Double Face Satin Ribbon: A Quality Worthy of Your Special Day

Double Face Satin Ribbon is the most popular wedding ribbon style at PrintMyRibbon.com. This attractive wedding ribbon is smooth and silky on both sides with finished edges. Double Face Satin Ribbon is available in several colors and multiple sizes. Personalize it with the names of the bride and groom, the wedding date, or a special message. Custom printed Double Face Satin Ribbon will make a lasting impression on wedding guests.

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Shop By Color to Save Time & Match Your Theme

Planning a wedding can be stressful and we understand how valuable your time is. That’s why we created a “By Color” shop: a stress-free way for you to browse our ribbon collection. When you shop by color, you can choose the color of ribbon you need and then see all the ribbon styles available in your color selection. Once you choose your ribbon and style, you can go straight into the design tool to create your personalized ribbon imprint.

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Wedding Ribbon Ideas

Need some ideas for ways to use personalized ribbon in your wedding? We’ve put together a collection of wedding ribbon articles to spark your creativity. Custom ribbon can be used for everything from invitations to reception centerpieces. If you used personalized ribbon in your wedding, leave us a comment and let us know how you used it! We’d love to expand our list of ideas with your input.

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Resolution: Resolution is the number of dots or pixels of an image or photo. The higher concentration of dots or pixels per inch, the sharper the image will be when printed. Increasing the resolution also increases the image file size.

DPI: DPI stands for dots per inch. DPI is a measurement of resolution of a printed image determined by the number of dots that fit into one inch. For optimal results, your image must be at least 300 DPI at the final output size. Images on websites are typically 72 DPI, which is not a high enough resolution or quality for printing.

RGB: RGB refers to the colors red, green, and blue. These are most commonly used with television screens and computer monitors but are not used in printing. RGB files are usually converted to CMYK (cyan, magenta, yellow, and black) files before printing. Colors may need to be adjusted after the conversion and may not appear correctly on your monitor.

CMYK: CMYK is an acronym for the colors cyan, magenta, yellow, and key (black). These are the industry standard process colors used in full color printing. The combination and percentages of these four colors can produce a wide array of colors.

Process Colors: Process Colors are the four basic colors used in printing to create the full spectrum of colors. These four colors are cyan (process blue), magenta (process red), yellow (process yellow), and black (process black).

PMS (Pantone® Matching System) Colors: PMS Colors are inks manufactured by Pantone®, Inc. The Pantone Matching System is the most popular color matching system used in the printing industry worldwide. A true PMS color is defined by a mixture of inks that will provide a specific color. Each PMS Color is assigned a code number and can be used to produce colors outside the CMYK gamut.

Standard Colors: “Standard Colors” is a term often used by a printing company when referring to a preselected offering of their most popular ink colors normally available to their customers at no extra charge. This may eliminate over-stocking many colors of inks that are not often requested or used.

Bleed: Bleed is the amount of image that extends past the trim size of the printed piece. Any artwork that has to bleed must have at least 1/16” past the trim size. If this is not provided, inconsistencies could occur when cutting the printing.

.jpg File: Short for JPEG (joint Photographic Experts Group), a .jpg is an image file format that uses lossy compression that is adjustable to control file size related to image quality.

.pdf File: Short for Portable Document Format. This is basically a file created from one particular program in a format that is viewable on multiple platforms interdependent of the originating software.

.tiff File: Short for Tagged Image File Format. This is an image file format that is widely used in Graphics and desktop publishing.

.psd File: Adobe Photoshop’s native file format.

.ai File: Native file format of the popular graphics software Adobe Illustrator.

.png File: Short for Network Graphics. This is an image file format that uses “lossless” compression. It provides better quality than a .gif file.

We hope these printing vocabulary posts have been of benefit to you. Please be sure to share this resource with others!

Flexographic (Flexo, Ink) Printing: The transfer of ink to a substrate (material) using a photopolymer plate. There are two types of flexo printing: spot color where a plate transfers one color per plate, and four color process where four colors are used with a series of half tone dots to achieve a rainbow of colors.

Hot Stamp Printing: The transfer of foil ink to a substrate using a magnesium plate heated to approximately 300 degrees.

Embossed Printing: Stamping with a plate that has what needs to be embossed cut out so the material can be pushed up. Rotary embossing utilizes two photopolymer plates or two metal engraved cylinders: one male cylinder and one female cylinder that match each other.

Digital (Full Color) Printing: A method of printing that does not utilize printing plates as do other more traditional methods of printing. Large scale inkjet or laser printers put pigment or toner onto a substrate (material) and can reproduce colors from the customer’s digital art file extremely accurately.

Varnish: A top coating to either protect the label, give it a certain effect such as matte or gloss, or allow the material to receive other inks such as thermal or hot stamp.

UV Varnish: Does the same thing as varnish except that it is cured with UV light. It does not protect from UV light.

Knife Cut: To use a single or double blade die to cut the length of the label and trimming sides to the width needed so a custom die is not needed.

Plate: Usually refers to a printing plate – either photopolymer, flexographic, or a magnesium type for hot stamp.

Die: Any of the various types of tools used for cutting a label, tag, or any other custom product to a certain shape.

Custom Die: Any die shape or size that is not in the standard list, even if it is a simple shape such as a circle that is of a size we don’t have.

Die Cutting: The act of cutting a tag, label, or another custom product with the die.

Thank you to our Production Supervisor Arnold Clark and to our Process Engineer Roy Ziegler for their contributions to this post!

Graduation Bookmarks

Personalized graduation announcements take a unique form with graduation bookmarks. Attractive and versatile, customized graduation bookmarks can be used as announcements, graduation party invitations, and graduation party favors. To personalize your own, choose your favorite graduation bookmark template at PrintMyThing. You can use the design tool to upload a senior portrait and edit the text. You can even design your own graduation bookmark from scratch with U-Design!

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Graduation Invitation Cards

Available in several varieties, graduation invitation cards can be personalized to match your style. Choose from a large collection of template designs to personalize or create your own from a U-Design blank canvas. Graduation cards can be customized with your photos and text. Printed on premium card stock, graduation cards can be personalized for announcements, party invitations, and thank you cards!

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Magnet Graduation Invitations

Printed on magnetic material, magnet graduation invitations are a useful variation on traditional graduation invitation cards. Your family and friends can place your announcement magnet right on their fridge so they’ll remember the date of your ceremony and party. Upload a photo of a senior portrait and your custom graduation magnets are likely to hold a spot on refrigerators for months to come. Choose from several template designs or create your own with U-Design.

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Custom Hang Tags Communicate:

If you don’t have enough space on your labels for all of your product features and company information, custom hang tags can be used as extra real estate. Use hang tags to communicate important product information and highlight attractive product features. Since custom printed tags hang from products or packaging, they’ll quickly catch a customer’s eye and attention. Tags are great places to showcase eco-friendly features, company tag-lines, logos, and any other information you want your customers to notice and remember. At PrintMyThing, you can use the design tool to create custom tags with your company information and product features.

Custom Hang Tags Make an Impact:

Integrate hang tags into your product packaging for a professional presentation with high impact. Featuring vibrant ink imprints, custom hang tags can make a powerful impression on customers and clients. Hang tags can be custom printed with your artwork and message to reinforce your brand marketing. With the PrintMyThing design tool, you can upload your logos and create a custom tag design online. Choose from a variety of shapes, sizes, and colors to design the tags that are right for your products and company image.

Custom Tags Hang onto Tough-to-Label Items:

Some products aren’t easy to label. Unique shapes and materials can make it difficult to attach your logo and message to product packaging. Custom hang tags are the perfect solution. With 5″ strings attached, tags can be placed on the outside of large or uniquely-shaped items. Customize tags with your logo, message, and product information. Hang tags can even be printed with perforations to simplify price tagging and inventory. If you’d like perforations or folds on your custom hang tags, please call us at 888.281.0042 so we can talk through printing options and make sure your order is placed correctly.

Design your own custom hang tags at PrintMyThing! If you have any questions or if you’d like assistance with your order, give us a call at 888.281.0042. You can also request a sample packet to see the quality of our hang tags for yourself!

1.) Lift the ink roller holder until it is clear of the ink roller. (The holder is located on the metal part of the body, at the top near where the labels are dispensed.)

2.) Turn the marker on its side over a trash can to discard the old ink roller.

3.) Carefully slide a new ink roller onto the ink roller shaft and slip the ink roller holder back to its original position.

Your ink has been replaced and your marker is ready to be used again! For a video tutorial on how to replace the ink, please visit our YouTube SpeedyMark® Ink Replacement Tutorial Video.

1.) Pull open the Label Holder Arm by pulling slightly towards you and then upwards.

2.) Place the Label Roll onto the Label Spindle and shut the Label Holder Arm.

3.) Open the Bottom Cover by gently pinching the plastic tab and lifting the Bottom Cover away from the marker. Also, pull down the Print Base until it stops.

4.) Feed approximately 12″ of labels through the Throat of the marker, making sure it goes between the Sprocket and the upper part of the Print Base. (Note: this step is easier if you create a slight crease along the length of the labels.)

5.) Turn the marker upside down (so the print head is facing up towards you) and thread the labels through the slot in the Print Base.

6.) Lay the label stock over the Print Base and position a few Sprocket Spindles to line up with the holes in the label stock. Label stock will automatically feed out through the Operating Lever.

7.) Gently squeeze the plastic Lock Piece and shut the Bottom Cover.

8.) Squeeze and release the Operating Lever to dispense labels.

If you’re a visual learner like I am, the following SpeedyMark® Loading Instructions .pdf files would probably be of even more benefit to you. The steps are clearly listed out along with photos of each loading action:

• SpeedyMark® 3 Loading Instructions
• SpeedyMark® 4 Loading Instructions
• SpeedyMark® 5 Loading Instructions

You can also watch our SpeedyMark® Loading YouTube video. One way or the other, we’ll get you the help you need to properly load your pricing marker!

First, let’s start off with the definition of “trademark.”  According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office (www.uspto.gov), a trademark is “a word, phrase, symbol or design, or a combination of words, phrases, symbols or designs, that identifies and distinguishes the source of the goods of one party from those of others.”  It’s a fairly straightforward idea.  But, what exactly does a trademark do?

I found a website at www.wipo.int/trademarks that defines very nicely what a trademark accomplishes.

“A trademark provides protection to the owner of the mark by ensuring the exclusive right to use it to identify goods or services, or to authorize another to use it in return for payment. The period of protection varies, but a trademark can be renewed indefinitely beyond the time limit on payment of additional fees. Trademark protection is enforced by the courts, which in most systems have the authority to block trademark infringement.”

“In a larger sense, trademarks promote initiative and enterprise worldwide by rewarding the owners of trademarks with recognition and financial profit. Trademark protection also hinders the efforts of unfair competitors, such as counterfeiters, to use similar distinctive signs to market inferior or different products or services. The system enables people with skill and enterprise to produce and market goods and services in the fairest possible conditions, thereby facilitating international trade.”

We strongly suggest here at PrintMyThing and PrintMyRibbon that you remember the above information before designing any custom printed products.  Ask yourself, “Do I have the legal right to use this logo, word, phrase or design?  Is it mine exclusively?  Or “do I have permission from the trademark holder to use it?”  If not, its advised that your protect yourself by not using the trademarked material in your custom creation.

Now what about a copyright?  Are copyrights and trademarks the same?  No, they protect different things actually.  The  U.S. Copyright Office  defines “copyright” this way:

“Copyright is a form of protection provided by the laws of the United States (title 17, U. S. Code) to the authors of ‘original works of authorship,’ including literary, dramatic, musical, artistic, and certain other intellectual works. This protection is available to both published and unpublished works. Section 106 of the 1976 Copyright Act generally gives the owner of copyright the exclusive right to do and to authorize others to do the following:

• To reproduce the work in copies or phonorecords;
• To prepare derivative works based upon the work;
• To distribute copies or phonorecords of the work to the public by sale or
other transfer of ownership, or by rental, lease, or lending;
• To perform the work publicly, in the case of literary, musical, dramatic, and
choreographic works, pantomimes, and motion pictures and other audiovisual
works;
• To display the work publicly, in the case of literary, musical, dramatic, and
choreographic works, pantomimes, and pictorial, graphic, or sculptural
works, including the individual images of a motion picture or other audiovisual
work; and
• In the case of sound recordings,* to perform the work publicly by means of
a digital audio transmission.”

The copyright.gov site adds, “It is illegal for anyone to violate any of the rights provided by the copyright
law to the owner of copyright.”

So again, we strongly suggest that before you incorporate any material into your custom design that may be copyrighted, please be sure you have the legal permission to do so.  Our official position on designs that are submitted to us is as follows:

“The customer assumes full responsibility for all claims and/or litigation arising from alleged infringement of licenses, patents, or copyrights on any requested design or copy.”  (See our website FAQ section.)

We hope that this helps with any questions you may have related to trademarks and copyrights.

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