September 22, 2017 IF YOU NEED TO GET SOMETHING DONE… Give it to a busy person! That’s what my mother used to tell me as I was growing up, and again when I worked for her at the printing company she founded in 1977. It was 1982 and I was a freshman at Loyola College in Baltimore (now Loyola University, see, we all grow up sometimes!) and riding my bicycle the 6 miles down Charles Street to Curry Copy Center, serving as part-time bookkeeper several days each week. Junior High and High School-aged Paula used to go to the copy shop on weekends to help collate and staple jobs, and…
July 28, 2017 Life’s Been Good I’ll just put it right out there… I absolutely LOVE what I do for a living. As a printer I feel I am carrying on the noble tradition of putting ink on paper, helping individuals and businesses communicate their messages, and ensuring that the first amendment, literally freedom of the press, is protected and continued. Following in the footsteps of Benjamin Franklin, I believe in the importance of what I do. I know it is an honorable profession, providing value for value, and a needed service to those who choose to do business with me. Is every day sunshine and…
July 14, 2017 Don’t Use Paper and KILL A TREE (not save it!) This seems very counter-intuitive based on all we hear in the media. If you want to “save the environment” you are begged to not print out that email, right? WRONG! In this country, there are few more “sustainable” and “eco-friendly” products than paper. Paper is made from a renewable resource and is fully recyclable. Paper manufacturers use renewable energy sources, and carefully manage their raw materials, trees and forests, and are committed to sustainable forestry. Continuously replanting and re-growing forests like the paper industry does helps the environment. Paper is inexpensive, user friendly and rarely has a virus! However, if…
