Bacchus Press: Green Printing is a Responsible Job

Posted by mesamj

This is a guest post by Alex Jacob.

I and Sam have worked in marketing and advertising for a number of years and we used to print a lot of materials. We printed brochures, fliers, newsletters, direct mail, and many other documents. Then of course we out-sourced some printing jobs as well, like stationary and business cards. I used to go through 100 business cards a week on occasions. It amazes me now how wasteful it all was. We were challenged by our employers to find ways to cut spending but were never challenged to green our office. I should email them and see if things have changed!

Printing is one such process that produces harmful wastes leading to environmental pollution. The use of petroleum inks, varnishes, laminates and adhesives leads to the production of volatile organic compounds (VOCs). The release of VOCs in the atmosphere has adverse environmental effects. This not only pollutes the air but also leads to respiratory ailments.

To save the environment, publishing houses should print green i.e. the printing process/ technology should be environment-friendly.
Green printing is a responsible and specialized job and thus it is offered by only a handful of printing presses like Bacchus Press. Such type of printing houses source the paper from well managed forests that comply with strict environmental standards. The printing process is planned carefully to achieve optimum output by minimal usage of energy. The papers are sourced only from FSC (Forest stewardship companies) certified companies. Green printers comply with all the environment friendly standards offering optimum production at minimal environmental damage.

If you are looking for San Francisco Certified printer for green printing, then Bacchus Press is just a hop, skip and a jump from almost anywhere in the Bay Area – making it easy to color proof and conduct press checks. They help you create high quality business cards, postcards, direct mails campaigns and other print products/services, and make it easy for you to be kind to the environment while still delivering the highest quality printing possible.

By Alex Jacob

Written by mesamj on April 11th, 2009 with 15 comments.
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Paul
#1. April 11th, 2009, at 7:16 PM.

Good to see we are getting some action on this site.

Pixelhead
#2. April 12th, 2009, at 12:50 AM.

Paul, I have a couple of guest posts on the back burner…I’ll get a post on local search next week…have a great holiday.

Awxus
#3. April 15th, 2009, at 12:30 PM.

Paul you done a great job, and its good to see action here

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#4. April 20th, 2009, at 4:21 AM.

printer is very useful in like stationary and business cards. I used to go through 100 business cards a week on occasions. It amazes me now how wasteful it all was

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#5. April 20th, 2009, at 5:14 PM.

Hi,
Very nice post.
Green printing is environment friendly.
So all the publishing house should use this.
Thanks for the sharing.

Christopher Hennis
#6. April 20th, 2009, at 11:02 PM.

Good article. You wouldn’t happen to know of any Green Printers around Raleigh, NC, would you? heh.

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#7. April 23rd, 2009, at 4:32 PM.

I have access to a very large printer with a few different types of material to print on. I was wondering if I need to match to a specific green and what type of material works best.

Pixelhead
#8. April 23rd, 2009, at 5:03 PM.

Sorry Chris, I don’t. I Googled “Green printers around Raleigh, NC” and got http://www.barefootpress.com and http://www.tgkdesigns.com in the local serps. Call them up and ask them about their environmental practices.

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#9. April 24th, 2009, at 5:33 PM.

I installed something called “green print” ages ago but then removed it from the programmes for this very reason. How can I get my coulours to print true again please?

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#10. May 5th, 2009, at 10:44 PM.

->Oklahoma City Mesothelioma, to get the exact color as per the original, you need to do ICC profile for your monitor, printer and paper. It will cost almost USD 300-500 in Malaysia for such color calibration.

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#11. May 11th, 2009, at 8:17 AM.

Good alternative and also good for environmental health, hope your post create awareness for green printing.

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#12. June 1st, 2009, at 10:26 AM.

Why does black cost more? I find all the cartridges are the same $3. This site has a package deal with two black and one of each color, which makes sense since you typically use more black than color.

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#13. July 28th, 2009, at 4:49 AM.

I used to go through so many business cards a week on occasions. It amazes me now how wasteful it all was. We were challenged by our employers to find ways to cut spending but were never challenged to green our office.

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#14. July 4th, 2010, at 3:43 PM.

I am interested in recycling ink cartridges, does anyone here have experience with that? I figure its good to recycle AND make a couple bucks, lol.

Jack
#15. July 20th, 2010, at 2:52 PM.

This was one of my first jobs, unfortunately I was too young to be able to suggest something. I used to know that there is a way to recycle cartriges and paper, but even could not open my mouth to suggest that, I was just 18.

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