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Digital Printing and Cutting of Decals and Labels.

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High-quality screen-printed labels and decals are not easy to produce and are particularly difficult to die cut accurately and efficiently.

The setup time required for traditional die cutting is considerable, and this type of cutting tends to generate a lot of waste because of mis-registration. Distortions in material or print are common in this application, making registration with traditional methods particularly problematic.

To minimize this problem, customers often limit sheet sizes, which create inefficiencies in printing. Weeding of imperfect kiss-cuts is labor-intensive ...

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Direct to substrate printing and Digital Cutting

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Direct to Substrate UV Printing

By eliminating expensive glues and laminates, printing direct to ridged or rolled substrates becomes the ideal solution for all your POP displays, indoor and outdoor signage, and vehicle graphic needs. Quicker turn times and cost effective “short runs” mean less hassle and more savings for you.

Strengths:

UV resistant and waterproof – this makes it good for outdoor as well as indoor graphics

Cost effective for short to large runs

Substrates:

RIGID: Styrene, Sintra, Gator Board, Foamcore, Coroplast, Dibond, Tagboard, plexiglass, ...

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Is In-house printing free for my department because printing costs are centralized?

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According to InfoTrends & ALL Associates Group, Assessing & Benchmarking Document Costs, this is false.

From a big-picture financial perspective, printing costs represent 3 percent to 6 percent of corporate revenue, regardless of whose cost center is paying for it. Streamline and reduce your printing costs with Capital Imaging’s business document experts. We specialize in business document printing of everything from business cards to proposals, manuals, and annual reports, to display graphics, signs, banners, sales, and marketing materials. We’re fast… very ...

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More on why In-house printing is more expensive than outsourcing.

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Know the hidden costs.

Not only are you shelling out dollars for monthly equipment payments, you are also paying for click cost, and variable supplies such as toner and paper. Other hidden costs linked to in-house printing are valuable facilities space that could have higher-impact uses, payroll and productivity costs, long-term leases, overage fees, and shipping costs for transporting documents from your location to where they need to go. A hidden cost business owner don’t often think of is the cost ...

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Myths of Digital Printing

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Choosing the right type of printer can be important in keeping your bottom line healthy. However, there is a lot of confusing information out there about your printing options and the associated cost. From the hidden fees of in-house printing to the overruns and minimums cost of offset printing to the cost of digital printing, it can be very confusing. In these next few articles, I hope to dispel the myths and confusion with the facts of digital printing and ...

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Will your small business benefit from digital printing?

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Digital printing is the most exciting thing to happen to small businesses in years.

Exaggeration? A little…but not a lot. But how? Well, when understood digital printing puts them in the same arena as large companies.

Many small business owners do not understand the benefits of digital printing. I hope to explain how digital printing for small business owners levels the playing field allowing them to compete with large corporations with big budgets.

Simply stated ...

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Digital Printing – It’s a jungle out there.

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Today is the 1st day of February 2012. This day is significant to me because it marks the day I started my company’s blog.

My company, Capital Imaging, is a digital printing company located in Lansing, Michigan. The purpose of my blog is to inform, educate, enlighten, and wow my many wonderful customers and prospective customers about the many advantages of digital printing.

I don’t think this blogging thing ...

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