http://printfinishblog.com Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:20:13 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.3 http://printfinishblog.com/2011/12/uv-coating/ http://printfinishblog.com/2011/12/uv-coating/#comments Mon, 05 Dec 2011 06:41:29 +0000 esWebos http://printfinishblog.com/?p=1991 As the holidays approach this season, many businesses are looking for that special gift of holiday spirit to send to their clients, business partners, employees and/or affiliates. However, finding that "special gift" has become increasingly more difficult as time progresses--]]> http://printfinishblog.com/2011/12/uv-coating/feed/ 0 http://printfinishblog.com/2010/05/choose-corner-rounder-print-shop/ http://printfinishblog.com/2010/05/choose-corner-rounder-print-shop/#comments Thu, 20 May 2010 15:00:19 +0000 Garry Jones http://printfinishblog.com/?p=1086 In this series of posts, “How do I choose?”, we will help you take a little of the guesswork out of selecting the best print finish product for your shop or office. It’s sometimes difficult to find the right machine to fit your needs when there are so many models. For example, Lloyd’s has nine [...]]]> http://printfinishblog.com/2010/05/choose-corner-rounder-print-shop/feed/ 0 http://printfinishblog.com/2009/12/tools-print-shops-improve-profitability/ http://printfinishblog.com/2009/12/tools-print-shops-improve-profitability/#comments Mon, 14 Dec 2009 18:00:41 +0000 Garry Jones http://printfinishblog.com/?p=1059 You can run a print shop with an off-set press or a digital printer, but you can’t run a profitable shop unless you bring in-house the tools that will help you take projects to completion. It’s one thing to print pages, but what if your customer wants you to bind them? You printed 5,000 sales [...]]]> http://printfinishblog.com/2009/12/tools-print-shops-improve-profitability/feed/ 0 http://printfinishblog.com/2009/12/big-print-shops-small-hand-scorerperforator/ http://printfinishblog.com/2009/12/big-print-shops-small-hand-scorerperforator/#comments Mon, 07 Dec 2009 18:00:34 +0000 Garry Jones http://printfinishblog.com/?p=1055 \Your shop is multitasking. When business is good, you’ve got 80% of your machines running 80% of the time. Your sales force is lining them up and you’re knocking them down. It’s a mix of new business and repeat customers and you’re very pleased with meeting everyone’s needs with a diversity of services. The big [...]]]> http://printfinishblog.com/2009/12/big-print-shops-small-hand-scorerperforator/feed/ 0 http://printfinishblog.com/2009/12/akiles-diamond-1-manual-corner-rounding-machine/ http://printfinishblog.com/2009/12/akiles-diamond-1-manual-corner-rounding-machine/#comments Wed, 02 Dec 2009 18:00:18 +0000 Garry Jones http://printfinishblog.com/?p=959 Corner rounding machines are great for, well, rounding corners. Sure, that doesn’t seem like much, but that can be important in print finishing when you want a professional looking card, document, or laminated sheet. The Akiles Diamond 1 Manual Corner Rounding Machine is great for doing Add to cart How is it Used? ?Not only [...]]]> http://printfinishblog.com/2009/12/akiles-diamond-1-manual-corner-rounding-machine/feed/ 0 http://printfinishblog.com/2009/11/formax-fd-566-medium-volume-industrial-burster-tractor-feed-slitters-base/ http://printfinishblog.com/2009/11/formax-fd-566-medium-volume-industrial-burster-tractor-feed-slitters-base/#comments Wed, 25 Nov 2009 18:00:20 +0000 Garry Jones http://printfinishblog.com/?p=944 You won’t feel the need to turn up the Formax FD 566 Medium Volume Industrial Burster. You’ll be too busy trying to keep up with its speed and grace. It’s no figure skater, but it sure can glide through your jobs. Add to cart How is it Used? The Formax 566 has some impressive stats. [...]]]> http://printfinishblog.com/2009/11/formax-fd-566-medium-volume-industrial-burster-tractor-feed-slitters-base/feed/ 0 http://printfinishblog.com/2009/11/formax-fd-552-volume-industrial-burster-fd-550-imprinter/ http://printfinishblog.com/2009/11/formax-fd-552-volume-industrial-burster-fd-550-imprinter/#comments Tue, 24 Nov 2009 18:00:28 +0000 Garry Jones http://printfinishblog.com/?p=942 The Formax FD 552 Low Volume Burster is a nice variation of the FD 550, adding an imprinter to its list of impressive feats. Add to cart How is it Used? Not only does it move 200 feet per minute, it can run this way up to five hours per day, five days a week. [...]]]> http://printfinishblog.com/2009/11/formax-fd-552-volume-industrial-burster-fd-550-imprinter/feed/ 1 http://printfinishblog.com/2009/11/formax-fd-572-cutsheet-cutter/ http://printfinishblog.com/2009/11/formax-fd-572-cutsheet-cutter/#comments Mon, 23 Nov 2009 18:00:35 +0000 Garry Jones http://printfinishblog.com/?p=940 If you’ve ever needed to perforate your own checks, coupons, tickets, or membership cards, the Formax FD 572 Cut-Sheet Cutter is what your office needs. This cutter will feed your pre-printed sheets — up to 50 per minute — and cut, slit, or perforate them in the desired position. If you need a membership card [...]]]> http://printfinishblog.com/2009/11/formax-fd-572-cutsheet-cutter/feed/ 0 http://printfinishblog.com/2009/11/formax-fd-592-continuous-form-tractor-feed-station-decollator/ http://printfinishblog.com/2009/11/formax-fd-592-continuous-form-tractor-feed-station-decollator/#comments Sat, 21 Nov 2009 18:00:04 +0000 Garry Jones http://printfinishblog.com/?p=937 I remember when form-fed sheets came out, they were the coolest thing ever, because it eliminated so many steps: no mimeograph machines, no carbon paper, forms could be printed all at once, rather than typing them out, and so on. Life got easy, and everyone was happy. But we’ve gotten spoiled over the years, and [...]]]> http://printfinishblog.com/2009/11/formax-fd-592-continuous-form-tractor-feed-station-decollator/feed/ 0 http://printfinishblog.com/2009/11/formax-fd-550-volume-industrial-burster-tractor-feed-slitters-base/ http://printfinishblog.com/2009/11/formax-fd-550-volume-industrial-burster-tractor-feed-slitters-base/#comments Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:00:15 +0000 Garry Jones http://printfinishblog.com/?p=922 If you didn’t know this was an office supply focused blog, you would think that we were talking about different models of space craft. Tractor beams, burst cannons and orbiting bases – all for your intergalactic pleasure. Back here on earth, however, you’ll appreciate the warp power of the Formax FD 550 Low Volume Industrial [...]]]> http://printfinishblog.com/2009/11/formax-fd-550-volume-industrial-burster-tractor-feed-slitters-base/feed/ 0