EarthColor

Arita Nicholas’ growing commercial printing business showed great promise, but it also had a pretty big problem.

Ever thought about the link between forest fires and your printing choices?

Canopy has released an update to its Blueline Report, which ranks the environmental performance of North America’s largest printers.

What makes this publication from commercial printer EarthColor Inc. stand out is the special metallic gold effects on the cover.

It’s a long way from printing plants in Wisconsin or New Jersey to the rugged wilderness of Canada’s northwest coast and its’ Great Bear Rainforest. Nonetheless, there is a strong and meaningful connection between the hum of the presses and the soft sounds of the vast, living ancient forest.

More than 70 printers spent two days learning how Komori’s latest technologies can help them navigate the changing marketing terrain.

As a major consumer of paper, your business matters—to the forest industry, communities and governments. Your purchasing decisions influence R&D by forest companies, lead to product innovation and ecopaper options, bolster the adoption of forest certification, and ultimately help determine the fate of ancient and endangered forests. As we all know, forestry operations can sometimes be contentious and the landscape of competing claims can be confusing. That’s where Canopy comes in.

Canopy, an international environmental nonprofit, has released a report profiling forest friendly printers in North America.

This Gold Ink Awards entry from EarthColor in Parsippany, New Jersey, which was titled "Bellagio New Year Celebration" and entered into the Dimensional Printing category, screams New Year's Eve fun with its vibrant colors, diecuts and unique, three-dimensional textures.

The newly updated Pantone Certified Printer Program for commercial printers and packaging converters creates total quality management based on industry best practices and procedures. The process begins with a Pantone Certified Printer Audit conducted by an X-Rite specialist. The audit process isolates issues that compromise color accuracy and is the basis for the implementation of Standards-Based Procedures.