December 15, 2017 REUNITED AND IT FEELS SO GOOD You may or may not know, but I have two printing companies: Curry Printing and Copy Cat Printing. Curry Printing was my family’s business, and Copy Cat Printing was an acquisition of a then-failing small commercial printer I made back in 2004. I have kept the companies as separate entities. Until now. There are a few benefits to having two almost identical companies: cross-trained staff for vacation times, duplication (no pun intended!) of equipment for extra busy times, or when machines are down for service, and a built in petri dish for when we conduct experiments with online and other…
November 3, 2017 The Wild, Wacky World of…..PAPER! I won’t call this blog EVERYTHING YOU EVER WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT PAPER BUT WERE AFRAID TO ASK, because a humble blog is no place to discuss everything there is to know about paper. That would take a book. Or an encyclopedia. Paper can be described by its characteristics. First, there is weight. This is usually expressed either as gsms (grams per square meter) or pounds. On any ream-wrapped paper, you will normally find both measurements. Second, paper is described by its grade. Some different grades include bond, text, cover, coated, offset and label. Third, white paper has a particular…
October 20, 2017 What To Do When Things Go Wrong Let’s face facts, life bears little resemblance to a fairy tale, and occasionally things might not go according to plan. Things ever go wrong for you? Yeah, I thought so! Murphy’s Law wasn’t ratified for no reason, after all! The key to successfully navigating when things go awry seems to be how you react. For simplicity’s sake, let’s just assume there are two ways things go wrong… YOU cause the problem or error The error or problem happens TO you When the problem was caused by YOU or your staff, team or associates, and YOU are responsible, what should you…
