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Artist Advice To Get It Right

Our pre-press group processes thousands of files per month and have created these handy suggestions to help you avoid the mistakes of others. We have found that even the most experienced artists can use new material!

Artist Suggestions

Our pre-press group processes thousands of files per month and have created these handy suggestions to help you avoid the mistakes of others. We have found that even the most experienced artists can use new material!

Bleed or No Bleed

This will help you determine what a bleed is, and when to use it.

Building Crossovers

Building Crossovers

A crossover is commonly used to show a larger portion of a picture than can fit on a single page. This document will show you how to correctly implement a crossover.

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doodad has provided high-quality commercial print services for over 80 years. We are a small-town team with large-town quality.  Don’t go to a faceless online portal when you can have a professional team who knows you and your client’s needs at your fingertips. 

Having worked with Doodad Printing for over 20 years, I am more than happy to give them a glowing letter of recommendation. No one comes close to their excellent quality, customer service and value. Over the years Doodad has been very helpful in lowering costs and increasing quality for my customers. Their excellent customer service has helped develop additional revenue sources for LanDan throughout the years. I cannot say enough good things about working with Doodad.

    LanDan Printing & Consulting

    Week after week, Doodad meets or exceeds our turnaround expectations. We rely on them for this reason. There is rarely a surprise or a mistake. When there is, they fix it with no questions asked. They even anticipate potential problems and prepare for the worst case scenario in order to meet our deadlines. I've been a client of Doodad for nearly 30 years and they have never been better. The supply chain issues during the pandemic allowed our company, mostly because of the forward thinking of Doodad, to secure increased market share. On top of that, Doodad knows that we are sometimes presented with opportunities to secure last minute business. They trust my intuition when I tell them it can make a difference in not only securing an order, but long-term business from an "on the fence" client if we can rush it.

      GBailey Direct
      GBailey Direct

      ValuDirect has had the privilege to work with Debra Wood and the entire doodad team for all our printing needs for almost 20 years. It has been a very important and gratifying business relationship in the growth of our company throughout our working together. Nobody comes close to the quality, customer service and pricing than them. We have never considered doodad a vendor, they are clearly an amazing Business Partner.

        Valudirect