The latest from NMS: We print GREAT stuff!

Here’s a question people often ask: Help! My proof looks blurry. Will the final product look like this? Most of our email proofs are lower resolution — to accommodate email attachment size limits — and will appear blurrier than the final printed product. Our graphic designers will generally mention that

How organizing frees us to enjoy big print projects Every year when Pageant time nears, Susan and Mary get a little excited. That’s because we know we’re about to get a bunch of adorable contestant photos and it’s time to design a fun cover for the Shenandoah County Fair Scholarship

The CD ordering process is full of decision points. One of the major ones is reviewing your email proof. Here’s one question we often encounter: Help! There are weirdly bolded letters (L’s and I’s) in the PDF. Will this be on my final product?   Have no fear — the

Jillian Matundan recently placed a reorder of her CD wallet Hangin’ On. Jillian is an award-winning, multi-instrumental singer-songwriter based in Northern Virginia.   We love her music and appreciate her dedication to her craft, and it always makes us happy to be a small part of an independent musician’s success!

Many of us could write a book or two about our special areas of experience. The next step — the complicated process of self-publishing — is a whole different specialty. That’s where our experienced graphic designers come in.   Award-winning photojournalist Bruce Andrew Peters contacted us to help produce his

Ready to take your interior design up to the next level? Pick a theme. In this case, HyperBowling!!!!! At Royal Family Bowling Center, HyperBowling plays like a video game on a bowling lane – you have to experience this to believe it! Bowling is already a great group activity for

In a word, flexibility. We were “flexing,” “leaning in,” and adapting our services to fit your needs long before flexing and leaning in became clichés. Small printers have always produced custom jobs you won’t find offered from online vendors. Like… Sets of multi-page slicks, custom sized to fit your promotional

Shawn Graber contacted us in need of a business card for Shenandoah County Weekday Religious Education Association. WRE offers free Bible classes for children, held off school grounds, with the goal of giving them spiritual support and guidance, and has been found effective in reducing school bullying. The card design

Katrina Meade, a VP and Retail Region Manager of City National Bank on the corner of 6th and Commerce in Front Royal, often drops us a line to design a flyer for bank promotions. When done, with small modifications, one design becomes: Flyer > Ad > Social Media Post >

What are postcards good for? And who reads anymore? Well, all of us… sort of… though very few of us read in depth. Most of us just glance at the posts on our phones. Studies show we read headlines, read the first sentence of a story or post, scan down

Digi style showcases your music like no other packaging. Lightweight and solid, easy to handle and attractive, the Digi mounts the CD beautifully inside the folded wallet for the easiest access of any package. You get the protectiveness of a plastic mount combined with the durability of a folded cardboard

Did you ever attend a local festival, completely prepared to meet, greet, and talk all day… just to find that your table paled in comparison with your neighbors? It’s happened to most of us. “Event table envy” is a thing. We can solve that for you! Here are some tips:

We get it — navigating the order process for a CD or DVD project can be nerve wracking. You’ve made your way through writing, recording, and mastering, and you have it just the way you want it. Now you’re putting it in someone else’s hands to cross the finish line!

Step and repeat banners let you proudly put your brand messaging on repeat. Perfect for big events, fundraisers, grand openings, and selfie backdrops! Step and Repeat communicate your message in a highly visible way. Step and Repeat are your tools to go big with your message. They can be used

Promote your brand, team, or special event while taking in the sights. Apply to glass windows and doors on stores, gyms, churches, cars, and buses. Window Perf is designed to let you put your printed message on a window visible from the outside but still be able to see out

Another satisfied customer: “I have received the final product and it all is excellent. I am very impressed with your company; you really made everything so easy. I know it is expensive for smaller batches but I got better than expected. I tip my hat to you all. In a

A customer who uses us for business printing said to us this week, “Thank you for not making me use (that big online printer).” That really made us happy. We know our main competitors for jobs like brochures, business cards, rack cards, flyers, and such (exhaustive list below*), are the

Our customer Laura Baron has a new CD coming out February 28. We thought about making some silly food music jokes (“great taste and more filling!”) – but instead, we’ll just say, join Laura for her VIRTUAL ALBUM RELEASE! >> Breakfast With Buddha << 2/28 at 1pm Sunday Brunch Concert

Check out these beautiful hoodies! We set them up for a local friend who decided to surprise her kids with stylish and warm gear for fall. If you just have to have one (as we feel we must…) we will embroider your name or monogram on an assortment of fleece

They have been declared obsolete many times, but they are still here. And here’s why your fans may still like them. CDs have been around for 40 years, which is kind of shocking. And unlike other fads from the eighties – Cabbage Patch dolls, neon colored exercise wear, and the