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Print Buyer Quick Poll
Note: PBO's Quick Poll should only be completed by print buyers. However,
printers and other non-print buyers can
view
the real-time results here.
This week's question:
In the past year, how much money do you believe you saved your organization on its print projects?
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a) At least $5,000
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b) $6,000 to $25,000
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c) $26,000 to $74,000
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d) $75,000 to $124,000
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e) $125,000 to $249,000
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f) Over $250,000
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Print Buyer Quick Poll
In the past year, how much money do you believe you saved your organization on its print projects?| a) At least $5,000 | 0% | | | b) $6,000 to $25,000 | 23% | | | c) $26,000 to $74,000 | 23% | | | d) $75,000 to $124,000 | 9% | | | e) $125,000 to $249,000 | 11% | | | f) Over $250,000 | 34% | |
Printer's Quick Poll
Note: PBO's Quick Poll should only be completed by printers. However, print
buyers can
view
the real-time results here.
This week's question:
How important is it for print buyers to have solid knowledge of different types of printing equipment?
Printer's Quick Poll
How important is it for print buyers to have solid knowledge of different types of printing equipment?| a) very important | 64% | | | b) somewhat important | 32% | | | c) not important at all | 4% | |
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Ripon Printers provides innovative print, fulfillment and distribution solutions designed to give you an advantage in today’s dynamic marketplace.
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PCPI provides robust education and resources to help print professionals provide greater value to their organizations. www.pcpi.org 
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SPECIAL NEWS & GIFTS - WEDNESDAY, MAY 2, 2012
BUY ONE, GET ONE FREE ON PCPI CERTIFICATION PROGRAMS - OFFER ENDS MAY 15TH
Our certification sale only happens twice a year so don't miss out folks! This time I've added our NEW Advanced Print Production Certification to our Buy One, Get One Free promotion. You can mix and match certifications or order one for yourself and one for your co-worker. Learn more about this special offer here.
And congratulations to the 31 new delegates who just received their certifications. View our list of certified professionals, here.
FREE NEW Cool Tool From Domtar - BURT
Give a warm welcome to burt.
(Best Uncoated Results Tool Kit)
Domtar’s ubiquitous personal assistant for printing on their fine uncoated papers and a dynamic resource for printing on uncoated paper. Professional and personable, burt is an unquestionably informative resource for unleashing creativity and ensuring brilliant results when printing or applying post-press techniques on uncoated paper.
There sometimes tend to be misconceptions about uncoated paper. The fact is, Domtar offers many high-quality papers that can meet the demands and expectations of virtually any print job. Equally, over the years our industry has become much more creative in our use of coatings and varnishes. Sharp, full-color reproduction, combined with the smooth surface finish, brightness, opacity and substantial overall feel, is making uncoated paper an increasingly popular choice among a new generation of savvy designers.
Through burt, designers and printers alike will discover an array of tips and techniques — knowledge — that can be applied to many of Domtar’s fine papers, including Cougar®, Lynx® Opaque Ultra and Husky® Opaque Offset. Callouts highlight everything from paper selection and environmental impact to on-press proofing. A special insert on post-press techniques demonstrates effective uses of die-cuts, perforations, touch plates, embosses and foil stamps. The toolkit also gives general guidelines for clean scores and folds.
To order burt, go to PBO's Cool Tools, click the appropriate box and enter submit under your contact information:
NEW Member Benefit for Print Buyers ONLY: FREE, UNLIMITED Use of WestNoble FairPrice Service!
PBO has just added a significant new benefit for PBO print buyer members: FREE, UNLIMITED use of the WestNoble FairPrice Service.*
THE WEBINAR STARTS AT NOON FRIDAY MAY 11TH EST -- SIGN UP NOW:
https://www3.gotomeeting.com/register/631137830
The WestNoble FairPrice Service is a wonderful tool that you can use to get instant fair market pricing on your print specifications. This can be enormously helpful when you are in the process of creating a print project and want to test various specifications.
- With FairPrice you will be able enter specs and obtain the fair market price of the full range of simple and complex print projects and campaigns.
- Share your specs with other team members and collaboratively determine the best design options for the most effective use of your print budget.
- Explore any number of options and get price information without waiting for responses from printers at a time when you are not sure which specs you will settle on.
PLEASE NOTE:
- FairPrice is a decision making tool that allows Print Professionals to understand the fair market price of any set of specs, or the impact of changes to specs, based on their thorough pricing knowledge from market leaders.
- FairPrice is independent of any printer and is not a bidding system.
- FairPrice is NOT an online auction tool, NOR does it provide quotes from specific printers.
* This service is not free for printers, service providers, or other industry professionals. Westnoble reserves the right to determine the appropriate audience for the complimentary service.
Suzanne Morgan
President & Founder
Print Buyers Online.com & PCPI
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WORLD BANK STUDY: JUSTICE FOR FORESTS, IMPROVING CRIMINAL JUSTICE EFFORTS TO COMBAT ILLEGAL LOGGING 
The World Bank just released a 56-page report entitled “Justice for Forests: Improving Criminal Justice Efforts to Combat Illegal Logging.” Since the publication is likely to be of interest to many of you, we’ve attached a one-page summary of the report’s context and recommendations at the link here.
The following link provides the full 56-page report: www.worldbank.org
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Proforma Mosaic Marketing Streamlines Operations with P3Software
Newton, MA, USA (PRWEB) - P3Software, Inc. a world leader in print procurement technology, announced today that it has been selected by Proforma Mosaic Marketing, a leading provider of printing, promotional products and related graphic products and solutions, to provide the company with the P3Expeditor web-based print procurement management system.
“We needed an affordable, flexible, reliable solution to drive efficiencies,” said Charles Leshan, Owner, Proforma Mosaic Marketing. “P3Software provides us with innovative and proven technology that enables best practice processes and helps us deliver even better results to our customers. We’re already saving about 3 hours each day with P3Expeditor managing bids, pricing, proposals and tracking production. We couldn’t live without it.” More here...
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Get FREE 14 Day Trial of Software for Increased Color Quality and Decreased Print Costs!
Print buyers: get better color quality on your print jobs for a $99 investment. Check out FineEye Color Solutions 14-day FREE trial to discover the power and ease of this software solution.
FineEye Color Solutions, Inc. is a software development company focused on creating cutting edge color technologies for print and imaging. Its ICE (Intelligent Color Engine) family of software products brings superior color reproduction to offset and digital printing systems with the added benefit of reduced ink consumption, faster “up to color” times and dramatically reduced paper waste. All ICE products deliver easily integrated solutions with low cost of entry. Particularly noteworthy is ICEit!, a new Photoshop plug-in designed for superior RGB to CMYK conversions, and ICE-Meta, an upload conversion process that optimizes ICC profiles in digital print devices for up to a 20 percent savings in toner/ink consumption. FineEye is located in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
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If your company is looking to hire someone in the marketing, print buying, creative area, we have great success in reaching the right people. Go to the job page for info.
Current Openings
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Check out the results of our latest Quick Poll survey and feedback from our members.
Feedback from our last Quick Polls
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Join Print Buyers Online.com for free to receive access to our weekly eLetter, which is filled with pertinent articles, surveys, industry news and Q&As on the print buying industry. Sign up here.
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