- MissionStream: Getting ready for the Holidays http://wp.me/psAE0-aw December 8, 2010
- MissionStream: The Gallery has been updated on our blog! Check out the old one here: http://wp.me/psAE0-8H And the new one here:http://wp.me/PsAE0-n. May 5, 2010
- MissionStream: Fonts that save you money? I don't believe it! Educate yourself, it's mission stream 101: http://tinyurl.com/yy9tfvy April 9, 2010
- MissionStream: And in other news, Mission Stream has been taken over by exploding pens. March 4, 2010
Paper Grain Direction
Published August 18, 2010 | 
Whether you’re a Designer, Printer, or in Bindery, the grain direction of the paper being used is important to everyone. It can be complicated to determine what the grain is, or even explain what it means, or to some it… Continue reading
Posted in digital printing, Paper (we call it stock) | 
bindery, Design, direction, fold, long, paper grain, short | 
1 CommentMoney Saving Fonts
Published April 9, 2010 | Fonts. We all use them. While others may be content to stick with the Arial, Times New Roman, and Helveticas of the world, (the default fonts for Windows, Adobe, and Mac OS, respectively) some of us would rather stay up… Continue reading
Posted in Design Corner, digital printing | digital printing, economy, efficiency, environment, fonts, savvy | Leave a commentBlack and White
Published March 12, 2010 | What is a colour? “It’s kind of a grey area.”
Is black a colour? Is white a colour? These questions have been asked countless times by countless artists, designers, colour theorists, interior decorators, students, kids with crayons, physicists and bloggers.… Continue reading
Posted in digital printing | additive process, black, CMYK, colour, colour theory, RGB, subtractive process, white | Leave a commentPictures are worth a thousand words
Published February 22, 2010 | If you’ve ever come to visit us at Mission Stream, you probably noticed the large number of pictures that we have displayed on the walls. Some of these are ones we found online and liked them enough to put them… Continue reading
Posted in digital printing, Photography, Web stuff | arifolio, Photography, pictures | Leave a commentThe ePallete And You
Published February 21, 2010 | Pallets aren’t just for painters anymore.
Ric here with a quick tip for any designer type out there or really anyone using an art program to create coloured documents. If you’ve decided on a colour scheme (if you haven’t, consider… Continue reading
Posted in Design Corner, digital printing, Photoshop Tips | colour, Design, graphics, photoshop, tips | Leave a commentPrinting and the Environment
Published February 8, 2010 | The printing process and the way in which individual printed projects are designed both have an impact on the environment.
However, there are many ways in which this impact can be reduced. The printing industry itself has come a long… Continue reading
Posted in digital printing, Web stuff | clean planet program, environment, recycle, reduce waste | Leave a commentSHHH….don’t tell this to another printer!!!
Published January 27, 2010 | Need another reason to deal with us instead of the other guys?
We prefer to receive X1A PDF files when jobs are supplied to us. This way we know that all graphics and fonts will be included (and embedded) and… Continue reading
2010 Calendars are here!
Published January 21, 2010 | Our new calendars for 2010 are now here, with new themes and images!
These calendars are printed on demand, so we can change the months for you too! Why have a calendar starting at January if it’s already May? Call… Continue reading
Scouts Canada Foundation – Variable Data Case Study
Published January 18, 2010 | In late 2009, we consulted with the Scouts Canada Foundation in Ottawa to help better personalize a special mailing for supporters of the Foundation. This was done for many reasons, chiefly to make sure that the recent economic downturn did… Continue reading
Posted in digital printing, marketing, Variable Data Printing | digital, mailing, personalize | Leave a commentHow is Paper Made?
Published January 13, 2010 | How is Paper Made?
by Ric with help from THE INTERNET
We all handle paper on a daily basis, although I’m sure here at Mission Stream we may handle a bit more of it than some other people. Regardless of… Continue reading
Posted in digital printing, Paper (we call it stock), Web stuff | digital, paper, Process, Pulp, recycle | Leave a comment