Riot Color Shop in Kent

We moved our Riot Color shop from Bellevue to Kent a couple of months ago and it has been expanded to a full fledged production environment. They are creating some amazing large color output pieces that include cut vinyl, car wraps wall paper, displays and presentation pieces.  If you are in need of any of these services contact us for a quote,call 253.395.3593 or Click Here

International Dist. Shop is moving to a new location...

ARC-Seattle / International District location will soon have an new home in the SODO Dist.  The ID location has been open for 34 years now and it pains us to have to move from this great location "but the times are a changin" and we have to change with them. 

Our new location at 2730 Occidental Ave. S in Seattle will be an added benefit to our customers because we will be consolidating the power of two branches (Reprographics Northwest & Olympic Reprographics) under one roof. Also their will be less confusion for picking up or dropping off hard copy. 

A major portion of the production equipment and personnel has been operating and fulfilling your orders out of the new location without any problems, showing once again that we can service our clients locally anywhere.

We will keep you informed as to the final closing date of this locations and we look forward to joining our sister location to form the SUPER SHOP of Seattle.

Thank you all again for your continued support and belief in what we do for you,

ARC-Seattle/ID

Gull Industries in Seattle adopts PlanWell Collaborate

Gull Industries in Seattle started in 1959 and blossomed into
a network of more than 170 gas stations, convenience stores,
service stations, and commercial card lock facilities all over the
Pacific Northwest. In the early 1990s, seeing the domination of
that market by large global oil companies, Gull strategically started
to convert and redevelop their real estate properties into more
lucrative uses, including commercial, retail, mixed use and office
parks projects

The Gull Industries team today faces many of the same problems
any real estate management team or developer faces. Building,
maintaining and administering properties means site and building
information needs to travel fast. Building construction documents
need to get to the right teams when they need them. Delays mean
time and money. Gull’s contractors, consultants and employees
needed to more conveniently access property drawings. And they
usually couldn’t wait for an overnight document shipment.
That’s where ARC’s PlanWell Collaborate came in.
Gull Industries, seeing the need to efficiently get information to their
on-site project teams, thought digitizing all of their project drawings
and environmental reports and loading them on their network
servers would be adequate for their needs.
But during their research, they found that ARC’s PlanWell Collaborate
answered their more strategic, long-term needs.

PlanWell Collaborate is a cloud collaboration tool designed
specifically for the needs of project managers in architectural and
engineering firms. It’s simple to use, powerful, and does not require
weeks of training for users to become expert at sharing project
information, managing document collaboration, and updating
project teams.
The Gull Industries team immediately saw the benefits of
PlanWell Collaborate.
By placing their documents securely in the cloud, they’d lessen the
data load on their network servers. Adding a large plans archive
on their network would have required additional IT administration
and a more elaborate backup strategy, not to mention it could slow
network speed.
Also, by allowing secure, fast access to project documents via the
web, contractors and consultants on property maintenance or site
construction projects would never be delayed waiting for the right
information or data. 24/7, Gull Industries project teams can now
access any required document via a web browser. Gull project
teams can download, view and redline documents in minutes rather
than days.
Project teams typically change quickly, and Gull Industries
management saw that PlanWell Collaborate’s powerful address
book functionality would allow them to manage their entire list of
contractors and consultants more easily. Managers are now able
to create project teams for each of their properties based on
geographic location, project requirements, and specialized needs
in hours instead of days.
An added benefit of using PlanWell Collaborate is that Gull
Industries prints less. By only printing what’s needed and using
digital documents when appropriate, Gull Industries gets greener
and saves money.
In addition to helping Gull with knowledge sharing and document
collaboration, ARC’s local team in Seattle was also able to provide
Gull an on-site large-format printer when quick printing was
required.
If you’re facing bottlenecks when it comes to getting the right
information out as quickly as possible, check out the PlanWell
Collaborate website at www.planwellcollaborate.com and download
a free trial.
See how PlanWell Collaborate can make your project teams more
efficient.

Adobe Uses Riot Color

Adobe recently released Creative Suite 5, a ground breaking update to its creative tools that enables creative professionals and companies to have greater impact in the world of digital content creation by allowing them to design, deliver, measure, and optimize across media via rich product updates and new innovative tools and on line services.
To celebrate this launch, Adobe management engaged ARC’s team of color experts, riot Creative Imaging.
The goal?
To show appreciation to thousands of Adobe employees who contributed to the successful launch of the company’s
flagship product, Creative Suite 5. This suite alone produces over 50% of Adobe’s annual revenue.


The acknowledgement and thanks took the place of larger-than-life banners, window graphics and elevator graphics in three cities, San Jose, San Francisco and Seattle.
The reason Adobe chose riot Creative Imaging? Simple. riot was a one stop shop to create these colorful and image-rich signs. Printing, delivering and installing was handled entirely by riot The employee reaction to the signage could best be described as blown away. Employees were excited about being included in the external launch of Creative Suite 5. The creative imagery was unavoidable, vibrant and high-quality. Adobe would accept nothing less as it showed off what its products can help produce.
To read more on how ARC installed a three and a half story building banner at Adobe’s headquarters in San Jose, CA Click Here

And the winner is...ARC (American Reprographics Co.) - TA DAA!

In the spirit of the Golden Globe nomination announcements and because this the time of year when other companies, websites and organizations are compiling their own Best of 2010 we thought we would let you know that ARC BERTL (Business Equipment, Research & Test Laboratories) has won the best AEC project management and collaboration tool for 2010. This product has only been out for a few months now and it is quickly gaining traction in this community as the Go To solution for our industry.
Imagine being able to upload, share and mark up project documents in one location from anywhere you have an internet connection. Using PW Collaborate eliminates the need to use FTP, Email, 3 party Take Off tools separately by consolidating all of these tools to a cloud based system for everyone on your team to work together in real time.
To view all of the winners of this years BERTL Awards  - Click Here
To learn more about PlanWell Collaborate  - Click Here or contact Aaron Stock at (206) 437-9702

01-01-2011

You’re going to notice a new name and logo on our shops, business cards, and important documents in the near future. On January 1, 2011, Reprographics Northwest is going to adopt its parent company’s name, ARC.

As you may know, we merged with ARC in years ago to offer more service, products, and technology to our customers, and create greater opportunities for our local employees.

Since that time, we’ve added tremendous capacity in to our facilities. We’ve introduced innovative technology solutions to help you manage your projects and the way you manage your documents. We’ve also exchanged best practices and experience with hundreds of our sister locations throughout North America and around the world.

Not only have we brought the world to the Puget Sound Region, but we’ve also brought Puget Sound Region to the world!

While being a part of ARC is important to us, we have always had tremendous pride in serving this community. That won’t change. Our people and their commitment to you won’t change, either.

Please look for our new logo on important documents and presentations in the near future. If you have any questions, feel free to contact us. We’ll make sure to check in with your accounting department as well to ensure a smooth administrative transition. Our Tax ID will not change yet but we will let you know if and when any of these changes take place.

We’re excited to bring the name ARC to our region and we hope you will be, too.

Season for Giving

Susan Nathan (Seattle area Sales Rep) has organized a toy and clothing drive that will benefit Wellspring Family Services - http://wellspringfs.org
Wellspring is a non-profit organization that has been helping families in the Seattle and Puget Sound region since 1892.The need is always great for an organization like this but because of the recent economy and the holidays only two weeks away we are making the call out to our readers to ask for any of the following items that you may be able to donate to help Wellspring this holiday season. We can pick up your donations with your print orders or you can drop off your gift at any of our four locations (Seattle International Dist,  Kent,  Tacoma  or  Bellevue).

Here is a list of the suggested items:

•  Warm Jackets
•  Gloves & Mittens
•  New Socks & Underwear
•  New Unwrapped Toys
•  Diapers & Formula (Similac)
•  Shoes & Boots
•  Clothing (especially sizes 4T to Teen)
•  Pay-as-you-Go Cell Phones
•  Multicultural Books & Games

Thank you and have a wonderful holiday season,
RNW