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Want to print something but don’t know where to begin? Wondering about paper stocks and how to choose the best one? Before you place your online printing order, check out these printing basics and learn all you need to know.

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Online Printing for the First Time

Online printing for the first time? New to printing and not sure where to begin? As a world-class online printer, Onestopdp...

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Printing Methods 101

The diversity and scope of the printing industry can be pretty overwhelming if you’re just getting started as a designer or...

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Bleed & Borders

Onestopdp’ online printing services makes it easy to add bleeds and borders. Begin designing your artwork with a...

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Cutting Tolerance for Print

Cutting tolerance is the slight variation that occurs when online printing projects are cut down to size. Onestopdp...

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Page Creep

In online printing, page creep refers to the fanning out of pages that can occur when they’re folded and gathered...

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How to Print with Crossover

A printing crossover means a page spread has text and/or an image that crosses over the spine from the left page to the...

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Collated vs. Uncollated

Collated printing makes it easy to print welcome packets, employee training materials, information packets for...

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How to Count Pages and Sheets

In the printing industry, there’s often confusion around how to count pages and sheets and what the difference is between...

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Reader’s Spread vs. Printer’s Spread

In online printing, a spread is a pair of facing pages, typically the left and right pages in a publication like a book, magazine...

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PPI, DPI & Image Resolution

If you have questions about image resolution, whether your project needs vector or raster graphics or any other printing...

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Vector Graphics vs. Raster Images

When setting up your print-ready files, you may wonder what type of images or graphics you should include for your...

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Print Fonts

Knowing which print fonts to choose for your project can be challenging. Check out our font facts below to determine...

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Dot Patterns

In the online printing world, “dot” refers to the pattern of dots that simulate a continuous tone image with solid ink. However...

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