Western Web Wins Again
Western Web wins a lot of awards at print quality competitions. That is because we have good equipment, great people running it and fantastic designers sending us cool stuff to print. In our eleven years
Happy Earth Day
We all see the “save a tree” encouragements designed to shame us into not using paper, but are they really true? No, in North America trees are doing just fine thanks. It is blatant
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
Hell Freezes Over
At least that is how one of my favorite Blogs, Dead Tree Edition describes it, but it is good news for mailers. April 10 postal rates will go down for the first time since World
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
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
Pity the poor printer
Pity the poor printer. Beset by the Internets, iPads, Smart Phones, Kindles, Pay Walls and all things electronic, but, HA, we still have you if you want to hold a real newspaper or magazine in
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 week’s Tsunami warning test to try out our new Tsunami Escape Plan as seen below.
Printing. Funny?
So you think printing is boring ink on paper stuff. Ha. Printing is funny. Here are my two favorite typo stories from the last thirty years. I’m visiting my good friends and customers at Redding
Winner, Winner Sushi Dinner
Western Web is just giddy to announce we’ve been honored with four awards at Printing Industries of America’s, Web Offset Association (WOA) 2013 Print Awards Competition. We received two firsts and two seconds. Western Web
Using Paper KILLS TREES!
Nonsense, trees are a renewable resource. Did you know there are more trees in the USA than there were on the 1st Earth Day in 1970? Western Web only buys from domestic mills with a
Agricultural waste can be turned into air pollution or paper
While investigating the situation in Clayoquot Sound I made friends with a Greenpeace associate. We didn’t agree on everything, but we each trusted the other and stayed in touch. A few months after the trip
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
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
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
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
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
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
Blame it on Yin
From the start Western Web boasted “We only use recycled paper.” Now I’m forced to say, “We use the highest recycled content paper available.” For the first time we’re going to report in 2011 we
We Double Dog Swear
“I sincerely believe blogging can save America.” John Jay Hooker When John said that, he was not thinking of this blog. We want to share some stuff and have some fun. Western Web is starting