Printing Industries Association of San Diego - Print Week 2008

Print Week 2007 Wrap Up


	Now in its 21st year, Print Week has become a landmark event in the San Diego graphic arts community. No other show in San Diego brings printers, designers, and print buyers together. This year’s theme of passion took print lovers to a new level. Print Week was THE event to feed your passion for print and rekindle that love for paper, printing, prepress, finishing, and software in San Diego.


Print Week offered two exclusive tours to kick off the week. Once again, we hosted our popular San Diego Union Tribune Tour, as well as the US Post Office Tour. With about 30 in attendance at each tour, attendees got the insider’s edge on the developing trends in printing & mailing.
Post Office attendees got a look at the automation system to see how direct mail pieces are processed. Union-Tribune attendees learn what goes into producing the city's largest newspaper. The Union-Tribune Tour included an up-close look of the massive presses that run on a daily basis.

Over 2,000 attendees professed their Passion For Print on the Trade Show floor as our print and graphic arts enthusiasts exhibited the latest products and services designed to enhance and develop their love affair for all things print! Members of PIA San Diego’s Board of Directors show their support of Print Week by sponsoring, volunteering, exhibiting and donating services each year.
Attendees eagerly enter the Trade Show as the doors open at 11 am. The ladies in the Unisource booth measure attendees “Passion For Print” with handheld thermometers. The Blend booth had a steady stream of visitors exploring digital printing options. RR Donnelley Co. takes advantage of this unique opportunity to market directly to buyers. Trade Show attendees flocked to Advanced Web Offset’s “Kissing Booth” all day. Specialist Print & Mail’s booth tied in the passion theme to the various services they offer. Everyone's in Love with Print Week! “We usually choose to be in the show to build and maintain our brand awareness. This year we definitely did get jobs from contacts we made. We’ll be back!” – Boyd Richardson, RR Donnelley Company - Commercial Press Plant “Print Week is still a great venue for client contacts!” – Dave Pauley, Neyenesch Printers “Print Week offers great exposure and it’s important for us to be there because our customers are there.” – Jim Fairweather, Hudson Printing Heavy traffic throughout the day made this Print Week one of the busiest! Advantage Printing & Apparel had their booth stocked and ready for a full day of exhibiting Print Week is also a great resource to explore equipment vendors like America’s Best Printing Products. Attendees learn more about the services that Modern Marketing Strategies offers. The Sign-It booth had a steady stream of visitors exploring large format printing options. Paper samples from exhibitors like Mohawk Paper are always a big hit with our designer audience! Get your own Print Week Photo! Our professional photographer took hundreds of photos at the show. Purchase one to hang in your lobby or use for future Print Week promotion! CLICK HERE to view the photo gallery. Questions? Contact Sandy Small at ssmall@smallshot.com Much love to our sponsors whose support helped ignite San Diego’s Passion for Print Week!

With an impressive line up of print, design and marketing topics, our seminars have become a popular Print Week tradition! Print Week seminars provide a unique opportunity to hear some of the industry’s leading authorities. Attendees gain insight, ideas and techniques to help master their skills and style! Sappi Fine Paper’s Daniel Dejan shared his 30 years of experience by leading two Print Week seminars. Local printers got the chance to hear Blend’s Ian Barrow, Modern Marketing Strategies’ Steve Hire and Specialist Print & Mail’s Jay Pardo speak on the various elements of Variable Data Printing. Print Week seminars help attendees enhance their design, print job, career or company passionately! Attendees get the insider’s scoop on the latest Developments in Adobe’s CS3. Attendees learn the “dirty little secrets” of power marketers in this fast paced seminar. Cal Poly's Lorraine Donegan explains the right and wrong way to prep a file for print in the “Prepress Performance Anxiety” seminar. MUCH LOVE TO OUR SEMINAR SPONSORS!

Our Celebration Banquet closed an amorous week of events. Exhibitors, attendees, sponsors and members celebrated the end of Print Week with an incredible night at the San Diego Zoo. Guests caught up with friends in the industry while getting an up close view of several animals on display for the evening. Guests enjoyed a cocktail reception on the outdoor patio before dinner. Guests enjoyed an animal presentation on the outdoor patio before dinner. Steve Levon, Judith Moore, and Bruce & Pat Boorman catch up after a busy week. Over 100 guests feasted on a delicious meal in the Safari themed dining room. Chris Hamm (Tabs Etc., Inc.) wins one of the many prizes raffeled off at the banquet. Christy Barton (Mohawk Paper) gets touchy feely with an armadillo on display during the cocktail reception. MUCH LOVE TO OUR BANQUET SPONSORS!



	PIA San Diego staff: (l to r) Martha Barrows, Caroline Lanspa, Karen Fulton, Miriam Reimers & Megan Hussar.

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