Problems that occur during the print production workflow are often discovered in the PDF phase where errors can be quite costly to fix. With Adobe IDCS4’s new live preflighting feature, many of these issues can be avoided and corrected in the design/layout stage. The VIGC has created 13 custom preflight profiles to use with IDCS4’s new feature. Install the profiles and use them to catch mistakes before sending files off to your service providers. The preflighting profiles can be downloaded here.

Triangle Printers Inc. has won three 2008 MarCom Creative Awards for outstanding design and production work in the Promotional Materials division…

• Triangle won the competition’s top honor, the Platinum Award, in the design/invitation category for the Kohl’s Children’s Museum’s “An Evening to Imagine Invitation.” This was a die-cut invitation which had a unique fold and used environmentally-certified paper.

• A gold award was given in the marketing/promotion/calendar division for Shriner’s Hospital’s “Gallery of Imagination 2008 Calendar”. All the pictures were painted by children at the hospital.

• Finally, an honorable mention was given to Triangle for Chicago Protective Apparel’s “CPA Catalog.” This catalog has a spot UV coating on its cover.

 “It is an honor to be acknowledged by renowned industry experts,” said David Saltman, president of Triangle. “Triangle strives for excellence in quality, creativity and solution-oriented printing.”

 The MarCom Creative Awards is an international competition that recognizes outstanding achievement by marketing and communications professionals.

Judged by renowned industry experts, winning entries are recognized for excellence in terms of quality, creativity and resourcefulness. Over 5,000 entries were submitted. Only 18% received the prestigious platinum award, 18% were gold winners and 10% were given honorable mentions. Winners ranged in size from individual communicators to media conglomerates and Fortune 500 companies.