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Post Share and Remind

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Post Share and Remind

HP Pagewide Web Press T250 Coming Soon

Premier continues to be on the cusp of leading edge technology. Next up is the first PageWide Web Press T250 HD in the Pacific NW and only the fifth in the U.S.

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HP Pagewide Web Press T250 Coming Soon

2020 Holiday Giving

2020 has been a challenging year for so many, within our neighborhoods and all over the world. This year we decided to help support our local community by giving back. We chose

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2020 Holiday Giving

Create Engaging Virtual Events with Custom Kits

Pepsi “Black-listed” Super Bowl Kit With the COVID-19 pandemic affecting everyday life across the globe, every event right now is virtual. In response, savvy planners are using event kits — yes, packages

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Create Engaging Virtual Events with Custom Kits

PREMIER PrintRocks! 2019

Premier Press takes eight first-place awards in the 2019 Pacific Printing Industry Association PRINTROCKS! Competition! “Winning an award is like finding a 20-dollar bill in your jeans.” That’s how our account director Julie

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PREMIER PrintRocks! 2019

Ten Sustainable Packaging Tips

We’ve seen an increase in client requests for sustainable packaging over the past year. What is sustainable packaging? These are a few of the attributes of sustainable packaging, according to the Sustainable

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Ten Sustainable Packaging Tips

TEDx collaboration puts Portland on the map

The offspring of the world-famous TED talks, TEDx events are independently organized local events all over the globe. This is the story of a Portland-grown partnership that has made our town’s TEDx

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TEDx collaboration puts Portland on the map

Influencer Marketing Packaging Highlighted at LUXEPACK

We are excited to announce that Premier Press is exhibiting our Influencer Marketing and product launch seeding kit capabilities at LUXEPACK’s Los Angeles trade show. LUXEPACK is the premier business to business

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Influencer Marketing Packaging Highlighted at LUXEPACK

Digimarc Digital Codes as Signal Rich Art

Digimarc works with retailers and consumer packaged goods companies—including New Seasons Market—to transform product packaging and print pieces into connected media that can be scanned by phones and retail barcode scanners.

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Digimarc Digital Codes as Signal Rich Art

JTW Acquisition Grows Services and Capacity

Expanded capacity and capabilities allow customers to rely on us for more services, without needing to manage as many outside vendors. We’ll be able to produce more work, faster, and handle more

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JTW Acquisition Grows Services and Capacity

Sustaining Print Excellence

It’s not the Rolling Stone, but we’re excited to be the cover store for the November edition of Printing Impressions magazine, the most widely read resource for the printing industry. The article

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Sustaining Print Excellence

Premier Press Named Oregon Manufacturer of the Year

We’re honored and excited to be selected as the Oregon Manufacturer of the Year in the 100-500 employee category by the Portland Business Journal. The continuous improvement program we initiated two years

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Premier Press Named Oregon Manufacturer of the Year

High-Tech Printing Still In Demand

  Joseph Gallivan from the Portland Tribune recently paid us a visit in our Pearl District headquarters. While he came to talk about our upcoming move to Swan Island, what he ended

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High-Tech Printing Still In Demand

Appetizers, Drinks, and Awareness

Wieden and Kennedy opened up their doors to the Pearl for August’s First Thursday to display Portland Design Museum’s exhibit of Green Patriot Posters.  Graphic and striking visual reminders of the precarious

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Appetizers, Drinks, and Awareness

Great Design to Combat Climate Change

The Green Patriot Poster exhibition opens August 8, 2014 at Wieden & Kennedy. The exhibition displays beautifully designed posters created to raise awareness and support the battle against global climate change. In

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Great Design to Combat Climate Change

TEDx / TED Talks. Perfect! What is it all about?

Richard Saul Wurman, cognizant of a convergence of creativity in three unique fields, technology, entertainment and design, held a conference in Monterey, California in 1984 for intellectuals with an open-minded and creative

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TEDx / TED Talks. Perfect! What is it all about?

Tulip Fold Record Album Sleeve

Fold Factory is a great resource to get ideas for innovative print projects that will make your marketing message stand out from the crowd. Here’s a short video on a project that

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Tulip Fold Record Album Sleeve

Marketing Creatives and Technologists

There’s been a lot of chatter on social media lately about the direction that marketing, and the necessary skills required for modern marketing, are headed. Campaigns now spread across many channels: email,

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Marketing Creatives and Technologists

Green, Sustainable, Earth-Friendly

Really? Better Take a Closer Look. For those of us in the Graphic Arts Industry, SGP Sustainable Green Printing Partnership has taken all the guessing out of green. Established in 2008, this

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Green, Sustainable, Earth-Friendly

Case Study: Direct Mail vs. Email

We love email. It is an inexpensive way to keep in touch with an engaged set of customers and prospects. We also love direct mail. There’s not an easier and better way

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Case Study: Direct Mail vs. Email

Increase Direct Mail ROI with USPS 2014 Promotions

Every year the US Postal Service offers discounted mailing promotins that allow you to save money on your direct mail campaigns. These promotions can save you some real money if your are

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Increase Direct Mail ROI with USPS 2014 Promotions

Print Design Needs Bleed

Files without proper bleed is a common problem we see when preparing art for print. Bleed is the part of the art that extends beyond the trim edge of the final printed

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Print Design Needs Bleed

Responsive Web Design for Mobile

Mobile first and more recently Multi-screen are hot topics for marketers these days. People – your customers and prospects – are not constrained to their computer when answering your emails, reading your

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Responsive Web Design for Mobile

Print Rocks 2013 Awards Best of Show Winner!

Print Rocks 2013! The world of print holds this annual event. Like the Grammy awards, perhaps not quite as formal–I never did find a red carpet. This illustrious event is presented by

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Print Rocks 2013 Awards Best of Show Winner!

PDX Bicycle Deliveries At Their Finest

For 20 years, Eric Spence has been maneuvering through Portland on his delivery bike, rain or shine, hail or snow (usually rain however). He claims he’s never not been able to ride

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PDX Bicycle Deliveries At Their Finest

Premier Wins! Benny Award for Best Catalog!

Premier Press Receives International Recognition! MasterCraft Boat Catalog produced by Premier Press and designed by Nemo takes home the print industry’s coveted Benny Award (the grammy of print) in the Best Catalogs

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Premier Wins! Benny Award for Best Catalog!

Creating a Forty Foot Photograph

Have you ever seen a 40 foot wide sharp photograph with over ¼ billion pixels? Premier Press printed a 40 foot long high resolution photograph of the World Record Float event that

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Creating a Forty Foot Photograph

Selecting Window Display Materials

What goes in to the creation of a functional and aesthetic window display? Many people assume that it’s a simple as sticking a poster on to a window, however there are several

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Selecting Window Display Materials

Call To Action

We moved into a house last year with a broken outdoor faucet by the driveway. It’s not one of those ordinary hose bibs, it is a hot & cold mixer faucet like

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Call To Action

Raised Ink goes Digital

Raised Ink makes a tactile impression that stands out on marketing collateral, graphic design and any custom printed piece. Raised Ink is a cost-effective digital print solution giving both designers and marketers

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Raised Ink goes Digital

The Big Float – don’t miss it

Check it out – truly PDX – The Big float is an event that celebrates the improved water quality of the Willamette River. It is one more great summer event on the

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The Big Float – don’t miss it

Die Cuts Get Results

Eager to have a client, customer, or friend take a second look at your piece? Perhaps open and close it a few times out of interest? Even take time to assemble it?

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Die Cuts Get Results

Managing Sales Collateral

A client was recently describing her job and the problems she was having managing her time. She and her team of five other sales reps generate leads by presenting seminars to 15-30

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Managing Sales Collateral

New! Raised Ink

Stunning Tactile Print Effect on our 7500S Indigo Digital Press Raised Ink makes a tactile impression that stands out on marketing collateral, graphic design and any custom printed piece. Our new Raised

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New! Raised Ink

Sneak Preview the Waterfront Blues Festival Poster 2013

PDX Rocks – or rather Portland sings the Blues! July 4, 5, 6 & 7, Portland’s own Waterfront Blues Festival is recognized as the nation’s greatest blues festival. In 2011 London based,

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Sneak Preview the Waterfront Blues Festival Poster 2013

True White Ink

Indigo Digital Printing White ink is here. Digital printing is rapidly morphing into a quality creative marketing avenue. No longer quick and dirty–expect high-quality reproduction, G7 certified color accuracy and utilize creative

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True White Ink

Print-Ready PDF/X-1A AND PDF/X-4 Files

PDF/X is a special sub-pdf standard that meets ISO standards. All details and specific information required for print production is embedded into the graphic file.  For instance, PDF/X-1A requires all fonts to

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Print-Ready PDF/X-1A AND PDF/X-4 Files

Nike Graphic Studio Poster Show–Raising Funds for CHAPS

Feed your soul with art and support children with serious health challenges. 50+ posters created and donated by designers from the Nike Graphic Studio on display at  Disjecta, June 15, 5pm-11pm.Meet the artists, enjoy

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Nike Graphic Studio Poster Show–Raising Funds for CHAPS

Resolution Recommendations

Since we offer such a wide variety of printing technologies customers aren’t always sure what is the correct file resolution for their project. There is no single answer, I always ask: Describe

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Resolution Recommendations

Fulfillment 101

I overheard a comment from a customer the other day, something along the lines of “I need to understand this fulfillment stuff.” We can take it for granted that customers know and

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Fulfillment 101

New Fujifilm Platesetter Improve Print Quality

We’re always looking for better, faster, greener ways to grow. We’re excited to say that our new Fujifilm Platesetter fulfills all of these criteria. Since we bought our last state-of-the-art platesetter, we

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New Fujifilm Platesetter Improve Print Quality

We’re Growing! Large Format Equipment Expansion

–Latex Technology –Ultimate Color –Ultimate Green –104-Inch Width –Roll Fed, Fast  Do you care if your color is spot-on whether it is a banner, floor graphic, window graphic or POP? Are accurate

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We’re Growing! Large Format Equipment Expansion

Don’t Lose a Prospect When They Get Hot

I recently changed jobs and my primary work email address and needed to move many of my various newsletter subscriptions that were still relevant to my new email account. Simple enough, right?

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Don’t Lose a Prospect When They Get Hot

Email Marketing Overview

It is likely that your competitors are using email marketing to build their relationship with existing customers and gain new customers. If you think you’re missing out because you’re not using email

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Email Marketing Overview

Pantone+ CMYK Conversion Issue in CS6

Pantone® and Adobe have made a fundamental change in the way color is defined in CS6, resulting in different – and unpredictable – CMYK builds if you start with the default spot colors and

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Pantone+ CMYK Conversion Issue in CS6

Animalia Design Creates Notecards for Endangered Animals

“Our task must be to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature and its beauty. – Albert Einstein The “Why do I live here?” series of note cards are about

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Animalia Design Creates Notecards for Endangered Animals

Tillamook: Brings Tasty Cheese to the People

Just over a hundred years ago, several small creameries teamed up to form the Tillamook County Creamery Association to ensure the quality and reputation of cheese made in the Tillamook Valley.

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Tillamook: Brings Tasty Cheese to the People

2013 Good Stuff!

Happy New Year! We’re kicking off our year by show casing the many of the talented people we work with everyday. This collection of 13 unique cards is fantastic.  If you don’t

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2013 Good Stuff!

Premier Press reduces trash collection by over 30%!

Many wonder what happens to all the material in a print shop. It wasn’t that long ago that people simply threw everything into the trashcan. It was easier and cheaper than separating

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Premier Press reduces trash collection by over 30%!

Portrait of a Family Business

“The difference between a doer and a dreamer is action! Do what it takes to make your dreams come to life! Life in our family was about printing, lithography, and stripping challenges

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Portrait of a Family Business

Turkey Traders

Pavo, Peace Eagle, Guinea Fowl, the turkey, Genus Meleagris, a colorful bird with a colorful history. In the 1540’s merchants who brought birds, the Guinea Fowl, from Madagascar through the country of

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Turkey Traders

Why G7 Master Certification?

Premier Press is proud to be in the elite group of printers with G7 Master certification. Why? Color identifies you. Color is your brand. You work hard to develop your image and

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Why G7 Master Certification?

Benny Who?

Pacific Printing Industries, PPI, collects the beautifully printed pieces produced in the Pacific Northwest each year. Judges then review the quality and process of each piece. They choose the best in quality

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Benny Who?

Marketing a Message? How to Get Heard!

Content management is a capacious buzzword. It is somewhat ironic, considering ours is an age of “bumper sticker” communication. Quick one-liners sound good but are not exactly content heavy. We love sound bites.

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Marketing a Message? How to Get Heard!

National Print Day

The Real World starts here. On the edge of the Pearl district a group of cinematographers filmed the intro of MTV’s Real World. The print world had a REAL interesting year. What

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National Print Day

Printed Color Goes Bad! CMYK vs. RGB

CMYK vs. RGB Monitors, digital cameras and scanners use RGB (red, green,blue) to produce color while the printing process uses CMYK (cyan, magenta, yellow, black). Each process blends colors to produce a

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Printed Color Goes Bad! CMYK vs. RGB

Printed Color Goes Bad! EQUIPMENT & PERSONNEL

Equipment & Personnel Resources Not all printing equipment is the same and not all press operators produce the same quality work. Digital presses range from a glorified color toner style copier to

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Printed Color Goes Bad! EQUIPMENT & PERSONNEL

Printed Color Goes Bad! COLOR REPRODUCTION

Color Reproduction Crashing surf, brilliant sun, blue sky, mega-ripper riding a curl in your client’s brilliant orange board shorts, totally bitchin, and jumping off your screen. Now translate that into a printed

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Printed Color Goes Bad! COLOR REPRODUCTION

Printed Color Goes Bad! RESOLUTION

RESOLUTION Isn’t this image great? I found it on the web. And yes, it looks great on screen, however, printed color requires a much higher resolution. Image resolution is measured by the

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Printed Color Goes Bad! RESOLUTION

Printed Color Goes Bad! CALIBRATION

Calibration “Oh that, the monitor I bought 5 years ago came color calibrated.” Calibration should happen annually, at the very least, and monthly or bi-monthly if you handle critical color. This will

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Printed Color Goes Bad! CALIBRATION
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