2018 was a significant year in my life, both professionally at Graphics Production Group and personally. A few highlights in my personal life over the past year include the birth of our third child Elizabeth, in April, which kept us busy for the remainder of the year. Our son also started kindergarten in the fall and our oldest daughter started in her senior kindergarten year.  We even managed to get out camping with friends in the summer as well! Needless to say my golf game suffered...

Bring your Print to Life with Custom Die Cutting  When you think of print what comes to mind? Business cards, brochures, flyers, newspapers, magazines? Or do you think of packaging, cereal boxes, beer cases, 3 dimensional interesting pieces? At Graphics Production Group we get involved in some more interesting projects, and I thought I would share with you how we create some of these pieces. To start, you have to have a vision or design. We can create some amazing printed piec...

Sales Kit and Display Case Project We recently completed an exciting project that I would like to share with you. In Q1 2018, Liteline launched a new downlight called the SlimLED Multi. This fixture offers a best in-class solution for the easy conversion of a standard octagon/junction box into a recessed downlight as well as having the capabilities to retro-fit a traditional 4" downlight to an LED Fixture. Liteline wanted their sales team to have a professional looking sales case t...

Spring is here and the first quarter of 2018 has flown by for us here at Graphics Production Group. We thought what better way to bring in spring then to show you some of our latest print projects.    Product Tags Using Thermographic Print    These product tags are produced by litho printing on 17 pt Cougar Stock and then run through a heat process. This creates a chemical reaction in the ink, causing the ink to rise slightly on the page. This proce...

Dressing up your business cards, pocket folders, letter head and much more with foil. There are many options when it comes to foil on print. Yesterday I came across a sample of a digital foil card and it got me thinking I should share all the ways you can embellish print with foil.   Digital Foil Using Toner       This Card is produced by first printing black toner, then the foil is pressed on top of the toner, sticking to the paper.&nbs...