Services
Customer Service
At Colson Art Printing customer service is of vital importance to the success of your reproductions. From the first call discussing your particular needs to the final call notifying you when your prints are ready to ship,
we'll be keeping you aware and up to date on the progress of your work. We feel this is the least we can do, since you have given our company the honor of reproducing your artwork.
Digital Capture / Color Separations / Proofing
Once we receive your grid layout and original art, we begin the color separation process. A color separation is the means by which we digitally separate the four primary colors of the printing process -
•Cyan,•Magenta,
•Yellow and
•Black -
from the original art or a color transparency. This phase of the printing process is most critical to matching your original.
Please send us your originals. If we have your originals, then we know what the final prints should look like. Even if the originals are non-flexible or oversize, we still want to have them.
While most moderately-sized artwork, color transparencies and photographs are straightforward captures, larger work has always presented more of a challenge to capture digitally.
Colson Art Printing's digital studio allows scanning of original artwork and images over 60 inches, as well as product photography. In addition, this advanced method of digital scanning assures more accurate color capture, while maintaining all the subtle tones of the original. These advancements in accuracy will also reduce production time.
After color separations are made, we'll make a color proof from a set of film negatives. This method of color proofing will provide you with the best representation of what your finished print should look like. The process of showing you proofs is rather simple. After we have adjusted the color and prepared your proof to strict quality standards, we'll package the original and the proof and overnight them to you for your approval. This is not a trial and error process. At this point we have gone through many preliminary proofs to give you the best reproduction possible. Our approach is, if it's not right, it will not be sent.
Now, you can rest! Once the color separation has been approved, you can rest knowing that what you see is what you'll get. Now, it's up to our printing craftsmen to match the proof.
Soft Proofing via the web
A proofing method gaining popularity in the printing industry is "soft proofing" via the internet and email. Software exists which allows fast and easy conversion of a layout file -- complete with fonts and graphic images --
to a format which can be transferred via email and viewed on the recipient's computer monitor. The converted file, tagged as a .PDF (Portable Document Format) file, requires additional software for viewing. The viewing software, known as Adobe® Acrobat® Reader®, is available for
free download
through Adobe's website.
This popular method of proofing is now offered by Colson Art Printing, and allows you to view, and in many cases, print copies of the various elements of your print run such as layouts for brochures, booklets and other items. Aside from a small amount of time involved, this proofing method requires little or no material and may allow corrections to be taken care of before more costly proofs are produced.
Printing
At Colson Art Printing we are devoted to creating masterpieces everyday with our Heidelberg printing presses. From our Heidelberg GTO to our 5 color, 40" Speedmaster, Heidelbergs are the Rolls Royces of the printing industry and are world-renowned for their quality and dependability.
However, the press is only as good as the craftsmanship and artistry of the pressman who operates it. Our pressmen are seasoned veterans who take pride in making your reproduction the best that it can be. We encourage you to meet our pressmen and, if possible, be present while your work is on the press. This is a great time for us to get to know you and learn more about your work.
Sending Your Digital Files
Send your digital files to Colson Art Printing's FTP site if you would like to avoid the time and delay of sending disks. Once received we can begin the process of completing your request. To access this service go here.
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