Wednesday Web Special!!

Contact any RNW branch (Kent, Seattle, Tacoma or Bellevue) tell them you want the Wednesday Web Special $.25 color (8.5x11 on #28 paper only)copies. $5.00 minimum purchase.

One Day Sale Event

Reprographics Northwest is working on a one day sale event for Wednesday June 24th.
Check back here on Monday for details.

New RNW Website coming in May

The Reprographics Northwest website is being completely rebuilt; Most of our customers are aware that we update our website and post blog pieces every month but this change is being implemented at the ARC (American Reprographics Co.) corporate level and all 300+ ARC divisions are going through these website updates as I write this. The new website will contain much more information than the old site; the new site will contain the blog posts under the News tab, PlanWell EWO and Enterprise will still be available on the home page. If you are a customer that works with other ARC locations around the country or in other countries then you will notice that the other divisions are adopting a nearly identical website layout. The intent of this is simply ease of use to our customers; as ARC continues to expand its footprint into the global market place it is important that our customers are able to find what they need and place their orders correctly to any ARC location. The new RNW website is scheduled to go live on May 1st and we want to make sure that they transition goes as smoothly as possible. If you experience any problems or find that the new website is missing something that you need, feel free to contact our webmaster to have your issues addressed.

PlanWell 5.5 is set to be released on 02-16-09

There is an updated version of PlanWell (version 5.5) that is set to be released this weekend. This release will contain an updated version of the Address Book and Bid Caster but there are some additional modification that are being added as well.

Click Here if you would like to learn more about this release or you can call Bryan Witherwax at (206) 624-2040 if you have any questions or problems.

International Print Requests? Not a Problem....

Remote Printing or iShip Docs is an easy and effective way to save time and money on any print and distribution items for your international clients. ARC (American Reprographics Co.) has expanded operations into the United Kingdom, Australia, China and Canada to meet the growing demand for companies that are doing business internationally. Reprographics Northwest has been getting requests for print work to be delivered to Japan, Ireland, UK, China and Moscow. Our PlanWell department is well versed in handling these types of requests.
How does it work? If you are a customer that is currently using PlanWell Enterprise or EWO then it is as easy as adding the international address to the distribution list on your order and selecting the Remote Print delivery method from the delivery options. RNW will pre flight your order for accuracy and send the international location a print ready file. Our international partners can open, print, bind and deliver before UPS or FedEx could show up here to pick up your international order.
Please contact your local division or your sales rep form more information.

Way Beyond Mounting

Reprographics Northwest has acquired another new tool for our growing sign and banner division. The Swiss made Zund Cutting system comes with a variety of different tool heads and inserts whih can be attached singularly, or in combination, for projects that require kiss-cutting/through-cutting, cutting/creasing/scoring, cutting/routing, and other functions. This devices can process materials such as vinyl, film, paper, carton, corrugated and foam boards, multi-layered materials (including some containing non-ferrous metals), and all types of hard and soft plastics, such as styrene, acrylics, polycarbonates, and more. Maximum substrate thickness is usually around 2 in. A vacuum system secures the material during cutting. Watch the video to see it in action.

This has been a very interesting week before Christmas, many employees at RNW were snowed in their homes and unable to make it in to their shops but the ones that did make it in produced an incredible amount work (See Photo). Some of our employees were doing pre-production work from home to help the employees that made it in. We know that if our customers need to have it done we are going to do everything within our power and resources to deliver for them. From everyone here at Reprographics Northwest we wish you a safe and memorable holiday season and we look forward to working with you in 2009.