Interactive Printing – How to Use QR Codes in Print
QR Codes are those weird-looking blocks of white and black that looks like an unfinished crossword puzzle or terrazzo floor. In fact, those squares contain a lot of data that can be read with a simple app on any smartphone. Typically, the information is a web site link but can include name and address information, a sales message or instructions. An example, linking to our home page www.qwikprint.ca is shown at right. How to Read It To read a QR Code you need a mobile with a built-in camera and… Read More
Sister Duo Publishes First Book
Tara and sister Erynn Guild are pursuing a shared dream of creating a children’s storybook series. Their first book, No Junk Food for Zudo was recently released and is receiving excellent reviews. It is the first book of a planned series. The book introduces Zudo, a raccoon-like character that struggles with making the right food decisions. – junk food or not? It’s a problem most parents can relate to as they try to teach their children how to make healthy food choices. Zudo experiences the downside of bad choices and… Read More
Betty’s Home Remedies – Local Natural Health Book
Betty Aiken has had a dream to share her knowledge of herbs and their medicinal properties in the form of a book for many years. At 86, it seemed that this dream would be unrealized until a long-time friend Bev Wilkinson stepped in to make it a reality. Betty studied Herbology as well as Anatomy and Physiology, before eventually receiving Professional Status from the Ontario Herbalist Society. In 1991, she was honoured by being named the first OHS Herbal Healer. Betty has years of acquired knowledge of alternative remedies to… Read More
Elizabeth Sander – Landscape Artist
Elizabeth Sander is an Owen Sound area landscape artist. Her oil paintings include windswept Georgian Bay shorelines, rugged wilderness and more delicate studies of flora. Her series of water-lily studies contain an abstract element which allows them to be appreciated simply on the basis of color and form. Elizabeth maintains a studio/gallery space just north of the city and is open by appointment. She has a wide selection of pieces that are the result of 20 years of work as an artist.
Diamond Steel Roofing – MW Simpson Contracting
MW Simpson Contracting manufactures and installs steel roofing. Their product is called Diamond Steel Roofing and gets its name from its diamond-shaped tiles. The tiles have a unique interlocking system that makes it efficient to install and extremely durable – an estimated 50 year lifespan and come in a variety of colors and can be used to create unusual patterns.
Heidi Berger – Artist’s Catalogue
Heidi Berger is an Owen Sound artist who has traveled the world in search of her subject matter. Her unique mixed-media works on paper and canvas are evocative of the places that she has visited and people she has met – both young and old. Her straight on head and shoulder studies are less formal than traditional portraits and like the compositions of people involved in everyday activities they have a transitory feel, as if these are fleeting moments in their lives.
Google Web Fonts – Fonts from the Cloud
Google Web Fonts lets you browse all the fonts available via the Google Web Fonts API. All fonts in the directory are available for use on your website under an open source license and are served by Google servers.
The real cost of paper records
The real cost of paper records are underestimated. It is not only the cost of creating them but the ongoing costs of storage, retrieval and filing. Paper documents can only be in one place at a time causing workers to exacerbate the problem by making additional copies for their own filing cabinets. The more people handling it, the more copies that will be created.
Making Print Interactive
QR Codes can turn a printed brochure into an interactive advertising piece that sends additional traffic to your web site,
Too Much Paper – Consider Imaging those Documents
Document imaging can make paper documents more usable, shareable and cheaper to store. Find out more about our services at www.qwikprint.ca.
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