Meet Jean Francois of 55printing.com

Jean Francois helps 55printing.com in the online promotion world, promoting on social networks, blogs, directories, and more.

1. In your view, what sets 55Printing.com apart from other online printers?

At 55printing.com we offer real (human) customer service, where we actually care about design and printing orders. We actually care so much about customer design files, errors, and mistakes, that we even communicate with customers like friends. We help customers to fix their uploaded files, etc. Sometimes, we even do the corrections on the uploaded design file on behalf of the customer. This has helped 55printing.com gain our customers' trust a lot these days.

2. What does the name "55Printing" mean?

55printing.com was born from "A total of 55 printing products." We aimed to offer 55 or more products related to the printing and design field, all with the lowest and best price in the competitive online market.

3. What are some of the most popular products on your site?

Since we went live at 55printing.com our top selling products has been the postcards, business cards, and the EDDM eligible postcard printing product for the USPS delivery system. We also have a top 10 product category where we have collected the most popular products and the ones that our customers order often, like the letterhead printing and envelope printing products; these are very popular as well because of the fact of businesses re-ordering monthly.

4. Do you have some tips for people to make sure that their printed products come out looking just right?

Yes, we do have free templates on our website; customers can download these templates and place their design on top of this file to make sure all design guidelines are within the required distance from borders and also that the color settings (CMYK) look as it should with their design file. Also we offer a FREE design proof service: within four hours of placing the order, we send the customer a proof file with all guidelines and possible recommendations, totally for free. If customer choose to receive the free proof, 55printing.com will not proceed to print before proof approval from customer.

5. What's the favorite part of your job working for 55Printing.com--and do you ever run special pricing promotions?

I personally enjoy this job because working on one of the simplest and, at the same time, lowest priced printing companies online, it is very easy to attract new customers. Plus, we always see people happy with their savings and product quality, lovely!

On top of our already very low pricing scheme, we do also have a constant 5% off right at 55printing.com--on the left hand side of the site, you will see a banner for social sharing, and if a customer has used our services and opts to recommend us or if someone tries us and wants to share this experience, we will provide them with a 5% off right at that moment of their sharing.

Thanks, Jean!

Meet Giles of T-Shirt Studio, A Personalized T-Shirt Printing Company

T-Shirt Studio is a company that prints personalized t-shirts and other gifts and garments. The people at T-Shirt Studio take pride in their great customer service, fantastic quality garments, and online design system which is groundbreaking and improving daily. The staff are also very proud of their customer reviews, which are almost exclusively 5-star reviews.

Our interview is with Giles, who says, "I suppose I don't really have a job title. I used to do all the preparation of the customers' t-shirt designs for printing onto the t-shirts, mugs, etc. Now I just do some of the more challenging print material, and I've moved onto other things such as our online marketing and helping to maintain the site. A lot of my time currently goes into helping to develop our t-shirt print preview, which we're adapting to be more realistic. We altering the customers' design so it follows the shape of the t-shirt using CGI. It's only used on a few products right now, but we're introducing it to a new product every week. It's great fun and varied work."

1. How does your site allow people without specialized design know-how to create unique t-shirts?

You'd be amazed how many people just want a couple of large words printed onto a t-shirt. That's easy. And the site allows you to print colored borders in different styles, and metallic text, etc. You can also upload an image for printing. This is the best way of getting exactly what you want: uploading a complete design exactly how you want it, but as you say that requires some design skills. There's two alternatives really. One is to use one of the many personalized templates on the site. There's plenty to chose from. Our most popular right now is the personalized Keep Calm T-Shirt design. You can change the text and the crown icon. It's great fun. The other way is to just ask us to help. We have a box where you can write instructions. We don't mind helping you get your t-shirt design just right and we don't charge extra.

2. What types of image files can be uploaded to use on your site, and how high does the resolution need to be?

The online design software allows you to upload any image format onto the t-shirt, mug, etc. Vector formats (eps, pdf etc) are best, but we're happy working with any format--however, it needs be big if you're printing a t-shirt. Don't assume a big image is a good quality image. The most effective way is to actually take a good look at an image on a large screen and make sure that it looks good. That all sounds a bit weak, but it's the simple reality. The exact print dimensions for our adult t-shirts are 28 x 37 centimeters at 300 pixels per inch, which is 3307 x 4368 pixels.

Most importantly though, we never print a bad image, so if it's no good for printing, we'll let you know so you can change it.

3. What kinds of tees can people create and buy on your site, and what customizable products do you sell in addition to t-shirts?

Our range is currently growing because we're adding a value range to complement our current premium quality garments. We currently have 8 styles of men's t-shirts and 9 women's styles, each available in up to 27 colors, plus kids and babies styles. There are polo shirts, hoodies--zip and standard (the two tone ones are gorgeous!)--sweatshirts, fleeces, and rugby shirts. We do a large range of gifts (too many to explain here) and some fantastic and popular embroidered accessories such as baseball caps, beanies, and scarves. The t-shirts can be printed or embroidered, and also many have a diamante option.

4. What response have you received from customers so far, and are your customers from all over the world?

Every customer gets directed to our review facility after they receive their product. The reviews for each product are displayed on the relevant design page on our site. We've been over the moon with the response. Sometimes I think it must seem that we only show the 5 star reviews because they are almost all 5 stars, but I promise the reviews are handled by an independent company and the feed that appears on the site isn't messed with. It's great that we've had such positive feedback, but we also pay close attention to any that aren't positive. We've recently totally changed how we present sizing information for garments based solely on feedback via the review system.

5. Could you offer a few tips that people can use to create a great original design for their t-shirts?

Try out some of our templates. There's plenty of them and one is bound to meet your needs. Also, don't forget that if you come up with something from the heart, it's bound to be unique. You can do some amazing stuff just using our text tool that allows some great styling options to make your text really pop. Remember to keep text short so it's larger. People often try to say to much on a t-shirt, but it needs to be legible. If you want to use graphics, make sure they're free from copyright, which most stuff on the internet isn't. Type public domain images, or open source graphics, or free clip art or any combination of the above and you'll find things you can use. Most of all just have fun. You can play with the designer all you like without having to register an account or anything, so just check out all the options on the online designer and have some fun with it.

Thanks, Giles!

Sublimation Printers at Sublimation Web

Do you want to print large quantities of items like t-shirts, pillowcases, keychains, and pins? Or would you like to make high-quality photo prints beyond what you can do with an ink-jet? You may want to research sublimation printers, which let you print your favorite images on a variety of papers and textiles. There are even specialty printers for items like mugs.

I started learning about sublimation printers through the website http://sublimationweb.com, which sells a variety of sublimation printers. They also sell specialty cutters, papers, and other useful products for printing.

The company is based in Italy and offers export of their products to other countries. Above all, the company provides customer service to prospective buyers; anyone interested in their products should contact them to discuss the best options based on what you need to print. They also offer two-year warranties on all their products. Their site is an interesting introduction to the world of sublimation printing.

Business Card Printing from NextDayFlyers

Even with so much business happening in the online environment, a lot of us still need business cards at least now and then, for conferences or trade shows or lectures or...!

Like many other printing companies who sell products online, NextDayFlyers.com has a lot of easily adaptable templates, so creating a business card for any industry or to match any particular style or aesthetic should be a breeze.

There are standard cards, cards with rounded corners, and folded cards (which give you twice the amount of space to share a message with potential customers). I know I've picked up--and saved--business cards in the past simply because I was attracted by a cool design.

What distinguishes NextDayFlyers is the company's committment to green practices. For example, their cardstock uses 50% post-consumer waste.

Oh, and NextDayFlyers promises "offset quality for a digital price," which is pretty cool, too.