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TRADE ASSOCIATION LINKS
National Association
of Litho Clubs
NALC
Yahoo Group Link
All NALC members are encouraged to join.
Printing & Graphics
Association, Midatlantic (PIM)
Graphic Arts Information
Network
Printing Industries of America / Graphic Arts Technical Foundation
International Association
Of Printing House Craftsmen, Inc.
National Association for
Printing Leadership
NAPL provides its Graphic Arts industry members with a wide variety of
educational services, events, and products dedicated to helping them enhance
their management proficiency and increase their profitability.
International Digital
Enterprise Alliance
National Association of
Printing Ink Manufacturing, Inc.
Trade association whose purpose is to provide information and assistance
to its members to better manage their businesses, and to represent the
printing ink industry in the United States.
Printer's National Environmental
Assistance Center
Reliable information on environmental issues related to the printing,
publishing and packaging industry.
The Waterless Printing
Association
Find out why waterless offset is the most environment-friendly way to
print
Flexographic Technical
Association
The FTA is a technical society exclusively serving the needs of the flexographic
printing industry
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EDUCATION
GAERF®
The Graphic Arts Education and Research Foundation (GAERF®) is a major
source of support for education, research and career awareness. Its programs
include PrintED®, MAKE YOUR MARK in Graphic Communications®, a
Grant Program, and Career Days for Students.
International Graphic
Arts Education Association
The International Graphic Arts Education Association is an association
of educators in partnership with industry, dedicated to sharing theories,
principles, techniques and processes relating to graphic communications
and imaging technology.
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PRESS COMPANIES
Presstek (AB Dick)
Presstek is a leading worldwide supplier to the graphic arts and printing
industry, manufacturing and marketing equipment and supplies for all stages
of document creation - pre-press, press, and post-press, as well as continuing
service and support.
Akiyama Corporation
Manufacturer of fine high quality multi-color sheet-fed offset presses
Chestnut
Manufactures narrow web gravure and combination presses for printers worldwide
for a wide variety of products including food and cosmetic packaging,
pharmaceuticals, postal stamps and scratch off lottery tickets.
Didde Corporation
Only American manufacturer of narrow web presses still offering a full
product line, with parts, technical support, and factory service technicians.
Halm Industries Inc.
Manufacturing specialty equipment for 61 years with an emphasis in envelope
overprinting
Heidelberg USA,
Inc.
World's leading solutions provider for the print media industry
HP
Indigo
Digital offset presses
Komori
Commercial offset presses (offset sheetfed presses and offset web presses),
currency and securities printing presses, web offset packaging presses,
and printing equipment
MAN Roland Inc.
Producers of single to eight colour presses
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PRESS SUPPLIES
Day International
Serves the graphic arts industry with well-respected brand names such
as: dayGraphica, Varn, Hi-Tech, Rotec, davidM, IPT, dayCorr, DAY-Flo and
NDI.
Flint Ink Corporation
Offering printing inks to packaging, publication, commercial and news
printers
Sterling
Graphic Supply
High Quality Offset Printing Blankets
SunChemical
World’Äôs largest producer of printing inks and pigments
Varn Chemical Products
Blanket and roller washes, fountain solutions, dampeners, and other pressroom
products
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PRESSROOM EQUIPMENT
Atlantic
Zeiser
In addition to mechanical numbering solutions, Atlantic Zeiser provides
system integration engineering solutions, combining expertise in mechanical
manufacturing with electronics and software know-how
Mueller
Martini
Leader in the development, manufacture and marketing of a broad range
of print finishing systems.
QuadTech
Designer and manufacturer of automated control systems and material handling
and finishing equipment for print.
Soneko IR, Inc.
Manufactures of stock and custom UV drying systems, replacement bulbs
and prepress delivery evacuation sytems
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PREPRESS HARDWARE
The Agfa-Gevaert Group
The Agfa-Gevaert Group develops, produces and distributes an extensive
range of analog and digital imaging systems and IT solutions, mainly for
the printing ...
Apple Computer
Macintosh Product information and support
Kodak’Äôs Graphic Communications
Group
Kodak is a leading provider of innovative solutions for conventional,
digital and blended print production environments.
Fujitsu
Computers, servers, storage,, scanners, Printers
Hewlett-Packard
Product information, printer drivers
International Business
Machines
IBM world wide web home page
Imation Corporation
Provider of removable data storage products designed to help customers
create, protect, and retrieve valuable digital assets.
Iomega Corporation
Backup data solutions including Zip Drives, External Hard Drives, CDRW
/ DVD Drives, computer data storage, andNetwork Storage devices.
HP
Scitex
Industrial wide-format printers
Silicon Graphics
Servers, storage solutions, linux systems
ViewSonic Corporation
Computer monitor manufacturers
Xerox
The Document company
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PREPRESS SOFTWARE
Adobe Systems Incorporated
Product information, support and software tips for Photoshop, Illustrator,
Acrobat, InDesign and other prepress products
Quark
The Home Site of the makers of QuarkXpress
Corel
The official Corel Site - product information, support and software tips
Extensis
Suitcase and Font Reserve font management solutions set the industry standard
in professional font management.
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PAPER COMPANIES
Stora Enso!
Integrated paper, packaging, and forest products company, producing publication
and fine paper, packaging board, and wood products
Domtar
Producers of fine papers and other forest products
International
Paper (Hammermill Paper)
Widest selection of writing and printing paper available
Georgia-Pacific
(James River Corporation)
Printing & Imaging Papers, makers of Spectrum® offset
Mead Corporation
One of the world's largest manufacturers of paper
Neenah Paper
Neenah Paper is a premium uncoated paper mill
Brands include CLASSIC® Linen, CLASSIC® Laid, CLASSIC CREST®,
CLASSIC COTTON Paper®, CLASSIC COLUMNS®, EAMES™ Paper Collection,
ENVIRONMENT® Recycled Paper products, NEENAH® Bond, ATLAS™
Bond, and UV/ULTRA® Papers.
Norske Skog
World leading producer of newsprint and magazine paper
Cascades (Rolland Inc.)
Leader in the production, conversion and the marketing of packaging products
- boxboard, cartonboard - fine specialty papers and tissue papers.
Wausau Papers
Broad range of fine printing and writing, specialty and towel and tissue
papers.
Weyerhaeuser
Distribution and sale of forest products, including world's largest producer
of specialty cellulose fibers and our containerboard and corrugated packaging
products, along with our Kraft paper bags
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GRAPHIC DESIGN RESOURCES
Adobe Design
Center
Think Tank, Dialog Box & Tutorials
Acclaim Images
Stock Photography Direct From The Photographer
Jupiterimages
One of the leading stock photography companies in the world, Jupiterimages
provides over a million images online, many from our exclusive collections.
Communication Arts
An extensive online resource for creative professionals to enhance their
work and careers and a catalyst for bringing community to visual communicators
around the world
Cooper-Hewitt, National
Design Museum, Smithsonian Institution
Only museum in the nation devoted exclusively to historic and contemporary
design.
How Now
The Graphic Design Community’s Trusted Source For Creative Inspiration,
Business Advice and Tools Of The Trade - from the publishers of How Magazine
Publish
News and opinion on web, online media and graphic tools
Letraset
For professional designers, craft enthusiasts and manga artists with a
broad range of high quality art supplies.
Fotosearch
Stock Photography and Stock Footage
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TYPOGRAPHY / FONTS
Adobe Type Library
More than 2,200 typefaces - serif, sans serif, display, ornaments
AGFA Monotype
Corporation
Font resource for creative professionals
Bitstream
Over 1,000 fonts in OpenType, TrueType, and PostScript Type 1 formats
for Windows, the Macintosh, Unix, and Linux.
TypeArt Foundry Inc.
Original Mac & PC fonts (TrueType & PostScript). Grunge, deco,
script, inline, novelty, traditional & modern typefaces.
Fonthead Design
Fonts, for both the Macintosh and Windows platforms in TrueType and Postscript
formats
Graphion's Online
Type Museum
Biographies of typographic visionnaries (from Gutenberg to Gill)
Linotype
More then 6,700 fonts- FontIdentifier, answer a few simple questions and
find your font.
fonts.com
by Monotype Imaging
P22 Type Foundry
P22's goal is to revive historical type and present them in a contemporary,
relevant form, for the computer
Will-Harris House
Daniel Will-Harris - Writer/Typesetter/Humorist - be sure to check out
his TypoFile Magazine
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WEBZINES
The Design and
Publishing Center
The eZine for Design, Typography, & Graphics (since 1990)
Print Magazine
Magazine about visual culture and design.
American Printer
Magazine
Printing, prepress, and digital technologies monthly publication. Provides
graphic arts and pre-press managers with advice on managing their company.
Graphic Arts Monthly
Graphics Arts Monthly Magazine covers the printing and graphic arts industries,
news and trends in printing technology and graphic arts products
Labels and
Labelling Magazine
Labels and Labeling is an international magazine for label, product decoration,
web printing and converting industry.
Printing Impressions
Byte Magazine
Designed for serious computer users, news and analysis on IT. Articles
on varying topics, including tech news, software and hardware, laws and
government, ...
MacWorld Magazine
Macworld features Macintosh product reviews and buying advice, instructional
how-to articles, and news and opinion about Apple Computer and the Mac.
MacTech Magazine
Global entry point for technology information for the Apple Macintosh.
Find links to all Apple Macintosh technology content here.
Communication Arts
Print publication offering competitions, forums, feature articles, job
bank, graphic design resources and online shopping.
Print Magazine
The past, present, and future of print: new novels' typographic tricks
Publish RGB
Online resource for graphic designers and production specialists
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INDUSTRY STANDARDS
CGATS
Committee for Graphic Arts Technologies Standards writes standards only
where the need exists and no other committee is undertaking the writing.
CIP4 Organization
The International Cooperation for the Integration of Processes in Prepress,
Press and Postpress organization, whose purpose it is to encourage computer-based
integration of all graphic arts processes.
DDAP
Digital Distribution of Advertising for Publications.
DISC
The Digital Image Submission Criteria Metadata for Digital Image Submission
Specification defines standard metadata fields to be attached to digital
images for submission to magazines for publication.
GRACoL
General requirements for applications in commercial offset lithography.
ICE
Information and Content Exchange Protocol facilitate the controlled exchange
and management of electronic assets between partners and affiliates across
the Web.
ICC
International Color Consortium promotes and encourages the standardization
and evolution of an open, vendor-neutral, cross-platform color management
system architecture and components.
Mail.dat
An industry database standard for efficient communication among those
providing list processing, mail production, and mail processing services.
PapiNet
Global transaction standard for the paper and forest supply chain.
PRISM
Publishing requirements for industry standard metadata.
PROSE/XML
A standardized method for publishers to communicate job specifications
to commercial printers.
SNAP
Specifications for Newsprint Advertising Production.
SWOP
Specifications for Web Offset Publications.
U.S. Copyright Office
Copyright information from the U.S. government
U.S. Patent and Trademark
Office
Trade mark information from the U.S. government
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