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  • Offset Printing
    Offset Printing

    Annual reports are a direct reflection of your company. Be sure yours say "professional" and "trustworthy." We'll deliver exactly what your business needs to make the right impression at the right time.

  • Digital Printing
    Digital Printing

    A big area calls for a big statement. And that's exactly what we deliver with every banner we print.

  • Ad Specialty
    Ad Specialty

    With professional design and printing, our brochures are sure to sell. From the big idea to the small details, our team has years of experience to get the job done.

  • Mailing Services
    Mailing Services

    Your business card is a direct reflection of your company. Don't settle for plain paper and dull designs when we can create cards that will leave a lasting impression.

  • Bindery Services
    Bindery Services

    Creating business forms can be a hassle—so why not let us handle it for you? We'll help you boost your brand's image with professionally designed business forms, purchase orders, invoices and more.

  • Design & Marketing
    Design & Marketing

    One of your most important selling tools may be a professionally printed catalog. We'll help you showcase your products in the best way possible with a high-quality catalog you'll be proud to distribute.

Don't settle for a professional,
when you need an expert.

PrintSouth Printing, Inc. is a full-service printing company in West Columbia, South Carolina, offering offset printing and digital printing capabilities. We offer custom die-cutting and foil services as well as multiple binding styles for booklets, both small and large. Additionally, we offer advertising specialty solutions allowing us to provide our clients a huge assortment of products including writing pens, banners, tote bags, t-shirts, corporate gifts, and crystal awards among other custom imprinted items. We team up with you to bring expert knowledge and experience to help make your brand stand out.

Our Services

  • Our large six color presses, with inline aqueous coating, can handle your print media projects. And our smaller two color offset presses take care of business stationery and other print materials.

  • Our digital presses are great for small quantity runs with a quick turnaround. With sizes up to 13x19 and inline finishing capabilities, your project will exit the press ready to go. We also provide variable data solutions for mailings or personalized postcards.

  • Don't go postal trying to figure out mailing regulations by yourself. We'll handle the mailing process for you, come rain or come shine. (Though we prefer shine.)

  • It's not over till it's over. In fact, the final step of a print project may be the most important. We'll make sure your project gets wrapped up with the most appropriate finishing and bindery methods available.

  • Personalization is hot right now. Click to see how we can help you achieve your goals with variable print data (VPD).

  • A big area calls for a big statement. And that's exactly what we deliver with every banner we print.

  • With bold designs and vivid color, we'll help you create great looking print material to make an instant impression.

December 11, 2017

Top 5 Reasons for using Adobe InDesign for Print Media

byWade Hook

1 Adobe Cloud
Gone are the days of having to upgrade your software every year or so with high priced updates. Not only does Adobe Cloud offer subscription based software for their core design apps (Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator and Acrobat) but they also give you access to their entire software library including Dreamweaver for web coding, Premier for video, and Bridge for digital asset management. All for a reasonable monthly price.

2 Ease of use
Adobe makes working in InDesign and it’s other apps easy by using many of the same keystroke combinations. When copying and pasting, using command/control + c and command/control + v works across all of their applications. Understanding where the different menus are in InDesign, helps you find the same ones in Illustrator. An extremely useful feature is the ability to copy from one application and paste into another without having to export as an eps or other file.

3 Market Standard
Yes there are other page layout applications out there, Quark Xpress, Publisher for pc and Scribus, but most print shops are using Adobe InDesign. Using the same software as the place you will be printing your work allows for fast and easy updates or changes. Although most printers use a pdf workflow, you can still send them your native files (output, fonts and supports).

4 Made for Printers
The trifecta of Adobe software uses Photoshop for images, Illustrator for vector art and InDesign for page layout. You can do page layout in Photoshop and Illustrator, but InDesign gives you more control over text and graphics . Once your project is complete, InDesign allows you to export a pdf that meets your print shop needs, including high resolution images, bleeds, crop marks and slug line area.

5 PDF Workflow
Many printing companies utilize a pdf workflow, meaning you only have to send them a high resolution pdf with bleeds of your print job. Adobe InDesign gives you plenty of choices when you export your pdf, including the option to compress images to 300 dpi for print. A very convenient tool in InDesign is the ability to export pdf presets that clients can load into the app and export press ready pdfs easily. Click here to download our PDF Export Options to export to our standards.

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