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PGAMA e news Issue: April 30, 2009
Postage Increase & Other News
The Governors of the U.S. Postal Service have approved new prices for
mailing services, including a 2-cent increase in the price of a First-Class
Mail stamp to 44 cents. The new prices will go into effect Monday, May
11. Customers can continue to mail letters at today's prices by purchasing
the Forever Stamp before May 11. Forever Stamps will be honored with no
need for additional postage for a one-ounce letter mailing.
In other postal news, new address standards for commercial flat-size mail
are effective on March 29, and require mailers to place delivery addresses
in the top half of all Periodicals, Standard Mail, and Package Services
flats mailed at automation, presorted, or carrier route prices. For more
info, go to the Domestic Mail Manual (DMM) on Postal
Explorer.com.
Cool Site-101 Google tricks!
Need to convert something? Measurements? Currency? Just type it in to
Google. Try: "100 dollars in euros;" or "98 f to c"
to convert Farenheit to Centigrade. You can even find out what "2476"
looks like in Roman numerals. Check it out at 101-google-tricks
Color Reproduction—Best Practices
By Dan Remaley PIA/GATF, Senior Technical Consultant Process Controls
Printing to
Gray Balance
By Dan Remaley PIA/GATF, Senior Technical Consultant Process Controls
GATF Process Controls Reference Guide
NALC Litho Tips—Technology Articles
How to create a mask with an image and text or how to make text look like it's floating through clouds
Parsons' 'Eight Edicts' of Design for Digital Print