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Services Overview
Composition
Mailing
Imaging
Copy Center
Disk Reading
Proofing
Capabilities
Uploads
Downloads
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Services Overview
Composition
We compose and design your publication.
- Business Stationery
- We can create your business image from logo to letterhead.
- Product Literature
- Kit covers, brochures, booklets; for consistency between all your sales materials.
- Family History Books
- You provide the history and the photos, we design the book to look and feel the way you want.
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Mailing
Streamlining your printing and advertising requirements by including mailing directly in our workflow.
- List Management
- Address standardization, duplicate removal, targeted mailing lists, and more for confidence in reaching
your audience.
- Direct Mailing
- Cost-efficient advertising, marketing, billing, and publishing through our complete mailing service.
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Copy Center
Our full- and self-service copy center provides you with everything you need for custom projects, scrapbooking, and small jobs.
- Self-Serve Copiers
- Color and black copy machines for do-it-yourself copy work.
- Full-Service Copying
- Have a complicated project or larger number of copies? Let us handle the work and complete your job quickly.
- Laminating, Drilling, Binding and More
- Access too all bindery equipment allows us to give your project the finishing touches.
- Wedding Invitations and Accessories
- Speak to one of our specialists to custom order your wedding invitations, napkins, and other printed items.
- Kids' Corner
- We've got a place for the little ones to play! Have peace of mind while you complete your project.
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Imaging
If a picture is worth a thousand words...
- Scanning
- From photos, slides, art, negatives, and other materials.
- OCR
- Convert typed hard copy to editable files quickly and easily.
- Photo Restoration
- Perfect for history books; help bring out details in damaged or old originals.
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Disk Reading
You've designed the project, now it's time to turn it into reality.
- Preflight Check
- Ensuring your work will flow from start to finish without a hitch.
- Media Formats
- Accepting the following media standards:
- DVD-ROM
- CD-ROM
- USB and FireWire storage devices
- Various memory cards such as CompactFlash, SD, and MemoryStick
- Iomega® Zip - 100 and 250 MB
- 3 1/2" Floppy Disk (PC Only, please)
- Please note: There has been a much higher rate of failure
with floppy disks during the last few years, therefore we do not
recommend using them.
- Submitting Your File Electronically
- You can send us jobs any of the following ways:
- File Formats Accepted
- On Both Macintosh® and Windows® Platforms:
- Adobe® PDF™
- Adobe® InDesign™
- Adobe® PageMaker®
- Adobe® Illustrator®
- Adobe® Photoshop®
- QuarkXPress™
- Macromedia® Freehand™
- Microsoft® Publisher*
- Microsoft® Word*
- Windows® Platforms:
- Corel® Draw!*
- Corel® Wordperfect™*
- Corel® Wordperfect™ Presentations*
- For Business Mailings:
- Generic File Formats (preferred)
- Comma Separated Values (csv)
- Database file (dbf)
- Data Interchange File (dif)
- Fixed-width ASCII (txt)
- Microsoft® Excel
- Microsoft® Access
* Note, these software programs may incur additional conversion charges.
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Proofing
Accurate work is essential.
- Comp Proofs
- Laser printed pages to allow checking of fonts, placement, spelling, and graphics placement.
- Color Proofs
- Color laser proofs allow easy checking of spot color and other visual elements.
- Fuji PictroProof is calibrated to the press and shows accurate color.
- Press Check
- See the first printed pieces from the press for highest quality control.
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© 2008 Watkins Printing
Updated Wednesday, 18 May 2005
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