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Let’s Go: Navigating our Industry as Businesses Re-open
Posted on by Jennifer Corn Posted in Tips & Tricks
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Let’s Go: Navigating our Industry as Businesses Re-open

Last month, we gathered several LexJet sales representatives to discuss what they heard in the market as some of their customers and non-essential businesses started shutting down for quarantine.

Now, as states begin slowly opening for business, we want to bring these familiar faces together again to discuss ways you can prepare your printshop for a return to normal business and how you can help new customers who will be looking for new ideas such as floor graphics, safety shields and other products that will help with CDC recommendations and compliance.

During the webcast, we discuss:

  • Following CDC recommendations for re-opening
  • Different print applications needed
  • Preparing equipment for increased workload after an extended shutdown
  • Help people who are new to the graphics industry
  • Social distancing applications and other market segments
  • Communicating with your customers
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If you have any questions for our panel, please call 800-453-9538 to connect with our team. We are here to help as businesses start to reopen, so please reach out to us.
Tips for Printshops Before & After COVID-19
Posted on by Shellie Terry Posted in News & Trends, Tips & Tricks
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Tips for Printshops Before & After COVID-19

We gathered a panel of LexJet team members and asked them to share what they’ve been hearing in the market, along with tips and ideas to help printshops continue to operate, help their communities and weather this storm.

During this free webcast we discuss:

  • Using print to help your communities and collaborating with your peers
  • Marketing ideas to share with your customers
  • Material availability and inventory
  • Have downtime? Use this time wisely to be a step ahead
  • Best business practices for your company
  • Communicating with customers

Watch the Webcast Now!

If you have any questions for our panel, please call 800-453-9538 to connect with our team. We are here to help during this unprecedented time, so please reach out to us. Stay healthy, and let us know how you’re doing!

Posted on by Regan Dickinson Posted in Tips & Tricks
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Keeping up with CS6: How to Print Targets for ICC Profiles

LexJet offers free custom profiles for a variety of printers and media to maximize the quality of your inkjet printing output. In the past we have posted articles and videos about printing targets for custom profiles with various versions of Photoshop. With the release of Photoshop CS6, the process for printing targets to create ICC profiles has changed.

Creating custom profiles in Adobe CS6In CS4 and earlier versions it used to be that you could simply select No Color Management in the print window when printing targets. With CS5, the No Color Management option was removed, but there was a workaround.

Now, with CS6, that workaround is no longer available. However, the Adobe Color Printer Utility (ACPU) can be used to output targets for creating ICC profiles if you are using CS5 or CS6. This is a free standalone utility provided by Adobe that allows users to properly print their targets for custom profiles with no color management to muddy the waters, so to speak.

Embedded below in the order shown learn how to print targets using the Adobe Color Printer Utility with an Epson Stylus Pro Printer (Mac), Epson Stylus Pro Printer (PC), and a Canon iPF Printer (PC).

At this point, unfortunately, there isn’t a way to easily achieve the proper results with a Canon iPF printer and a Mac. If you are using this combination, try to keep an older copy of Photoshop or print your targets through the imagePROGRAF Print Plug-in for Photoshop. If you have any questions about printing targets or anything else in the inkjet printing workflow, contact a LexJet customer specialist at 800-453-9538…

Posted on by Regan Dickinson Posted in Case Studies & Profiles, Marketing & Sales
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Inkjet Printed Trading Card Sports Posters and How Shipping Makes a Difference

Printing sports postersJack Deere, owner of Three Oaks Photography in Wake Forest, N.C., is always on the lookout for new and unique products for his photography studio. One source of inspiration is the LexJet Blog, where others share their experiences and ideas.

“In addition to the great service I’m getting from LexJet, I appreciate the other things LexJet does with tools like the blog. It helps a lot, because I get great ideas from it, like the growth chart printed on Photo Tex,” says Deere. “In fact, we’re testing Photo Tex for different things, like appliqués on windows, wall murals and anything else we can find to do with it; it’s a great material to work with.”

Deere says the studio has been printing its own work for years, and one of the keys to doing it successfully is the confidence he has that he’ll not only get the support he needs, but more importantly that he’ll consistently get the products he needs on time and just in time.

“As a small business, cash flow is king. When an ink cartridge costs more than $100 a pop, even for the small ones, I don’t have to buy one until I absolutely need it. LexJet products get here within one day. I just had an order that arrived from two different distribution points, but they got here at the same time this morning at 10 a.m.,” explains Deere. “LexJet has never missed that deadline so I can order with one day’s notice, and we get quick shipping for that flat rate of $9.99. That’s what I really appreciate – the depth and breadth of how LexJet’s distribution is set up. Sometimes I’ve ordered at 3 in the afternoon and it’s here at 10 the next morning. Hello? That’s why I’m a customer for life; LexJet has saved my bacon every time. And, when I call the 800 number, the phone system is routed so I get my personal rep. I call and I don’t get a voice system, I get, ‘Hey Jack, what’s up?'”

Deere adds that product suggestions from his customer specialist, Michael Clementi, are another plus. One of those suggestions helped lead to a successful product launch that local high schools have embraced called Trading Card Sports Posters.

Deere prints the posters on LexJet TOUGHcoat AquaVinyl PSA (the product Clementi suggested) and applies them to Coroplast. The posters are durable enough to withstand inclement (pun intended) weather when they’re hung up around outdoor venues, like the high school football stadium.

“We only photograph seniors for the posters. We shoot an action shot of them, which I turn into a charcoal pencil drawing in the background, and then add a head shot and a photo of them with the seniors on the team,” explains Deere. “They’re typically used for senior nights at the sports banquets and it’s a gift to the senior from the booster club. Once schools see the posters I get calls from the booster clubs, so I’m in about seven high schools now. We also frame some of them, and when we do that we use LexJet TOUGHcoat Water-Resistant Self Adhesive Polypropylene.”

Posted on by Regan Dickinson Posted in News & Trends
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LexJet Products Available for Government Agencies through GSA Schedule 70

Plotter media, printers and inks through GSA Schedule 70In addition to contacting LexJet directly for GSA pricing, public sector agencies involved in wide format inkjet printing can now procure LexJet’s plotter and wide-format printing supplies and materials through GSA Schedule 70 at www.gsaadvantage.gov.

LexJet, a small business based in Sarasota, Fla., has partnered with Triad Technology Partners, a woman-owned small business. LexJet’s contract number through Triad Technology Partners is GS-35F-0298W.

Public sector print shops can expect the same great customer service that LexJet provides to the various imaging markets it serves. LexJet customers receive hands-on, personal service from highly trained customer specialists who are dedicated to finding the best products at the best price for the project at hand. LexJet products are also easily ordered online, 24/7, through lexjet.com where product delivery is always provided at a flat rate of $9.99.

“The service at LexJet has always been great. Our rep really takes care of us and LexJet has always been reliable. They have provided fast response and have always helped us meet our deadlines,” says Wendell McPeters of the Department of Energy.

In addition to carrying top brands – including Canon, Epson and HP – LexJet’s own line of plotter media has been developed for a variety of applications, including laminated training graphics, posters, signs, banners, event signage, museum exhibits, wayfinding signage, maps, emergency and planning graphics, target range posters, official photographic prints, wallcoverings, murals, canvas reproductions, and more.

LexJet also provides its customers with sustainable products and programs, including: A comprehensive inkjet cartridge recycling program for any printer wider than 17 inches, a banner recycling program, a wide range of recyclable materials from which to choose and papers made from wood products grown in sustainable forests.

“One of the most important things we’ve found through working with public sector agencies is product availability and shipping. Procuring products through normal channels can be a real hassle, but with our 15 nationwide distribution centers and state-of-the-art tracking network, we get the products print shops need into their hands on time with ongoing personal support,” says Patrick Callaway, LexJet’s government sales specialist. “Plus, we’ve been able to help government print shops find fast-drying, economical print materials they didn’t know were available to them.”

For more information about LexJet’s program for government agencies and its GSA Schedule 70 through Triad Technology Partners, email gsa@lexjet.com or go to www.lexjet.com/government.aspx. To speak with a customer specialist, call 800-453-9538. 

Posted on by Regan Dickinson Posted in News & Trends
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LexJet Extends its Nationwide Delivery Network to Five More Cities in July

One day and same day shipping for large format inkjet productsWith the addition of five new distribution centers to its nationwide Delivery Network next month, LexJet will reach 90 percent of the contiguous United States and 98 of the top 100 major metropolitan areas with one-day ground delivery, and customers in LexJet’s 15 distribution center cities can receive same-day delivery within a 30-50 mile radius of those cities.

The new distribution centers – scheduled to be fully online, operating and tied into LexJet’s real-time delivery tracking system in July – are located in Charlotte, Kansas City, Minneapolis, Phoenix and Portland.

“On-time, consistent delivery is extremely important to our customers. It gives them a competitive edge in their markets, it helps them reduce inventory and it ensures they meet every tight deadline,” explains John Lane, LexJet’s vice president. “The addition of five distribution centers to our Nationwide Delivery Network gives our customers the reach and flexibility they need to enhance and streamline their business, whether they’re print-for-pay providers, digital photographers, fine art reproduction companies, in-house corporate and public sector large format print facilities or anyone else involved in large format inkjet production.”

The new distribution centers join LexJet facilities in Albany, N.Y., Birmingham, Cincinnati, Dallas, Denver, Jacksonville, Fla., Los Angeles, Milwaukee, Reno and Wilmington, Del. LexJet also ships OEM products from 30 additional warehouses across the United States.

“I can’t count how many times LexJet has totally gone above and beyond to get us materials next-day in order for us to put out a quality product,” says Bob Lizza, owner of Lizza Studios, Tunkhannock, Pa. “The LexJet team is always there to answer questions and get us whatever we need in an expedited fashion. They’ve been a big part of our success.”

The expansion of LexJet’s Nationwide Delivery Service follows the company’s move to a new state-of-the-art technology center in Sarasota, Fla., where LexJet customers receive free and unlimited personal support and service coupled with the power of real-time networks tied directly into LexJet’s distribution centers.

For more information about LexJet’s new distribution centers, its Nationwide Delivery System, and specifics about one-day and same-delivery areas, contact a LexJet customer specialist at 800-453-9538.