FREE BUSINESS CARDS
WITH YOUR FULL COLOR PRINT ORDER!

To celebrate our 15 Year Anniversary, July 7, 2009, we're offering one FREE set of full color business cards with your full color PRINT order!

This offer is for printing only, NO design or production fees are included. Quantity of printing is a minimum of 500. Full color printing is C-M-Y-K printing. You can provide your files in either QuarkXpress, Adobe PageMaker, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe InDesign or Macromedia Freehand. Files must be given in digital format for accurate color separations at 150-175 line screen or 300-350 dots per inch. Please include all images and fonts with your file.

EXAMPLE AT TOP RIGHT: Tri-fold brochure at right when fully opened is 8.5 x 11. Printed on 100# Gloss Cover. After folding (tri-fold) brochures fit in most Rack holders as well as a Regular #10 Envelope for mailing. Local delivery included, shipping additional. 500 Tri-fold Brochures and as a gift to you - 500 Business cards - CALL NOW for special pricing.

If you need design and/or layout, please contact us! We can do this for you and still be affordable! We also have other deals for other items: (pictured at right) 11x17 Brochures or 11 x 17 Tri-folds, Pocket Folders and Postcards too!

Frequently Asked Questions

Q. I have no idea what I want!
A. No problem! That is what we are here for, to assist you in each and every step of the process including determining exactly what your project is and how to go about making it happen. After we establish what the project will be, we move to formulating a price. Our design philosophy of "Form follows function" means that project should be practical first and foremost, with graphics and layout supporting the project.

Q. I am not located anywhere near you. Is that a problem?
A. Not in the least. Some of our clients we have never even met face-to-face. We keep you informed via telephone and email, and provide web page previews directly on the Internet. Information may be forwarded to us either electronically through email attachments, FTP, or through the mail.

Q. What form of payment do you accept?
A. We accept certified checks, money orders and corporate checks.

Q. What is the procedure for retaining your design services?
A. To begin with, we will determine between us exactly what your requirements are. Once established, we will provide you with a proposal for the project detailing the project deliverables and associated costs. Once we have both agreed upon all the details, we will be ready to commence. A deposit of 50% of the total cost will be required from you. For graphic design and printing, the remaining balance will be due upon delivery of printed project.

Q. How long does a web site take to design?
A. Each web site is unique. Once we both have a clear understanding of your business goals and site requirements, we can provide you with approximate timelines and pricing. Many variables come into play when estimating a timeline: the size of the site in terms of number of pages, complexity and volume of graphics, special features such as interactive forms to name a few. As a guideline, an average web site may take 2-8 weeks to complete in full.

Q. I am not connected to the Internet. Can I still have a web site?
A. Yes you can but with certain limitations. You don't have to be connected yourself to the Internet for the world to see your site, but if you wish to receive email you will need to have a connection to the Internet and a tangible email address to receive messages. An internet connection is necessary to view your web site.

Q. How can I add or update the information on my web site?
A. There are several options for web site revisions, depending on the type of web site you choose. Site maintenance can either be scheduled on a fixed time frame, take place only when you need them, or can be perfomed by you directly through a web-based site editor. Interactive site editing is done through a password-protected administration section and requires no HTML or programming knowledge.

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Trade Customs

Being a member of the Printing Industries of the Gulf Coast means we adhere to the printing customs set forth here in TRADE CUSTOMS.pdf. These customs have been around for nearly a century, and are often updated to coincide with current technological advances within the graphics, printing, and web industry. If you'd like to know what these customs are, please download the pdf file.

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Copyright

Incredibly painful Mistake #1
Thinking that the worst thing that can happen to you if you "steal" an image
is that you can be forced to pay what you would have had to pay anyway...Think again. Copyright laws provide for statutory penalties of up to $150,000 per infringement. "Borrow" a picture that you should have paid $29 for?  Who's gonna know, right? Somebody "catches" you, you pony up the $29 bucks, right? Nope. You have "infringed" a legal copyright, and THAT's what they're going to come after you for: $150,000.  
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Incredibly painful Mistake #2
Thinking, hey, let THEM prove I DIDN'T pay for the picture. "Intellectual Property" issues are different from a lot of things in the rest of the world. ("Intellectual Property" is how the law describes things like books, poems, symphonies and...photos.)  In the rest of the world, if somebody thinks you stole something, they have to prove you did.  In the world of "copyright infringement", you have to prove that you DIDN'T.  Yep.  
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Incredibly painful Mistake #3
Thinking to yourself, "Hey, I'll just use Photoshop™ to remove all these pesky little copyright identifiers on this picture. Who's gonna know?" Watermarking involves digitally embedding into an image a symbol that identifies the copyright holder. The Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998 makes it a criminal offense to remove watermarks meant to protect copyright.  Many people don't realize that under US copyright law, it is specifically illegal to remove a watermark from a photo. Not only is the act of removal prohibited, the courts assume that the very attempt indicates a willful intent to violate somebody's copyright. And that's something the courts come down really hard on.
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Incredibly painful Mistake #4
Thinking, hey, I'm too "small potatoes" for anyone to care. To the contrary. The Internal Revenue Service figured this out a long time ago, which is why they focus on the "small" cheaters, not the big ones: There are a lot more "small fry" than there are "big cheeses", and the message you send when you attend to the smaller entities is a powerful "word of mouth" engine. If you're doing a little out-of-the-way website or a local-distribution brochure and thinking you'll just appropriate a few images because, after all, who's going to care... guess what?  You are smack in the bull's-eye, exactly the "profile" that is being targeted. 
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Why are penalties for copyright infringement so severe?
Copyright laws exist to encourage people to be creative by giving them the right to control -- and benefit from -- the products of that creativity.Because it's so easy these days for one person to "steal" the creative output of somebody else, lawmakers have recognized that for copyright laws to be effective, they must have real teeth. If copyright infringement resulted in nothing but a slap on the wrist, there are unfortunately those who would say to themselves, "If I get caught, I'll just pay the fine and consider it a cost of doing business."   Lawmakers in the US have figured that $150,000.00 -- the maximim fine that can be awarded per infringement -- is a figure large enough to discourage that attitude in most people.

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