Here at Cary Printing we are all winding down 2008 by celebrating the holidays. Even though we are winding down 2008, we are gearing up for 2009. We are expecting a great year with new and innovative ideas that will benefit our clients and our planet. We want to wish you and all of your family and friends happy holidays.        Read Full Story

The Holiday Season is now upon us. The stores are all decorated and there is even a chill in the air. This is the time of year that people traditionally show that they care, by picking a special gift for those on their lists and sending a card to those near and far. Wouldn’t it be an even more special touch to buy a custom card printed by the nation’s first internationally certified “Green” printer on a recycled and environmentally friendly certified paper? Cary Printing can take your special... Read Full Story

Have you ever wondered what goes on in world of Estimating? Well, I will share with you the “Science of Estimating”. I will only scratch the surface here, but hopefully you will get the idea… Before an Estimator can begin, there are 5 key elements that must be in place for Estimator to complete his/her task. They are: Quantity Size of the piece Ink Paper Finishing Other elements would be Description, Customer, and urgency of the piece to be printed. These are just as important as the 5 ma... Read Full Story

Good printing begins with good design. Part of what makes good design is the mechanical aspect of building the print file. One important element of building the mechanical is to make sure that the resolution of the file, including incorporated images, are at a high enough resolution. Since printing involves making images from small dots of CMYK ink, the resolution of a file is measured in dots per inch, or dpi. 72 dpi is an example of low resolution. This means that there are only 72 dots per... Read Full Story

Aren’t the colors of fall so inspiring?  You have the rich reds and the deep purples and burgundy colors.  Why not use those brilliant colors in your designs?  Pictures spice up just about any graphic design project.  A lot of people are afraid to use too many pictures because they fear they won’t come out well once they receive the finished product.  However, there is no reason to fear!  Cary Printing provides and exceptional quality when it comes to prints and color.  That is th... Read Full Story

Cary Printing has officially gained a Gracol7 (G7) Master Printer Status! So, you might be asking, “What does that mean?”  With this achievement, Cary Printing has been recognized as a printer that goes above and beyond the average printer to have an exceptional print quality.  The Master Printer Status proves that Cary Printing meets a standard of excellence in the color quality of all printed products.  This is a huge benefit to the print buyer.  It ensures that the print buyer ... Read Full Story

Oh yeah! I got an email…PRINT.  It is a disease in businesses across America.  We receive an email so we click our print button.  Or maybe we are surfing the web and we come across a website with useful information, PRINT!  Clicking our print button is an epidemic.  We don’t need to print every time we receive something.  That is why we did it electronically in the first place.  At Cary Printing we strive to use recycled paper and recycle the paper we use.  We send things via emai... Read Full Story

The craft of printing is more technologically advanced than ever before. Printing presses utilize computer driven components to achieve quality and consistency never seen before. Along with the improvements to offset printing presses, there have also been improvements made to digital printing equipment. What process should be used then, and how does one determine the best method for their project? Before we answer that, we will summarize the two processes. Traditional offset printing uses veg... Read Full Story

So many people will submit files to us that are RGB and would like us to print them.  When they receive the final, printed product, they are often shocked to see that the colors don’t line up with their computer screen.  Here is why.  All of our computer displays along with TV displays are in RGB or Red, Green and Blue.  Those three colors make up the millions of colors we see everyday from the computer screen.  However, when things go to print they are printed in CMYK or Cyan, Magenta,... Read Full Story

You may be wondering, what can I do to be green in my community, my home or my work?  Well today’s green tip is how to get involved in your community. Did you know that there are probably groups that go out every weekend and pick up public parks, trails and greenways?  You can get involved by volunteering to help clean-up the environment.  The paths don’t clean themselves.  You would be surprised how much trash is discarded in parks, on roads and on paths.  Do your part in helping... Read Full Story