the Tips" every week as a live link. Email us at info@bostonprintbuyers.com. Where can print buyers go for answers to their questions? To our new Print Buyer Forum! Open to everyone, this forum is the perfect resource to post your questions and get some answers. Need help sourcing a particular product? Wonder how other print buyers deal with a certain issue? Looking for help with your RFP procedure? Try our Forum today. BPB Member Forum This forum is exclusively for members of Boston Print Buyers. Members, link to it from our home page at www.bostonprintbuyers.com. 3rd Annual Print Buyers Conference - Better in Boston! Hold the dates for '08: September 10 - 12,
2008 September 10th: Print Buyer Boot Camp!™ (full day) September 11 - 12th: Two full days of Conference and Exhibit Hall Interested in exhibiting? Let us know at info@printbuyersinternational.com. Job Posted Development Marketing Purchasing Specialist needed by the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston, MA. For details on the above job opening and to apply, visit our Job Bank. Members can post jobs for free! Others pay just
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