Constance Sidles

Paper Tips: What Kind of Paper Do You Need?

In printing, where appearance is everything, you may be tempted to order the highest quality paper you can afford. But is top-of-the-line paper the right choice for your project? Here's why it may not be.

Paper Tips: Top Ten Ways to Save $ on Paper

After the flush year-end spending, now is the time to look at how to economize for the lean months ahead. Paper is a major expense for most print designers and therefore a good place to cut costs. Start with these 10 tips.

Paper Tips: Trees, Trees, Trees

Reduce, re-use, recycle. While we may apply this mantra to our personal paper-consumption habits, how many print designers and paper buyers follow tree-friendly practices? Here's what you can do.

Paper Tips: White is a Color Too

How paper interacts with light and ink can dramatically change the appearance of a printed project -- even when the paper is specc'd as "white." Do you know how white your paper is?

Paper Tips: Fit the Design to the Sheet

Riddle me this: Would you rather trim a half-inch off your design or risk going out of business? While paper costs have remained relatively flat, it pays to be prudent when matching layout specs to paper size.