Psychology of the Color Green

What does green mean? Green has a variety of different meanings. Green can refer to renewal, growth, liveliness, health, natural, life, and spring.  Communication with Green Green is often used as a positive color to communicate. Where red is used as a, “no,” green is used as a, “yes.” Think of stop lights, check marks, or anything that is trying to communicate something positive. Who uses green in business? Many businesses that use green want to be perceived as healthy, natura...
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10 Benefits of Using our Website

10. Less waiting time Expedite your order into production.  Once your order passes pre-flighting your order will seamlessly enter the production process, no more back and forth for order clarity created by mail, fax, and e-mail orders. 9. Know your costs When you upload your order through, www.wes-tex.com, you will know the total cost of your order at time of purchase, no more guessing shipping costs. 8. Control your shipping addresses You have total control of your shipping...
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Bleed and Borders

What is bleed in the print world? Bleed refers to the part of the product that will be taken off when it is cut to the finished size. Bleed Zone: The bleed zone refers to the black line in this picture. This part of the picture will be trimmed automatically, but it is just there to extend the colors of the image. Trim Zone: A trim zone is there in case the product needs to be cut for something. The trim zone is important to know so that if you have text that you need to incl...
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New Year’s Resolution

Have you been able to keep up with your New Year’s Resolution? It is January 20, and this is about the time that the resolutions you worked so hard to come up with start to fade away. So the question presents itself, but why do people let themselves come up with goals and not follow through with them. Unrealistic Expectations Let’s be honest, sometimes the goals that we make for ourselves are not realistic. If someone makes a goal to never drink soda again, but they have been drinking sod...
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Why a Blog?

Hey there! Welcome to Wes-Tex Printing’s new blog! We are so excited to launch this, and hope that we can improve your knowledge on the printing industry, our company, business topics, and much more. Why should you look into a blog for a business? Blogs for business allows you to address questions that customers have, allows you to discuss your products, talk about events happening in the office, and really anything that can draw someone’s attention to your business without directly sell...
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Who is Wes-Tex Printing?

History We’re a family-run business. Our company is instilled with family values that we extend to our customers. We’ve always been about quality, service and trust. We know that running a successful business starts with helping our customers. Our story is about three generations of the Blake family. Today, James Blake owns and runs Wes-Tex Printing. In 1949, his grandfather, Bob bought an existing printing company and began printing phone books. In 1960, we shifted gears and began print...
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