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SLB Printing provides 28x40 poster printing

SLB Printing provides 28x40 poster printing in Los Angeles for only $32.
Same day service available and quantity discounts too. SLB Printing quickly prints movie posters in Los Angeles, Culver City, Century City, Beverly Hills, West Los Angeles and all the surrounding areas.

Let us help you promote your film with posters up to 4'x8'!  Postcards, pitch books, digital copies, retractable banner stands and other promo material available too.  Need a 28x40 poster printed fast?  Call us today at 310-558-4752 and we'll see what we can do to get your 28x40 poster printing done the same day!  We print our posters on HP Photorealistic Poster Paper using latex inks.  These inks are environmentally friendly and produce no VOC's in the printing process.

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Currently we're making posters for exhibitors going to the following film festival shows:

• Dances With Films - May 30 to June 9, 2013
• Palm Springs International Festival of Short Films - June 18 to 24, 2013
• Palm Springs International ShortFest - June 18 to 24, 2013
• Los Angeles Film Festival (IFP) - June 13 to 23, 2013
• Los Angeles 48 Hour Film Project - Aug 2 to 4, 2013
• Downtown Film Festival - Los Angeles - July 12 to 18, 2013
• OUTFEST - July 11 to 21, 2013

So far this year, our posters have gone to the following film festivals:

• Santa Barbara International Film Festival
• SXSW
• Newport Beach Film Festival
• Tribeca in New York
• CANNES in Paris, France
• and a multitude of student campus film festivals too

Our quality can't be beat and our pricing is pretty darn good too!  But don't take our word for it, check out our YELP! reviews.  They're so amazingly, over the top, good that Yelp! has 30 of our reviews in their filtered box!!!
Let SLB Printing provides 28x40 poster printing for your next film festival entry.

Save a Tree - Think About It!

This whole "Save A Tree" campaign that we keep hearing about really makes me say to anyone that buys into this rubbish to "think about it"!  There are so many false hopes about "Save a Tree" that one could spend days explaining.  Think about the idea that I can grow another tree, YOU can grow another tree, ANYONE can help go out and plant trees! So why the big push to "Save a Tree"?

Now, ask yourself this, how renewable or recyclable is your smart phone, your computer, your tablet device or book reader?  What's the carbon footprint used to make that device?  What's the energy used to power the services that those devices use?  I won't bore you with the facts or statistics.  Reality makes it necessary to use these devices for business and pleasure.

I think what we really need is a "Save a Job - chop down a tree" campaign.  Harvesting trees saves jobs.  Planting new trees saves jobs.  Recycling paper saves jobs.  Even using a stamp on an envelope made from a tree with a check inside that is also made from a tree that can both be recycled again, saves  many jobs!  So lets chop down a tree or save all our paper trash to give to the recyclers and save a job.  Think about it - Save a Tree?

But wait, that's not all you should think about when contemplating this save a tree idea.  How about thinking of the reasons why the paper industry is the one you always hear about when "Save a Tree" comes up.  What about the lumber used by homebuilders and furniture manufactures? What about people with fireplaces who love to curl up with a loved one in front of that wonderful warm fire that turns wood to ashes?  Why is it, that only paper is the one that is always targeted?  Call me a conspiracy theorist, but to me, it looks like financial gain is the main motivating factor here.
Pay your bills on line?  Who benefits the most?  The seller by getting paid faster and the bank that can place ads in front of you for awhile. Send an email instead of a letter? Who benefits the most financially?  This could be debated more but the company that you bought your device from and service you use to transmit with like Google or Yahoo stand to make a profit by being able to shove ads into your face while using their services.

So to me, I can see why online service providers and advertisers want you to give up paper.  But "Save A Tree" just makes me feel like they all think we are stupid!  Consider this, around the beginning of this year, Google started a campaign with the tag line "Save money. Save time. Save trees".  Now after numerous letters disputing the credibility of this statement to CEO Larry Page and Chairman Eric Schmidt, the misleading tagline has been removed from their "Go Paperless 2013" campaign.  If these two distinguished leaders of tech can see the valid points made by the Printing Industry of America and take down their tag line, then I feel it is time that we spread the word and have a more realistic conversation about "Save a Tree".

To learn more about the value of print, download a free flip-book by visiting www.printing.org/valueofprint

Fashion Week? SLB cranks out the LookBooks

Fashion Week has kept us pretty busy. SLB Printing cranks out the LookBooks. Over 5,000 lookbooks were produced for various fashion designers and clothing manufactures displaying their new lines all over the country in just the last week of February 2013. The largest of these orders was only 300 pieces.  The hard copy proofing process has been critically important to all the fashion clients to make sure their products look their best on our digital presses.

Our 2 high speed digital presses have been cranking out the lookbooks and the bindery room has been busy making custom pockets, cutting, scoring and folding inserts. Wire-O, spiral binding and saddle stitching departments have all had their share of rush work this week too! Deadlines as tight as 24 hours have been met and we are so thankful for all the new clients who have found out just how quick and easy SLB makes the entire printing, color correction and proofing process.

Thank you to all our current and new fashion clients for making this the busiest year ever for producing lookbooks!  SLB Printings impecable reputation on many of the popular on line review sites helped clothing manufactures feel comfortable coming to our store and trusting us with their last minute LookBook printing needs.  But LookBooks is just part of the Fashion Week printing that SLB produced.  Posters, Retractable Banner Stands, Backdrops, Order Forms, Line Sheets, Inserts, Postcards and more were all part of the many requests that we were given with impossible deadlines that SLB made possible.

SLB Printing was established in 1984.  In November of 2012 we moved into our new location at 2822 S. Robertson Blvd.  Plenty of on street parking and in back of the store is available too.

Call SLB Printing today at 310-558-4752 and let us help with your LookBook needs. Mention you read this blog and receive $25 off your next order for LookBooks during all of the 2013 year.

Did you know...Vital Facts About the Paper Used in Print Products

These vital facts about the paper used in print products

• About 90% of paper and paperboard consumed in the United States is produced in the United States.¹
• Overall, 33% of papermaking material comes from recycled paper; 33% comes from wood chips and scrap from sawmills; and 33% comes from virgin trees.²

American Envelope Sizes

There are dozens of sizes of envelopes available. Not all are used for posting mail, but for such things as former pay packets or putting a gift card or a key in.

Announcement Envelope Sizes

Name	Size in millimeters	Size in inches
A-2	111 mm x 146 mm	4 3/8 in x 5 3/4 in
A-6	120 mm x 165 mm	4 3/4 in x 6 1/2 in
A-7	139 mm x 184 mm	5 1/4 in x 7 1/4 in
A-8	139 mm x 206 mm	5 1/2 in x 8 1/8 in
A-10	159 mm x 244 mm	6 1/4 in x 9 5/8 in
Slim	98 mm x 225 mm	3 7/8 in x 8 7/8 in

Announcement envelopes are very common envelopes and are used for cards and invitations.

Commercial Envelope Sizes

Name	Size in millimeters	Size in inches
No. 6¼	89 mm x 152 mm	3 1/2 in x 6 in
No. 6¾	92 mm x 165 mm	3 5/8 in x 6 1/2 in
No. 8	98 mm x 190 mm	3 7/8 in x 7 1/2 in
No. 9	98 mm x 225 mm	3 7/8 in x 8 7/8 in
No. 10	105 mm x 241 mm	4 1/8 in x 9 1/2 in
No. 11	114 mm x 263 mm	4 1/2 in x 10 3/8 in
No. 12	120 mm x 279 mm	4 3/4 in x 11 in
No. 14	127 mm x 292 mm	5 in x 11 1/2 in

Commercial envelopes are standard-sized envelopes that are used daily for regular mail.

Catalog Envelope Sizes

Name	Size in millimeters	Size in inches
No. 1	152 mm x 228 mm	6 in x 9 in
No. 1¾	165 mm x 241 mm	6 1/2 in x 9 1/2 in
No. 2	165 mm x 254 mm	6 1/2 in x 10 in
No. 3	178 mm x 254 mm	7 in x 10 in
No. 6	190 mm x 266 mm	7 1/2 in x 10 1/2 in
No. 7	203 mm x 279 mm	8 in x 11 in
No. 8	209 mm x 286 mm	8 1/4 in x 11 1/4 in
No. 9½	216 mm x 267 mm	8 1/2 in x 10 1/2 in
No. 9¾	222 mm x 286 mm	8 3/4 in x 11 1/4 in
No. 10½	229 mm x 305 mm	9 in x 12 in
No. 12½	241 mm x 317 mm	9 1/2 in x 12 1/2 in
No. 13½	254 mm x 330 mm	10 in x 13 in
No. 14¼	286 mm x 311 mm	11 1/4 in x 12 1/4 in
No. 14½	292 mm x 368 mm	11 1/2 in x 14 1/2 in

The catalog formats are mostly used for — you saw this one coming — catalogs, folders, flyers and magazines.

Using standard envelop sizes for your work is a logical step, envelopes are availlable in a wide variety of dimensions and having custom envelopes made is possible, but expensive.

Converting to CMYK

When preparing files for print, you will have to convert images from RGB to the CMYK color space. Any respectable image editor or file layout prorgam has a option for it. Sometimes it can be tricky to find the specific option to convert to CMYK.

Here is a list of several common programs with instructions on how to convert the color space to CMYK.

Adobe Photoshop

If the file already exists select the following menu options: Image > Mode > CMYK When starting a new file select CMYK for the mode before clicking OK.

Adobe InDesign

Use the following menu options: Window > Swatches and Window > Color. Double click color in Swatches Change color mode to CMYK and color type to Process. Any colors created in the document that are not in the Swatches palette, need to be changed to the CMYK color space. Select each object you want to convert and make sure the Color palette reflects the CMYK percentages. Click top right arrow in the palette to change to CMYK if necessary.

Corel Draw

Select each object you want to convert. Select the Fill tool and click Fill Color Dialog. Make sure the Color model is CMYK. For each object with an outline: Select the Outline tool and click the Outline Color Dialog. Make sure the Color model is CMYK.

Adobe Illustrator

Use the following menu options. For an existing file select Edit > Select All and then Filter > Colors > Convert to CMYK. For a new file, select File > New and select CMYK color for the Color Mode.

Quark Xpress

Use the following menu options: Edit > Edit Colors > Show Colors in Use > Highlight Color and click Edit. Change model to CMYK and deselect Spot color.

Adobe Pagemaker

Use the following menu options: Window > Show Colors. Double click "colors" in palette and select Model to be CMYK and Type to be Process. Please be advised that Pagemaker does not successfully represent CMYK color on the monitor.

Is converting images to CMYK important?

Yes! It's very important if you are working on a print document. Many commercial printers accept RGB images wihout question but using images with a RBG color space can seriously screw up your image. We've seen black and white images, twisted color spectrums and more terrible stuff. Printers who accept RBG images auto-convert images to CMYK without checking the outcome.

Make sure you convert images to CMYK yourself, so you can do ajustments on the CMYK outcome if needed and keep 100% control over image quality. While working in CMYK, here are some Adobe Photoshop CMYK tips to get you started.