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Your designer made it look beautiful on screen.Your printer is about to make it look like a disaster on paper.Last week ...
06/02/2026

Your designer made it look beautiful on screen.
Your printer is about to make it look like a disaster on paper.
Last week it happened twice.

First file: Fiverr. Arrived as a professional EPS. Opened to jpeg scraps, flat text, zero bleeds. A collage wearing a costume.

Second file: a designer hired by a large nonprofit. She had a portfolio. She designed in RGB. Her blue sky printed bright pink. When I told her that she needs to create bleeds and convert fonts to outlines, she asked why.

Both jobs rebuilt from scratch. Both clients paid twice.

Before you hire anyone for a print project make them answer these:
→ Walk me through your file setup for print.
A real print designer describes a workflow without prompting: images converted to CMYK in Photoshop, vector artwork built in Illustrator, pages assembled in InDesign. Each tool has a purpose. If they cannot explain the purpose, they do not understand the process.
→ What does a print-ready file mean to you.
The correct answer includes CMYK color mode, 300 DPI resolution, bleeds set to one-eighth of an inch, fonts outlined or embedded, exported as PDF. A real print designer answers without hesitation. A fake one reaches for Google.
→ Do you set up bleeds and crop marks on every file.
→ Show me something you have actually had printed.

Wrong answers cost you a deadline and a reprint.

Quick test: open the file in Canva. Can you edit the text? Real file.
Nothing selectable? Your designer sold you a photograph of a building instead of the building itself.

Not sure your files are ready?
Send them over. We check for free. No pitch. Just the truth.

📌 Save this. Share it with a business owner about to hire a designer. It may be the most useful thing you do for them this week.

Has this happened to you? Drop it below. 👇

Happy Monday from SJPrinter! Need a quick dose of inspiration, marketing tips, and a little fun?Check out the latest iss...
06/01/2026

Happy Monday from SJPrinter!
Need a quick dose of inspiration, marketing tips, and a little fun?
Check out the latest issue of Printer@Work—your 10-minute boost of print wisdom and creative ideas straight from your favorite printer.
Inside this issue:
💡 Beyond the QR Code: 3 Smarter Ways to Link Print and Digital
💡 Build Buyer Confidence with Google Customer Reviews
💡 Loyalty Punch Cards
💡 Live Chat Etiquette in the Age of AI
…and a few laughs to kick off your week.
👉 Take a moment to enjoy the latest edition:
https://www.sjprinter.com/printer_at_work.iml?mdl=PrinterAtWork/paw_subscribe.mdl

If you haven't met Mavka yet, she is our Chief Morale Officer. Head of Quality Control. Very serious about her work. 😂Be...
05/29/2026

If you haven't met Mavka yet, she is our Chief Morale Officer. Head of Quality Control. Very serious about her work. 😂

Before our June jumbo mailer left for the post office, she did a final sniff inspection of all 21 Cherry Hill routes bins.
Passed every single one.
10,000 mailers. Sorted. Binned. Delivered to USPS.
Hit 10,000 homes yesterday.

This morning, our first client came in from the mailing.
Direct mail works.

July 1st mailer is open now. Mavka has already approved it.

DM me before she puts your competitor in first. 😂

We've seen it all. Missing fonts, wrong color modes, low-res logos sent as screenshots of screenshots.But nothing, nothi...
05/29/2026

We've seen it all. Missing fonts, wrong color modes, low-res logos sent as screenshots of screenshots.
But nothing, nothing prepares you for the designer who's never had to convert fonts to outlines before.
Your file arrived. Your fonts did not.
Comic Sans was waiting. It's always waiting.

Convert your fonts. Save your brand. Trust your printer.

And no, watching one YouTube tutorial in 2019 does not make you a designer.

05/28/2026

The notebook sitting on your client's desk will be seen 1,400 times before it's full. What is yours saying on page one?

We just printed a fresh batch of Bitter Babes notebooks and I genuinely cannot stop laughing at these covers.
Because one of them says:
"No. is a full sentence."
And another one says:
"I did not gather here today to play with y'all."

Which, if you've ever sat through a meeting that could've been an email, is basically a personality test in spiral-bound form.

Here's the thing nobody talks about with branded notebooks:
-The right one doesn't just hold your notes.
-It holds your whole energy.
-It goes in your bag. It shows up on your desk. It sits in front of clients.
-It says everything about you before you open your mouth.

These? Say a lot. 😂
We print custom notebooks for businesses, brands, and people who are done being boring about it.
Your logo. Your colors. Your vibe.
Hot off the press. NO minimums. Fast turnaround.
DM me and I'll send you details.

💬 Tell me in the comments: which cover is most you and tag the person in your life who needs the "No. is a full sentence." one immediately.

05/27/2026

Watch this.
10,000 jumbo mailers — printed, bundled, sorted by route and heading to the post office.
June sold out.
July 1st is open now. four cents per household. that's it.
less than a cup of coffee to get your business in front of a real person in a real home.
spots are limited.

DM me today to lock in yours.

Take a look at this. 10,000 jumbo mailers printed and ready to go. Next up: bundling, sorting by routes and dropping the...
05/26/2026

Take a look at this. 10,000 jumbo mailers printed and ready to go.
Next up: bundling, sorting by routes and dropping them at the post office. June sold out. July 1st is open now.

10,000 homes. real mailboxes. your business in every single one.

💬 Message me today to secure your spot before I’m doing the numa numa dance again to fill them! 😂
Let’s get your business noticed!

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We've all been there. 😅Event tomorrow. Flyers? Nowhere.That moment of panic is real, but so is our turnaround.At SJ Prin...
05/22/2026

We've all been there. 😅
Event tomorrow. Flyers? Nowhere.

That moment of panic is real, but so is our turnaround.

At SJ Printer, we don't just print. We show up when it matters most, even when "it matters most" means NOW.
✔️ Fast turnarounds
✔️ Professional quality
✔️ Printing & design done right

You handle the vision. We'll handle the deadline.
Because you made it. Barely. But you made it. 😄

👇 Tag someone who's pulled off a last-minute event save.

BREAKING: If people drive past your business every day but still don’t know what you offer, that’s not a marketing probl...
05/21/2026

BREAKING: If people drive past your business every day but still don’t know what you offer, that’s not a marketing problem.
That’s a visibility problem.

Hot off the press: fresh coroplast signs for Haddontowne Swim Club.
-Big headline.
-Clean message.
-Easy to read from the road.

That is what a yard sign is supposed to do.
Not explain everything.
Not look fancy.
Not win a design award.
Just get noticed fast.

1. A good sign has one job.
Make the right person understand the message in 3 seconds.
If they have to squint, slow down, or guess what you do…
the sign failed.

2. Simple beats clever.
One message.
One offer.
One clear next step.
That is why yard signs work so well for local businesses.

3. Your offer should not hide on your website.
People are busy.
They are not checking your website every week to see what’s new.
Put the offer where people already drive, walk, and live.

4. Summer is prime time for coro signs.
Swim clubs.
Camps.
Contractors.
Realtors.
Events.
Fundraisers.
Grand openings.
Seasonal specials.

Check out our summer specials.
Comment SIGNS with your offer, and I’ll send you a free design mockup for your coro sign.
No catch.
No obligation.
Just see how your offer could look on a sign.

5 things AI won’t warn you about before your beautiful design becomes an expensive reprint:✔️ Bleed.✔️ Safe margins.✔️ A...
05/20/2026

5 things AI won’t warn you about before your beautiful design becomes an expensive reprint:
✔️ Bleed.
✔️ Safe margins.
✔️ Actual size.
✔️ Editable text.
✔️ Printed proof.
Save this for your next project.

Yesterday I told you about a pizza shop that almost opened without menus.
Not because they forgot.
The menu looked finished.
Beautiful, actually.
The owner was happy.

One problem: It was not printable.
And that is the part AI does not explain.
AI can make your flyer, menu, postcard, or business card look great on screen.
But a screen is not paper.
Pretty does not mean printable.

Before you send an AI-designed file to print, check these 5 things:

1. Bleed
If your background goes to the edge, extend it 0.25 inches beyond every side.
That extra area gets trimmed off. Without it, you may get an ugly white border.

2. Safe margins
Keep your phone number, logo, website, QR code, and offer at least 0.25 inches inside the trim edge.
Paper moves. Cutting shifts. Important info gets cut off.

3. Actual size
You asked AI for 8.5 x 11.
Check if it actually gave you 8.5 x 11.
AI loves “almost.” Printing does not.

4. Editable text
AI text is a picture of words.
You cannot fix a typo, update hours, or change a price.
Use AI for the art. Add real text in Canva, Adobe, or another layout tool.

5. Printed proof
Before you print 500, print one.
Screens lie. Paper tells the truth.
Check color, spacing, text size, and QR codes before approving the full run.

AI is a great starting point, but it does not know bleed.
It does not know trim. It does not know paper.
AI can make it pretty.
A good printer makes sure it survives the real world.

What is the worst printing fail you have ever seen?
Typo after printing? Wrong color? QR code too small?
Menus missing on opening day?
Drop it in the comments. I know some of you have stories.

Address

1400 Berlin Rd
Cherry Hill, NJ
08003

Opening Hours

Monday 9am - 5pm
Tuesday 9am - 5pm
Wednesday 9am - 5pm
Thursday 9am - 5pm
Friday 9am - 5pm

Website

http://www.sjprinter.com/

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