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Inequality Matters
Inequality of income, access to health and education, and access to markets for trade is trapping people in a cycle of poverty despite their best efforts.
Rich countries account for more than 50 percent of the world’s annual income, but less than 20 percent of the population. The posters in the “Inequality Matters” series illustrate how much disparity there is in the world even in the fundamental human conditions.
About the poster series
The posters were conceived and designed by Tom Geismar through AIGA for the Human Development Report Office of the United Nations Development Programme in anticipation of The 2005 World Summit. The Summit, held on September 14-16, 2005, is the largest gathering of world leaders in history. Heads of state will attempt to forge a common agenda on international development, security and human rights.
Click this link to download them as PDF’s or use your right mouse button.
And guess who printed them…Printing Responsibly was extremely fortunate to have been chosen to prep, proof and print these beautifully designed posters for this life changing event taking place at the UN this next few days.
We hope that the members of the UN take notice of the messages on the posters. The content and message of all the posters are that things are not equal among the worlds poplulation and show how the numbers stack against some countries more than others, and we here in the US need to pay attention to what advantages we have and not take them for granted.
A mesage from the designer:
I did want to thank you for the terrific job you all did with the UNDP posters. The printing was excellent, and you turned it around in very little time. And I especially appreciated your spirit of helpfulness and cooperation. As is so often the case, here was a 3 year project that went down to the last minute, and somehow you pulled it off.
Please keep me informed of your activities; hopefully we can do other projects in the future.
Best regards,
Tom
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Filed under: Education, Uncategorized on September 13th, 2005
Printing Responsibly supports the Hudson Valley Wine Festival.
The Wine Festival in Upstate NY is going on its fourth year, and is bigger than ever. This is an event that is not to be missed. If you are a wine lover, or even admirer, you will enjoy the variety of what our local wineries have to offer.
And if you like food, like we do, then put this event on your “must do” list. Fine gourmet food purveyors from our local area will put out their best “tastes” for all attendees.
Please drop by our booth for more information on Spot/Full Color, Fine Art and Recycled paper printing.
Saturday and Sunday, September 10th and 11th, 2005.
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Filed under: Education, Events/Sponsorship, Uncategorized on August 22nd, 2005
Kevin Byrd wrote a great primer for web developers looking to print quality business cards. If you have additional questions, please shoot us an email at help@PrintPromotion.com. We’re here to help.
Don’t forget that we offer spot color printing and raised ink for business cards, letterhead, and stationery. We also offer spot color printing for pocket folders. You can find our templates here.
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Filed under: Education on June 28th, 2005
When you need to look your best, you need a custom run. By utilizing custom runs we can give each job the attention it deserves to ensure the best results.
Many online printers utilize gang run printing to offer lower prices, however, with lower prices comes a quality tradeoff. Gang runs can offer cost savings because they group a bunch of different jobs together and run them through the press all at once. These jobs share the setup costs, but they also share a color calibration and paper stock. The press operator has to choose a color calibration that will work for all jobs, making it sub par for each individual job. You’re also usually stuck with gloss coating that can look good for certain promotional pieces but can’t provide a more sophisticated feel when that is what you desire.
Our custom runs allow you to choose the paper stock right for your job and ensure the best results by calibrating the colors on press just for your job. On press your job has our undivided attention.
Gang runs are appropriate for certain situations, but when you need to look your absolute best, you need a custom run. Custom run pricing becomes more competitive as the quantity of your job increases.
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Filed under: Education on June 13th, 2005
If you’re not a graphic designer, your time is best spent focusing on your core business. A professional design communicates legitimacy and attention to detail. We can connect you with professional designers who can help you present your business in a way that reflects the care and effort you’ve invested in your business. Please send an email to help@printingresponsibly.com with the subject “Need design help” and we’ll help you find the right designer for your situation.
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Filed under: Design on June 13th, 2005
Printing can feel incredibly complicated and there are lots of options. If you’re wondering which products to choose, please give us a call and we’ll help you sort through the options to find the best solution for your situation. Ask for Steven or Dan. We look forward to speaking with you.
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Filed under: Products on June 13th, 2005
File preparation is very important to the quality of you final output. To help you get it right, we prepared two file prerparation guides:
Color printing and stationery file preparation guide
Large format file preparation guide
If you have questions after perusing the guides, don’t hesitate to call. We want to make sure you’re happy with your final results.
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Filed under: File Preparation on June 12th, 2005
Follow the checklist below to make sure your files are print ready.
The following products all print in spot color (Pantoneâ„¢) PMS colors only, which means your artwork needs to be vector, and the best program to use for vetor output is Adobe Illustrator, InDesign, or Quark.
Photoshop will not give you the ability to print spot color at all. Photoshop files can be used to print anything in CMYK, Full Color. See below.
Letterhead
Envelopes
1-4 Spot color Pocket Folders (Full color folders, see below)
1-2 Color Business Cards
The following products all print in CMYK (Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, Black) 4 color process, a.k.a. Full Color.
Coop Business Cards
Coop Postcards
4cp Pocket Folders
Inkjet Posters
Banners
Promoplanesâ„¢
Brochures
Giclee Fine Art Prints
The following product prints in RGB.
Digital C Prints or Photoprints
# *Images:* Before placing or embedding your artwork into any layout or illustration application, please make sure your images, photos, and raster graphics are saved in CMYK mode or grayscale mode, not RGB (they will not print correctly and it will cause our system to detect a problem and halt the production of your proofs and production of your job entirely). You will receive a message letting you know that your images need to be converted to CMYK mode.
# *Fonts:* There are thousands of fonts and that means that there are an unlimited amount of potential font based problems, to make it simple, include a compressed folder with all the fonts you used in the project; ones used in Photoshop, Illustrator, Quark, InDesign, or any other popular graphics software programs. Send both screen and printer fonts for Type 1 fonts. Send the same format (Type 1, TrueType, OpenType) as used in the document. Send all the fonts used, including fonts in EPS graphics (or, convert fonts in graphics to outlines before placing in page layout application). By outlining the fonts in Illustrator or other EPS capable programs, you can outline your fonts which turns them into vector (or shaped) graphic elements as opposed to editable type. Since we are not in the business of editing copy, this should not cause any problems. If you want to leave your files in an editable format, make sure to include ALL the fonts used.
# *Page Layout:* When using programs like Adobe Page Maker, InDesign or Quark XPress, make sure to include in a compressed packaged folder of all the elements that are used to create your layout; logos, images, photos, vector art, fonts, etc…this way when we open and decompress your files we can see everything that was used to create your project in one convenient concise folder.
# *File Size:* If you feel that your files are too big to simply send over the internet, call us first, you may be surprised – OR use these tools to help you; www.stuffit.com (Mac Compression Software) or www.winzip.com (PC Compression Software). These programs will shrink or compress your files and make them smaller without compromising the integrity, quality or stability of your files included in the compressed, stuffed or zipped folder. Our file upload form can safely upload files up to 100mb. If you have a file bigger than 100 mb, please call us and we can walk you through uploading the exceedingly large file to our ftp server.
# *Illustration or Vector Art/Type:* When you create vector art for your graphics and type you are ensured of good crisp printing. Vector art is the sharpest type of graphic format there is, there is no bitmapping or rasterizing that happens, in other words there is no fuzziness when you zoom in on your artwork, the integrity of the art or type is flexible and will scale to whatever size you choose, especially when printing large posters, banners, photo C prints or giclee prints.
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Filed under: File Preparation on June 11th, 2005
*Goals and Design*
When preparing your files for output, you need to determine the goals of the project and then choose a medium and create a design that will best meet your goals.
For example, if you are a Marketing Manager given the task of producing a giant banner for a product launch, you need to make sure your design will translate well when printed very large and viewed from a distance. If you’re preparing for a trade show, you need to consider both distance and the fact that people will be darting by your booth, requiring your visual content be potent enough to catch wandering eyes.
The best solution when designing for large-format printing is to keep it simple and direct. Subtlety and complexity are difficult if not impossible to see at a distance and when competing for viewers’ attention.
The bottom line is to create a message that the medium can support.
*File Preparation Tips*
When blowing up images to large sizes from computer-generated image files, it is important to make sure the files were created in formats and resolutions that will assure quality results when printed.
There are three main issues to be aware of and if you’re careful, you’ll be amazed when you unfurl your product from the carton.
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Filed under: File Preparation on June 11th, 2005
At any time you can login to your account and view a list of your jobs in progress that indicates the status of each job. You can click on any job in the list to view full details. On the page with job details there is a send message form that you can use to communicate any questions that come up. Each time the status of your job changes you will receive an email notification. So when your job ships, you will receive an email notification with a tracking number.
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Filed under: Questions about active job or job status on June 6th, 2005