Where are the Printers? 3333 Responses

Last post: 4 years, 6 months ago | Thread started: Nov 30, 08, 6:13 p.m.

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• gravitation

  Where are the printers who care about design just as much as we (designers) do? I've been searching high and low for someone to print some business cards for my client and I keep finding these shitty 1990's looking websites. They are hardly confidence inspiring. Am I not looking in the right places? Anyone know of a good printer who does emboss/deboss/foil but has a site that is well designed?

  Nov 30, 08, 6:13 p.m. – Permalink

• 3point14159

  Printing is dead, go PDF!

  

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  Dog-earNov 30, 08, 6:20 p.m. – Permalink

• Llyod

  where do you live?

  

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  Dog-earNov 30, 08, 6:21 p.m. – Permalink

• Llyod

  http://www.yelp.com/search?find_…

  

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  Dog-earNov 30, 08, 6:24 p.m. – Permalink

• gravitation

  Thanks for the response thus far. I living in Boulder, Colorado (USA) and I'm willing to print abroad if it means that I get a good printer. I checked out the YELP service and it yielded the same sorts of results that I've been finding. Where's the kick ass printer...? With the dope website and branding? All of these sites look like they were made in 1994. If it doesn't exist it might be a business opportunity.

  

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  Dog-earNov 30, 08, 6:29 p.m. – Permalink

• monospaced

  What is your obsession with the printer having a kickass website? Some of the best printers I've worked with have janky sites. Don't judge a book by its cover.

  • +1000
    i don't know of a single high-end printer i've used in NYC that has a tolerable website– acescence1/2

    ftw– hiimerik2/2

  

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  Dog-earNov 30, 08, 6:31 p.m. – Permalink

• janne76

  what monospaced said.

  this is the weirdest thread of the weekend.

  

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  Dog-earNov 30, 08, 6:32 p.m. – Permalink

• iCanHazQBN

  i'm horrible. i only buy books that have a well-designed cover. is that bad?

  • it's only shallow.– doesnotexist

  

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  Dog-earNov 30, 08, 6:33 p.m. – Permalink

• showpony

  hey gravitation, i've been obsessed with the same exact thing. check out these:

  french paper's vendor:
  http://twpc.com/

  mcsweeney's printer:
  http://www.oddi.com/content/view…

  • williamson is probably the highest quality press in the southwest.– BonSeff1/2

    but OK Paper and Clampitt are French paper vendors here in Dallas. not Williamson– BonSeff2/2

  

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  Dog-earNov 30, 08, 6:33 p.m. – Permalink

• gravitation

  Thanks showpony for throwing some good suggestions.

  For an industry that services the design field there doesn't seem to be a single printer out there (that i've found at least) who puts any effort into the design of their branding/identity. Does this not bother you?

  Love those hole in the wall printers with which I pass a file to and cross my fingers - I really hope it turns out exactly as I wanted!

  (Thanks monospaced, janne76, and iCanhazQBN for the troll)

  

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  Dog-earNov 30, 08, 7:01 p.m. – Permalink

• monospaced

  Thing is, a website won't really help that much. Any decent printer will send you samples of what they're capable of and will discuss your needs over the phone.

  

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  Dog-earNov 30, 08, 7:06 p.m. – Permalink

• gravitation

  Why design?

  

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  Dog-earNov 30, 08, 7:07 p.m. – Permalink

• studderine

  they are printers. they understand print. got that?

  

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  Dog-earNov 30, 08, 7:07 p.m. – Permalink

• boobs

  Printers are by and large cheap motherfuckers.

  

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  Dog-earNov 30, 08, 7:08 p.m. – Permalink

• acescence

  they probably don't have fancy ids and websites because their business is printing, not impressing people with superficial nonsense. if some shit printer goes and pays saatchi a few million for an id, are they magically transformed into good printers?

  

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  Dog-earNov 30, 08, 7:08 p.m. – Permalink

• studderine

  i went to school with a bunch of print scientists..i can tell you..design is the LAST thing on their mind. they care bout ink consistency, paper grade, halftone dots, "hickeys" and what have you. who cares about their site.

  • PRECISELY!– monospaced1/2

    yup.– studderine2/2

  

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  Dog-earNov 30, 08, 7:09 p.m. – Permalink

• studderine

  hey this design is kind of OK for a printer..you have to use them!
  http://acmeprints.com/

  • ahahhhaaa!– monospaced

  

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  Dog-earNov 30, 08, 7:11 p.m. – Permalink

• boobs

  Wait a second! I don't want to farm a bunch of business out to people who don't give a shit about design.

  • its not that printers dont care about design..but their business is print quality. they print shitty designs all day too you know.– studderine

  

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  Dog-earNov 30, 08, 7:12 p.m. – Permalink

• formed

  What's your budget? I've gotten good results at Foils & Dies, Tewell Warren and Egan Printing (all in or close to downtown Denver). All have bad websites ;-)...although it looks like F&D at least are giving it a shot.

  www.eganprinting.com
  www.foilsanddies.com
  www.tewellwarren.com

  

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  Dog-earNov 30, 08, 7:12 p.m. – Permalink

• gravitation

  Funny how a user named BOOBs has given the most rational answer so far. ;)

  • how the hell is that rational? printers shouldn't care about design. studderine is right.– monospaced

  

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  Dog-earNov 30, 08, 7:13 p.m. – Permalink

• studderine

  let me post this again
  its not that printers dont care about design..but their business is print quality. they print shitty designs all day too you know. imagine a printer, who only works with bad ass designers! what a world it would be!

  

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  Dog-earNov 30, 08, 7:15 p.m. – Permalink