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Small Commercial Printers VS Franchises

November 7th, 2008 · Comments Off

Back in August, Printing Impressions Magazine wrote an article about the differences between small commercial printers versus franchise printers.  Kopytek was interviewed for this article because of the unique perspective we have on this situation.  You see, we started the business back in 1986 as a franchise of a well-known quick service printing and copy [...]

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An Update from Quark - Worthy of the Read

October 31st, 2008 · Comments Off

Happy Halloween!
Gavin Drake, Marketing Director for Quark, picked up on our blog post the other day regarding Quark, and he had a correction for us, which we need to explain. In our blog posting, we had included the phrase “come back to Quark” in quotation marks, implying that Quark actually stated these words in [...]

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Goodbye Quark!

October 24th, 2008 · Comments Off

Printers, graphic designers, and advertising agencies received a funny email the other day, inviting us to “come back to Quark” and try version 8. Thousands of us in this field have had a lot of laughs over this one, and here’s why:
Years ago, Quark was the only game in town. If you wanted the best [...]

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Printing Money

October 20th, 2008 · Comments Off

When times get tough, a lot of people make jokes about it not being a problem for a printer, because they can just print money. Of course, everyone laughs but the printer, because he or she has heard that one (about a million times). It does, however, bring up an interesting topic, and that is, [...]

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The Art of Working with Freelancers

October 10th, 2008 · Comments Off

Using freelancers is a great way for businesses to get professional graphic design work without the expense of a large agency or having a designer on staff. Many of our clients work with wonderful freelancers who bring a wide range of talent and expertise to each project. If you’ve never worked with freelancers, [...]

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The Ever-Changing Printing Business

October 3rd, 2008 · Comments Off

What happened to all the printing businesses??
The printing business has become so capital-intensive that the banking crisis of the last several weeks affects virtually every manufacturer, including printers. As short-term interest rates rose in response to a tightening credit policy, and banks’ reluctance to lend to each other, any manufacturing business with structured debt [...]

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Murphy’s Law

September 26th, 2008 · Comments Off

A client recently came to us with a project for a brochure. Nice looking piece. The designer had done a lot of “artistic” techniques to create the effect he was after. But it was now time to print, and we all soon found that those techniques created a lot of trouble with [...]

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Kopytek Inc. Nominated for PEAK Award

August 21st, 2008 · No Comments

July 30, 2008: ST. LOUIS, MO – Kopytek Inc., a St. Louis-based full-service printing company, is a nominee for a Print Excellence and Knowledge (PEAK) award.  The awards will be presented this fall at the annual Print Solutions conference and expo in Baltimore.
 
The PEAK award recognizes companies that consistently meet customer needs for printed products.  [...]

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Kopytek Inc. Considered for Gold Ink Award

July 3rd, 2008 · No Comments

July 3, 2008: ST. LOUIS, MO – Kopytek Inc., a St. Louis-based full-service printing company, has been nominated for a prestigious Gold Ink Award.  The Gold Ink Award winners will be announced later this fall at the annual banquet and gala in Chicago.
 
The Gold Ink Awards are highly regarded for attracting the highest quality of [...]

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Purpose of this Blog

June 19th, 2008 · No Comments

The world of commercial printing can seem overwhelming for many.  Lots of questions arise, like “how can I get the best piece and save money on my print job?”; and “what should I even be looking at in my quote and on my proof?”; “or how can I get my job done faster?”  Whether you’re [...]

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