Welcome!
Welcome to the new blog of L & D Printing.
As time goes on we’ll be adding tips, tricks and techniques to help you with your print material as well as all the latest news from L & D Printing.
Spring Special!!
Well, spring is here and to celebrate we are excited to offer a new customer discount of $50.00 off any full color print project!!
Impress customers, drive more sales, and enhance your companies image by
having professionally printed marketing collateral for your business. Ask how we can help!!
L&D Printing…. making you look good on paper!!
New March Price Specials!!
Introducing our new special pricing for the month of March!!
All month long we are having a sale on Postcards and Brochures!! Call for more details!
4 x 6 POSTCARDS
4/4 CMYK on 16 pt. Cardstock
500 Qty – $69.00
1,000 Qty – $89.00
2,500 Qty – $139.00
5 x 8 POSTCARDS
4/4 CMYK on 16 pt. Cardstock
500 – $118.00
1,000 – $155.00
2,500 – $235.00
8.5 x 11 TRI-FOLD BROCHURES
4/4 CMYK on 100# Gloss Book
500 – $175.00
1,000 – $215.00
2,500 – $290.00
We have great specials on other items as well, so if you don’t see what you need here just give us a call!
Fit to Print: L&D Printing in the Newspaper
The Bay Area News Group, which publishes daily and community newspapers (Contra Costa Times, Tri-Valley Herald, San Jose Mercury News etc.) throughout the San Francisco Bay Area, recently featured L&D Printing in their weekly business section Small Talk: “An ongoing series that explores businesses with fewer than 25 employees and the methods they use to try to succeed.”
The Leemans: L&D Printing
Ink runs deep in family behind an Oakland printing company (Click to read article)
6 Ways to Go Green!
These days we are doing everything we can to lessen our impact on the environment. Below are six ways you can do your part!
1. Learn the lingo.
You’ll need to be familiar with industry jargon to appropriately select environmentally friendly papers. Here are a few terms you’ll often see:
* Virgin fiber—100-percent “pure” fiber from an original source
* Post-consumer content—Waste recovered from consumers and recycled
* VOCs—Volatile organic compounds (such as occur in petroleum-based printing ink)
* PCF—Processed chlorine-free
* TCF—Totally chlorine-free
* ECF—Elemental chlorine-free
2. Preserve and conserve.
The Recycled Products Cooperative estimates that over 100 million trees are cut each year to supply fiber for writing and printing papers in the United States. This is not only detrimental to forests, but to air quality and water reserves as well.
One way to preserve resources is to purchase recycled paper with high levels of post-consumer content. Using recycled paper saves landfill space and minimizes water and energy consumption. Check recycling symbols to see what percentage of recycled fiber was used during the manufacturing process.
3. Think about ink.
Do you know how your printer disposes of unused ink? If you’re unsure, ask. Petroleum-based inks leach VOCs—which cause cancer and birth defects—into the soil when printed papers end up in landfills. These toxins can also be released into the air as fresh inks dry.
Soy ink is an excellent alternative to petroleum based inks. Soy ink uses soybean oil that’s naturally low in VOCs. This smart substitute is sustainable, efficient, and cost-competitive. Many newspapers, magazines (including this one), and other materials are now printed with soy ink.
4. Do it digitally.
I recommend digital printing for economic reasons: Digital is ideal for short-run, four-color work for business cards, stationery, promotional pieces, and most print work that is less than 1,000 sheets of 14 x 20 inches.
This printing method even has advantages over soy inks. While soy is comprised of 86-percent oil—which isn’t biodegradable—digital printing uses 100-percent nontoxic toner. Toner-based inks also produce less chemical waste.
5. Consider alternative papers.
For certain projects, we suggest papers made from Kenaf and hemp, and a newer paper called TerraSkin, which is made from ground stone. TerraSkin is almost as strong as [synthetic] FedEx envelopes and it prints like a coated sheet. It also uses less ink, and is nontoxic and waterproof.
6. Choose better bleaching
solutions.
Brighter, whiter papers are created by various bleaching processes. It’s a good idea to have a basic understanding of how manufacturers process their products so that you can select the best, most environmentally friendly papers for your projects.