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‘Treble Heart Books and its four divisions have worked with Alexander's Print Advantage for ten years and counting. We constantly receive compliments on the quality of our books and have won many awards due, in no small part, to this quality.

We've had many offers to change printing companies, but we wouldn't consider doing so. They are more than fair and professional and always great to do business with.’


Ms. Lee Emory
Treble Heart Books Publishing

General Printing Information

Font Types - Friday, November 05, 2010

Serif- Fonts which have a serif in the typeface.

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Inches to Points to Picas - Friday, November 05, 2010

Inches
Picas
Points
1/16"
0p4.5
4.5 pt
1/8"
0p9
9 pt

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Fractions to Decimals - Friday, November 05, 2010

Fraction
   Decimal
           Fraction
     Decimal
          Fraction
     Decimal
 1/64
0.015625
 3/8
0.375
               47/64
0.734375
 1/32
0.03125
25/64
0.390625
 3/4
0.75
 3/64
0.046875
13/32
0.40625
 49/64
0.765625

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Exporting a PDF-Photoshop - Thursday, November 04, 2010

These instructions are for CS4. Other versions may be slightly different.

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Exporting a PDF-Illustrator - Thursday, November 04, 2010

These instructions are for CS4. Other versions may be slightly different.

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Exporting a PDF-Quark - Thursday, November 04, 2010

These instructions are for Quark 7. Other versions may be slightly different.

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Bleed - Thursday, November 04, 2010

What's a bleed? It is the portion of the card that will be timmed off when cut to the final size.

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Proper E-mail Etiquette - Thursday, November 04, 2010
  • Be concise and to the point.
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U.S. Time Zones - Thursday, November 04, 2010

From Utah

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Press Jargon - Thursday, November 04, 2010

Offset: Short for 'offset lithography.' The process of using an intermediary blanket cylinder to transfer and image from the image carrier to the substrate (the base material on which the image will be printed).

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FTP Upload/Download - Thursday, November 04, 2010

ftp.alexanders.com

PC - anonymous login
· Open the My Computer Window.

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Preflight Checklist - Wednesday, November 03, 2010

Preflighting refers to the process of checking and verifying all aspects of a print job are correct before releasing files to the printer.

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Exporting a PDF-InDesign - Wednesday, November 03, 2010

These instructions are for CS4. Other versions maybe slightly different.

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Color Spaces - Tuesday, November 02, 2010

CMYK

The CMYK process is a method of printing color by using four inks--cyan, magenta, yellow and black.

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Varnishes and Coatings - Tuesday, November 02, 2010

Varnish

Varnish is a petroleum-based sealant applied by a standard inking unit in the press.

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Binding Methods - Tuesday, November 02, 2010

Saddle-Stitch Binding: A common binding method that involves using metal staples on the fold of a signature.

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Helpful Websites - Tuesday, November 02, 2010

USPS Mailpiece Characteristics Guidelines www.usps.com/businessmail101/mailcharacteristics

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