Seattle Bindery Newsletter: Issue #26. We welcome your comments.

1. Tear-resistant envelopes. If you’ve ever struggled with those envelopes that are impossible to open, now you’ll know who makes ‘em. According to an article in Printing Views, Tru-Tech Fine Papers, of Harrison, New York, produces a tear-resistant envelope that retains the same characteristics of real paper envelopes, but contains a layer of film sandwiched between two layers of paper that keeps it from ripping. While they may look and act like a regular envelope, they are in fact much stronger. They can be printed, embossed, foil-stamped and laser imprinted, they accept water-activated adhesives, and they can go through USPS equipment, including high-speed sortation and spray bar code machines.

2. Tab Layout Guide. By popular demand, we are developing eps and pdf files for the Tab Layout Guide on our website. Now you’ll be able to download the guide into your layout software, print it out, and send it along as part of your customer proof. Easy and efficient!

3. Growing your workforce from the ground up. An article in Printing Journal’s October 2000 issue reports major cutbacks in printing programs in community colleges and vocational schools around the country. It recommends printers help the educational effort to keep new generations interested in our industry. Suggestions? Donate paper, ink, or other consumables to local vocational programs. Offer plant tours for students to learn about the real-world print environment. Offer to lecture on the designer/printer relationship. Attend career fairs and work to persuade politicians and school board officials that printing should be an active part of any
vocational curriculum.

4. Delivery vans. Well, it’s time to replace one of our delivery vans. The last time I bought one I received great advice from one of our customers, so I welcome any and all suggestions and recommendations. By the way, it’s been 19 months now since we moved into our new shop. Hard to believe, but we love the heck out of it!

5. E-books in the news again. The E-Book Conference & Exhibition 2000 taking place in New York City this week was the launch pad for Microsoft’s software-based product, Microsoft Reader. Designed to run on laptops, it uses a font-display technology called Clear Type, which purportedly overcomes the difficulty of reading text on a computer screen. Adobe, on the other hand, has produced a solution that uses PDF as the preferred means of E-book delivery. Both companies claim their technology can be used on hand-held devices as well. Adobe, by the way, has come out with a fascinating vision, called Network Publishing, of where we all are headed. Check out “Adobe Defines its Vision for the Third Wave of Publishing” in our Web site library. Very, very interesting!



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