If you're like a lot of moms these days, including me, you're
working from home. You may be a home-based business, a mom who
telecommutes from a large corporation, or you are involved-maybe
it's the PTA, church, or your Homeowner's Association. Maybe you
coordinate the neighborhood yard sale. Whatever you're involved in,
we can help.
Secret Print Source is a website, www.secretprintsource.com,
where you can order full color printed products at a HUGE
discount.
Dedicated moms give of their time and talent everywhere-to their
families, on the job, and serving on the committee. We moms use
fliers, yard signs, banners, punch cards, door hangers and
save-the-date magnets. We're smart moms, and we appreciate a good
deal. We're always looking for ways to save money while at the same
time, making the biggest splash possible while promoting our
efforts. One of the easiest ways to do this is to cut printing
costs.
Printing 101
Printing for less can be tricky, and something that most people
really do not understand. There are several kinds of printing, and
whether or not you know it, you've been exposed to most of
them.
Digital-This means "direct from your computer
to the machine that prints." Think inkjet printers, color laser
prints, or color copies. It can be done at home, through a copy
shop, or even at a commercial printer. This is nearly always the
most expensive way to do things, per piece. Digital
printing is best for very small quantities or under very tight
deadlines.
Offset-This is traditional, commercial
printing. A pressman puts either mixed inks (Pantone or spot color
inks) or process colors that make up the majority of most printed
colors-cyan, magenta, yellow and black. With offset printing, the
printer cuts your paper, loads it on the press, and prints your
project. Occasionally, the printer might combine your projects on
one press run to save you money. Combining projects is the key to
saving money.
Web-Not the internet, but web printing. This is
how your newspaper is printed, along with many catalogs and
magazines. MOM Magazine is printed on a web press. This is the most
cost-effective way of printing a multipage document in large
quantities.
Gang Printing-This is offset printing, as
described above, but with one giant difference. Where some printers
will combine YOUR projects, gang printers-like Secret Print
Source-combine your project with many others. Think of it as
selling small sections of a sheet of paper, a little like selling
advertising. The more of the sheet you buy, the more it costs. If
you buy the whole sheet, it costs a lot more. This is how our
customers save money.
Not only are there amazing cost savings with gang-printing, but
we print almost exclusively in full color. That means that for
typically less than you can purchase a one sided flyer in black and
white, you can get the same flyer printed in full color on both
sides. Color SELLS. It attracts attention. Color is important.
Since you are already a creative multi-tasking mom, we know you
can think of lots of uses for this amazing technology. Posters for
school events, punch cards for a fundraiser (think "1,000 business
cards = $38"); or trading cards for the Little League
team.
Secret Print Source is owned by a Tri-Cities multi-tasking mom.
Like many of you, I volunteer for my childrens' schools, church,
Scout activities and find myself juggling the demands of way too
many committees. I use Secret Print Source to help those
organizations pay less for printing, and I print client work there
too.
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Post questions, leave a comment, or brainstorm ideas for your next
event. I'd love to help you.
