Paperweights
In virtually every other country in the world, the weights of various paper types are described by the simple definition of grams per meter squared (GMS). In Montreal, Paris, or Kabul for that matter, 52
Pity the poor printer
Pity the poor printer. Beset by the Internets, iPads, Smart Phones, Kindles, Pay Walls and all things electronic, but, HA,
Western Web’s Tests New Tsunami Drill
Since the building that was our Tsunami safe spot has been torn down, Western Web had an opportunity during this
Printing. Funny?
So you think printing is boring ink on paper stuff. Ha. Printing is funny. Here are my two favorite typo
Clayoquot Sound
In early 1993 I was reading The Sacramento News & Review, which my company printed. I read an editorial about a terrible paper company that was leveling the forests and defiling a fantastic place called Clayoquot Sound. The editorial said Pac Bell was using this paper and should be taken
Another one bites the (saw) dust
The last remaining 100% Post-Consumer Waste (PCW) newsprint mill in the Western United States is gone, see Snowflake Mill Closure. Recycled newsprint mills are really suffering while companies processing raw trees are doing better. Trees are cheaper and more available than recycled paper. Every recycled newsprint mill in the US
Di’s have it.
Western Web is excited (Yippie!) about our new Ryobi 3034 DI press. This technology was developed in the 1990’s. My good friend Art and I went to see the very first one made by Heidelberg unveiled during a trade show. The press was secreted behind a huge, black drape, viewable
I’m going to buy five copies for my Mother
It may not be the cover of the Rolling Stone, but page 34 of the best printing publication out there, Newspapers and Technology, impresses the hell out of me and Jack. I ran into the owner of EPG, the company that makes our amazing ink preset hardware/software, at Graph Expo
Dscoop: Partying Like it is 2099
I was standing at the entrance to a printing trade show in New Orleans. The atmosphere was electric. People were streaming in, all smiles, much energy. The floor was crowded, the booths all jammed. Live jazz was being played in the lobby. I had never seen anything like it. I
Dscoop is not something you get at Baskin Robbins
Actually Dscoop is the HP Digital Printing user group. They put on an annual show. This year it is in DC, at the Gaylord (which just sounds expensive). When my friend Phill asked if I wanted to go, I said jokingly, “If someone would pay my air fare, hotel and
Western Web, Inc. turns Six
Western Web was born in June of 2005 during the planning stages for construction of a printing plant to produce The Eureka Reporter. Western Web, Inc came into being as a self-supporting commercial printer on April fool’s day 2010. Happy Birthday to us. With over 125 customers ranging from Texas
No shirt, no shoes, no problem
In forty years of selling printing I’ve landed accounts in some odd ways. Once I walked through the door of a monthly magazine and the receptionist shouted, “WE DON’T HAVE ANY PAPERS, THE PRINTER IS LATE – AGAIN.” To which I happily replied, “I’m here to see the publisher about solving
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