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Environmental Printing is Cost competitive
A. Environmental Printing is Cost Competitive
B. We Move Fast
C. West Coast Partners for Labels
D. Cosmetic Industry
E. Green Drinks Enviro Coasters
F. Greg Barber Company Honored in New Book
G. Printing Services

Welcome to my website. For immediate pricing and customer contact, please email me: GREG@GREGBARBERCO.COM or click here for a estimate

We are featured in a new book, that just came out, published by RotoVision, and printed in multiple languages, written by Ed Denison, and sold internationally. The book, "Print & Production Finishes for Sustainable Design" features our sustainable printing jobs on over 20 pages of their 190 page book..

Check out this book online, which serves as my portfolio and personal recommendations of our work, by clients such as Green Drinks, Diesel Jeans, Green Maps, Green Apple Cleaners, Feed LLC, Jurlique Cosmetics, Brian Ponto Design, Mohawk Paper, Nepalese, Gaia Soil, The U.N, etc.

I have two websites and this site is used primarily for moving files quickly for rush environmental printing jobs.

My second site is www.ecofriendlyprinter.com

WE MOVE FAST ON RUSH WORK

We have Send a File: Which we use to check your files. We can handle Huge files through our upload system, in a matter of seconds.

We have Place A New Order: You can place your order and attach those huge files in our upload system. We can go to press shortly after these files arrive.

We have Request an Estimate: Here you send your print specs and attach a PDF, if it is ready.

The above three sections are the reason that we were able to print 3 brochures for Tony Blair's Climate Group, in less than 2 days, and before his speech at the U.N for Climate Week, in September.

Our system converted their files to hyper links, and I was immediately able to forward them to my plant.. We began the vital pre press in minutes, working multiple shifts to complete the brochures.

The Climate Group received several recommendations of our work ethic and quality, before relying on us to meet these tough requirements. I tell people 60% of my new accounts come to us because we are known for our quick turn arounds. THAT IS WHAT WE DO BEST.

To your left, at the top, is our award winning brochure, Landfill, printed on 100% PCW Mohawk Options PC 100, with their new I-Tone Finish. We were featured in HOW MAGAZINE, as one of the top 10 websites for Earth Day, 2009. You can read our brochure, by clicking the gold arrows. You DO NOT need to fill out the info to look at the 28 page plus cover brochure, about 2nd chances in life. These second chance stories were written on Seed paper and photographed, and presented in our brochure. Mohawk Paper uses this brochure as a swatchbook for designers. We printed our Landfill brochure, using 6 different weight papers in their Options line, and we color coded the page numbers, so you are able to see what weight paper weight you like for your next project.

GREG BARBER COMPANY SPECIALIZES IN ENVIRONMENTAL PRINTING

My name is Greg Barber and I specialize in environmental printing. That means recycled paper, tree free paper, and chlorine free paper, printed with soy ink or 100% non toxic toner.

I own my own company, Greg Barber Company, and I represent ten environmental companies, from around the country, that I feel match my environmental mission.

One of the companies that fits my goals is Sandy Alexander, along with their digital division, eSA Solutions.

Both companies are FSC and ISO certified. There are not many printers that can state that they have both certifications.

Last year Sandy Alexander, Inc. consummated one of the largest purchases of Wind Energy on the East Coast, and they continue to use wind Energy as their prime source of energy. Wind Energy is a renewable source of Energy and is oil free.

I also represent Graphic Paper: At Graphic Paper, we specialize in 100% post-consumer waste recycled paper that is 100% processed chlorine free.

Graphic Paper features text and cover papers in 50-100# text and matching cover weights in flat sheets and web rolls. We carry white and 4 colors in our 100% PCW lines. These papers are certified by The Chlorine Free Products Association to be 100% recycled (all post-consumer), 100% process chlorine free, and are FSC certified. We also carry FSC certified, coated papers for both digital and offset presses.

REMEMBER, when choosing recycled papers for your next job, "only" the post-consumer waste content can make a sheet 100% recycled.

A grade that is 100% recycled and 50% post-consumer, is only 50% recycled. This is the standard for being recycled, used by the USEPA, since 1998.

In the example above, the 100% recycled sheet, with 50% post-consumer waste content, is now just a 50% recycled sheet, as only 50% of the paper used is post-consumer waste. The balance is considered pre-consumer, and that extra 50% is not counted anymore. Pre-consumer waste is paper that has never been printed on, and rarely went to our over crowded landfills. Most of the pre-consumer waste used today is paper that never even left the mills.

I also see mills list a lot of their paper grades as 100% recycled, with 30% post-consumer waste. Again, these papers are not 100% recycled. They are simply 30% recycled papers. Their terminology was correct when I started in 1990, but not correct after 1998.

WEST COAST PARTNER FOR LABELS

We have a new partner, Natural Source, that carries several popular Tree Free grades for environmental labels, eco circles, environmental packaging, and environmental point of purchase. The tree free products include mango, sugar cane, bamboo, coffee, lemon, and banana waste, mixed with post-consumer, and Tree Free paper made from limestone and calcium carbonate. We also have labels made from corn starch that are biodegradable.

COSMETIC INDUSTRY

We print a lot of labels on paper made from Rock & Minerals for the cosmetic industry. We feature FiberStone and TerraSkin. These lines are becoming extremely popular. Both grades are made from limestone and calcium carbonate and are waterproof and tear resistant.. FiberStone and TerraSkin are terrific for making sturdy boxes, business cards, point of purchase displays and pocket folders, etc. from our wide range of weights that we stock Email greg@gregbarberco.com for printed samples and client recommendations..

GREEN DRINKS ENVIRO COASTERS

Our new GREEN DRINKS ENVIRO COASTERS are the hit of the town. They are a sensational NETWORKING idea. They are used as information cards about your company. We print on both sides of these coasters, and they will be placed on the bar(s) at each Green Drinks party . These Enviro Coasters act as an ice breaker at networking parties or trade shows. The size is 4 x 4" and has round corners. The stock can be your choice of our white 100% Post-Consumer cover, or any of our Tree Free grades.

We will print the Enviro Coasters, place them on the bars of the Networking Parties at the over 200 Certified Green Restaurants by the GRA, and at Green Drinks parties in NYC, and around the U.S. There are now 322 Green Drinks Chapters and climbing. One ad with us, and you can be in over 200 restaurants and Green drink parties. We will also promote your company as an official sponsor of the evening. Please call Greg Barber at 973 224 1132 for the ad rates, and availability. You can also visit our website, www.envirocoasters.com. Click Venues, for the up to date restaurants that are certified as Green Restaurants. We need the Green Restaurant Association's certification to place our coasters in any new restaurant.

The Enviro Coasters will stand out the next day from the normal business cards. We anticipate that those potential clients that like your product, will take an Enviro Coaster with them as they leave. The bar tenders will replace that coaster, as needed. The most popular color stocks for these coasters include white, natural, beige, and kraft in our 100% post-consumer lines and lemon yellow, mango orange, banana cream yellow, coffee in 3 tones of brown, sugar cane beige and natural, hemp natural, and bamboo in white or natural , from our tree Free lines. We need an ad for both sides of the coasters, to be able to run different paper stock. Our price is $625.00 per side for 2000 coasters, at 500 per week for 4 weeks.

GREG BARBER COMPANY HONORED IN NEW BOOK

Greg Barber has more than 20 years experience in environmental printing sales, and his environmental printing is featured in a new book that just came out called " Print & Production Finishes for Sustainable Design ", that is sold in most book stores and is featured online in Amazon, Barnes & Noble, etc.. The publisher, RotoVision, is one of the largest publishers for design and graphic books in the world.

We are featured in their environmental case studies section for sustainable printing jobs we did. Out of their 190 page book, we are featured in 20 pages for work we did. This book is printed in multiple languages.

Some of our clients featured include Green Drinks New York, Jurlique Cosmetics,TerraSkin, Diesel Jeans, Green Apple Cleaners, Our Landmark Brochure , Gaia Soil, Brian Ponto Design, Feed LLC, with the United Nations, Nepalese Bags, Green Maps, and several projects using banana, sugar cane, bamboo ,mango and other tree free papers.

3-09-08 HOT OFF PRESS: 4 Japanese Paper Companies were found lying about the recycled content of their papers in Japan. This could include the recent claims about 100% PCW coated paper, that was introduced in a major PR blitz, by a leading paper company in the United States.

If you want to read the newspaper report, just emailed to me, email greg@gregbarberco.com. The Japanese Post Office unearthed the paper scam to the public in January.

Remember, if you buy certified, 100% PCW paper and environmental printing from me, this embarrassing situation would never occur. Two of our mills are certified by the Chlorine Free Products Association for having 100% post-consumer waste content, being 100% processed chlorine free, being FSC certified, and having no environmental infractions.

This revelation from Japan is what I have been warning my clients about since I started promoting 100% PCW papers 18 years ago, at the 20th anniversary of Earth Day.

I saw the same thing happen in the United States approximately 10 years ago. One U.S mill claimed 100% PCW content, but was found to have less than 60% PCW.

Greg Barber

greg@gregbarberco.com

Printing Services

WE PRINT LARGE & SMALL RUNS, AND WE ARE BEST KNOWN FOR RUSH ORDERS ON ECO FRIENDLY PAPERS FOR BROCHURES, AND BOOKS. ON DEMAND BOOKS NEED LAYOUT DESIGN. I CAN RECOMMEND THE RIGHT PERSON AND WE HAVE NO MINIMUMS.

What we are best known for is rush order brochures in page counts from 8 pages, up to 96 pages plus cover, printed on Mohawk Paper's Options PC 100, with their new I-Tone finish. Options PC 100 is 100% PCW and 100% PCF and with their new finish, created for the Indigo Presses, you can't tell the difference between digital printing and an offset job. We should know, as our own designed brochure, Landfill, was rated in the top 10, by HOW DESIGN MAGAZINE in April. We used 80# and 100# text, and 65#, 80#, 110# and 130# Options PC 100 cover weights. Each weight was run as a 4 page signature, and we color coded the page numbers so you could feel each weight. Essentially, we created a printed sample, swatch book, for Mohawk Paper Company.

Please visit www.landfillzine.com, for our award winning brochure. We are VERY competitive in our pricing, and usually deliver in 24 to 48 hours, on orders up to 500 brochures. You can read Landfill online by clicking the gold arrows. Landfill is about 2nd chances in life. These second chances were written on SEED PAPER, by 13 people, photographed, and then buried, only to grow Wild Flowers, and new chances. We came up with this unique idea, way before the recession and Bernie Madoff. This brochure is about HOPE.

** New Items

  • Letterheads
  • Envelopes
  • Business Cards
  • Invitations
  • Newsletters
  • Brochures
  • Pocket Folders
  • Postcards
  • Direct Mail
  • Environmental labels

** We can design and print Green Packaging. See a typical layout of a box, by clicking GO GREEN, and then click Green Package Design,

** BIODEGRADABLE BANNERS. CLICK GO GREEN AT TOP LEFT FOR A PDF OF A HUGE BANNER WE DID. WE HAVE PRINTED FOR THE USGBC, GREEN DRINKS, RIDE AMIGOS, CUSHMAN WAKEFIELD, etc.

** ECO CIRCLES. PROMOTE YOUR COMPANY IN A CIRCULAR, GLOBAL PATTERN ON OUR TREE FREE PAPER. WE CAN CREATE A DUPLEX CARD BY MOUNTING MANGO TO BANANA, ETC. WE HAVE ORANGE, LEMON, CREAM, BEIGE, COFFEE WHITE AND NATURAL. WE COULD ADD KRAFT IN OUR 100% POST-CONSUMER LINES. OUR ECO CIRCLES ARE 3" or 3.375" DIAMETER CARDS. THEY FIT IN YOUR POCKET AND CAN BE FOLDED IN HALF BY YOUR CLIENTS LATER.

** GREEN DRINKS ENVIRO COASTERS. WE PUT THESE COASTERS IN FRONT OF 2000 UPSCALE, ENVIRONMENTALLY CONCERNED POTENTIAL BUYERS AT THE NETWORKING PARTIES.

** FIBERSTONE AND TERRASKIN ROCK AND Mineral Labels

** CLEAR LABELS-Corn Starch Based

** CLEAR BIODEGRADABLE LABELS.

** FIBERSTONE BUMPER STICKERS.

** CORN STARCH LINED COFFEE CUPS AND BOWLS WORLD PATENT PENDING 1 PIECE CUPS. NON SPILL CONSTRUCTION. ELIMINATES PLASTIC LINED CUPS. NO SEPARATE PLASTIC LINED LID.

** MULTI PAGE BROCHURES, WITH TABS, WIRE-O OR PERFECT BOUND BINDING. NO MINIMUMS.

** ENVIRONMENTAL WEDDING INVITATIONS.

** TREE FREE BUSINESS CARDS MADE FROM BANANA, MANGO, COFFEE, AND LEMON PLANTS.

** DUPLEX FRUIT COASTER CALLING CARDS. MANGO OVER BANANA TREE FREE. COFFEE OVER CREAM SUGAR CANE TREE FREE. LEMON TREE FREE OVER 100% POST-CONSUMER IN WHITE OR NATURAL. WE CREATED A 3 3/8" DIAMETER CALLING CARD. YOUR TEL # ETC. ON ONE SIDE AND YOUR BENEFITS ON THE OTHER SIDE. IF WE PUNCH A HOLE AND STRING WITH HEMP, YOU HAVE A HANG TAG.

** ROCK PAPER BOXES, BROCHURES, etc. PAPER MADE FROM ROCK & MINERALS. 5 PT - 20 PT.

** SEED PAPER. PRINT IT AND THEN PLANT IT.

** TRAINING MANUALS WITH TABS.

** RECYCLED Expansion Envelopes Eliminating Bubble Pack Plastic Envelopes.

** CD & DVD Environmental Packaging. Click GO GREEN AT TOP LEFT, and then click Green Packaging Design.

** COCA COLA COASTERS MADE FROM DOUBLE THICK, COVER (TWO 100# COVERS) PRINTED & MOUNTED TOGETHER (200#). PRINTED 1-4 COLORS ON BOTH SIDES. GREAT ADVERTISING GIVE AWAY. CLICK GO GREEN AT TOP LEFT AND THEN CLICK COASTERS. WE PRINTED COKE COASTERS FOR THE OLYMPICS IN CHINA. 100% PCW RECYCLED. SEE GO GREEN AT TOP LEFT.

** HANG TAGS, MADE FROM DOUBLE THICK, 200#, 100% POST-CONSUMER WASTE COVER. WE DID THIS FOR DIESEL ORGANIC JEANS. WE STRUNG THE HANG TAGS WITH HEMP STRING.

** ELEPHANT POO PAPER. NEW TREE FREE LINE.

** WE SELL PLAIN, ECO-FRIENDLY PAPER IN 100% PCW WHITE, 20# IN CUT SIZES. 8.5 x 11, 8.5 x 14, 11 x 17, 8.5 x 11 3 HOLE PUNCH /p>

BROCHURES ONLINE. CLICK GO GREEN AT TOP LEFT

I now have JPEG, and PDF examples of some of these brochures, along with other environmental projects we have done, in "GO GREEN", at the top, left side of this home page. They will include Virtcom's World Diversity, CodeGreen Solutions, Re-Place, Calmac's Energy Storage system, Coca Cola, our own Green, Mini Brochure. etc.

On the left side of this page, near the top, under GO GREEN, is our award winning 28 plus cover brochure, LANDFILL. This brochure has hit a nerve that we as a country really need. It is about SECOND CHANCES, and about HOPE. We printed this brochure on our Indigo Press, using Mohawk Paper Companies new I-tone finish, 100% post-consumer waste recycled, Options PC 100 stock. We used 80# and 100# text, and 65#, 80#, 110# and 130# covers to show our clients the different weights and to show how well the I-Tone finish paper prints. You can read the 13 different 2nd chances online, above, by clicking the gold arrows. Have fun being inspired.

FOR OUR BEST SERVICE, JUST EMAIL GREG@GREGBARBERCO.COM.

We carry our 100% post-consumer waste/100% processed chlorine free papers in large size sheets, for our 6 color presses. If the orders are smaller, we either cut these master sheets to fit our smaller presses, or we stock the half and quarter size papers.

We feature 28 x 40, 20 x 26 and 14 x 20 5-8 color presses. We also feature several Igen3 Xerox Digital Presses.

We have die cutting, and mailing equipment on premise. This, plus a full bindery, make our turn around times exceptional.

We now have 1 to 1 Environmental Direct Mail, personalized to the data collected by our guerrilla marketing team, or supplied by our clients in their Excel Spread Sheet, analyzed by our data staff, and then we mail 100% PCW Recycled postcards to each recipient,with their own weblink included on our Direct Mail. This is called a PURL and stands for "Personalized URL". The response rates are 5 times greater than a normal mailing list.

In these tough economic times, Direct Mail does better than traditional advertising. Having Direct Mail be environmental and targeted to what the recipient likes, gives the ultimate client the exact knowledge of how their budget is doing.

We have one Fortune 500 company bring in a 46% response rate to one URL we did for them. The national average is less than 1%.

ESTIMATES:

For an estimate, go to our home page, which is in the top left corner of this page, at www.gregbarberco.com, and click Request Estimate. Most of the time, we will have your price back within 24 hours.

We feature 1-4 color printing on all of our environmental lines. If the estimate is a short run, 4 color job, we will quote you digitally and if it is larger, we will quote you on our offset or web equipment.

We also feature 1-2 color printing, using pantone colors, and we would quote those inquires, using soy based inks.

We print newsletters, letterheads, brochures, flyers, pocket folders, hang tags, invitations, envelopes, business cards,labels, bags, etc on our one color, up to 8 color presses.

Speaking of invitations, such as wedding invitations, we print the table cards, digitally, from supplied Excel Spread Sheets, that have all the names and tables listed.

Also brand new, is our 1 to 1 direct marketing. Our eSA partnership owns an exciting new software program called XMPIE. We can do magic with your data. We have one Fortune 500 Company, that got a 46% return on a mailing we did. It was so high, compared to the average under 1% return, that we had to stop the program for a bit, so they could catch up with the fulfillment.

You can change the pictures, the copy, the offer on every printing piece we mail. You can test a Latino market, a male or female market, etc.

You can lead the customer to the nearest store in their area, and we can still remain environmental with our paper and print processes.

ENVIRONMENTAL PRINT QUALITY:

Our 100% PCW recycled grades look and print as well as the low per centage, (30%) PCW lines, and also as well as the non recycled opaque lines. We have papers that match up well with the opaque, coated, writing, text and cover grades.

The soy based inks print as vividly as the 100% oil based inks, and the 100% non toxic toners in our digital printing are exceptional.

NUMBER 1 IN DIGITAL PRINTING

My digital print partner, eSA won best print job of the year two years running from the Xerox corporation.

Communication Arts Magazine honored Greg Barber Company as Environmental Printer of the Year, back in 1998, in their first Echo Kudo awards.

IS ENVIRONMENTAL PRINTING MORE EXPENSIVE?

No. It is not more expensive. Please read the following paragraphs.

We are asked that question a lot. Many young designers are afraid to switch their clients to environmental printing in fear of losing their clients to price.

You are not sacrificing quality to be more environmental, and you are not paying more to be environmental.

I will give you one example of saving a client money, and being environmental at the same time.

We quoted a client on printing 50M brochures that needed 5000 pounds of paper. The estimate called for a 96 brightness, 100% PCW 80# text and a matching 100# cover.

I asked the client if I could also quote on our 90 brightness, 100% PCW line. The answer was yes.

Our savings on the paper alone was over $7000.00. There is a difference in the brightness levels, but with any amount of ink coverage, that difference in brightness is not noticeable.

If the coverage is light, you still need to put the two grades we quoted, next to each other to see the difference.

The $7000.00 saving is a big number. The client chose to use our less expensive 100% post-consumer waste line, that is also 100% processed chlorine free.

I can personally tell you, this paper is comparable in price to most of the non recycled lines out there. We printed all the appropriate emblems, making our client look really good to their client.

MINI PRICE LIST

FOR FAST SERVICE: JUST EMAIL GREG@GREGBARBERCO.COM. WE USUALLY COME BACK TO YOU WITHIN 2- 4 HOURS. TAKE A LOOK AT OUR MOST POPULAR REQUESTS.

Quantity: 500

Item: Business Cards

Print: 4/4

Stock: 100% Post-Consumer Cover 100#

Price: $60.00 2-3 day service

Quantity: 1000

Item: Business Cards

Print: 4/4

Stock: 100# Enviro Cover

Price: $110.00 2-3 day service

POSTCARDS

Quantity: 250

Price: $115.00 7 Days

Quantity: 500

Price: $123.00 7 Days

GREETING CARDS: 10 x 7, scored to 5 x 7

Quantity: 250

Print: 4 Color

Stock: 100% Post-Consumer Cover

Price: $290.00 7 Days

Quantity: 500

Price: $315.00 7 Days

Quantity: 1000

Price: $450.00 7 Days

For Faster Delivery: Email greg@ecofriendlyprinter.com. Also, please visit our new website. http://www.ecofriendlyprinter.com I will eventually mege these two sites. As I mentioned earlier, the Greg Barber site, moves huge files in minutes, and serves as my production site. You can upload 100 meg files, and I get them in seconds. We are best known for printing rush work, enviromentally

We encourage the use of our Environmental Emblems. 100% Post Consumer Waste, 100% Processed Chlorine Free, Wind Energy, BioGas Energy (Energy from the Landfills), Soy Inks, 100% Non Toxic Toner, etc.

We can send them to you electronically.

The FSC emblem needs 1-2 days additional timing, as Smart Wood needs to check that we are an FSC plant, that the paper is FSC certified, and then my TBC plant can place the emblem where you want it. There are specific rules in the size and placement of their emblem that we must follow.

NATURAL COLORS IN 100% POST-CONSUMER OR TREE FREE

Our natural color papers in 100% PCW include Environment PC 100 natural, Beckett Concept, Astrolite PC 100, Evergreen, Protera, Options PC 100, and Genesis.

We have several tree Free Lines in Natural. One is Bamboo Tree Free. We stock this line in 80# text and 80# cover for our brochure work, as well as for business cards and postcards.

This line does not have specs in it. We usually print a tag line stating, printed on tree free Bamboo, with either soy ink or 100% non toxic toner, depending on which process my clients use.

We stock Sugar Cane in two shades of natural colors, in 80# cover, and this line has specs in it, making it look recycled.

We have the natural colors in 100# and 130# in several of our lines. Call Greg Barber on the pricing for these two weights, at 973 224 1132

BUSINESS CARDS: EXOTIC TREE FREE COLORS.

My Costa Rica Tree Free line is more Exotic. The paper is the color of the fruits they come from. Mango is orange, Lemon is yellow, Banana is a cream color, and Coffee is wild. It looks like 4 different brown colors on the front, and the back side is like a tint of the front. A lot going on, but really cool looking.

We usually print the Exotic Color business cards in 1 color or 4 color process.

We are pretty good at taking 2 PMS colors and printing them in CMYK to achieve the look you want. The paper is expensive, and we don't need much make ready, for digital printing, to get the jobs printed.

At almost $5.00 per pound, our cost, for the paper, we see mostly small orders, like business cards and postcards for these exotic colors.

Call me for the pricing.

LETTERHEADS: PRINTED ON 100% PCW 28#. CERTIFIED BY THE CHLORINE FREE PRODUCTS ASSOC.

QTY: 500 Print: 4/0 Price: $250.00 (50 cents each/includes paper)

QTY: 1000 Print: 4/0 Price: $450.00 (45 cents each)

ENVELOPES TO MATCH: #10-60#

QTY: 500 Print: 4/0 (No Bleeds) Price: $375.00

QTY: 1000

Print: 4/0 (No Bleeds) Price: $600.00

FLYERS: 8.5 x 11 Printed 4/4 on 80# text in 100% PCW or Tree Free Bamboo

QTY: 500

Price: $300.00 7 DAY

QTY: 500

PRICE: $450.00 1-2 DAY. After approved files.

QTY: 1000

Price: $390.00

QTY: 1000

PRICE: $540 1-2 Days. After approved files.

FIBERSTONE or TERRASKIN BUSINESS CARDS: Printed 2 colors

QTY: 1000 Price: $325.00 QTY: 2000 Price: $395.00

QUOTING, SAMPLE REQUESTS, AND ORDERS.

AT THE TOP OF THIS PAGE, you will see the icons to click for the following. REQUEST ESTIMATE, and PLACE A NEW ORDER. If you need our sample kit, click PLACE A NEW ORDER, and type in your billing and shippping address and credit card. Put an (X) in all the other data fields. Our sample kits include 6-8 swatch books and printed samples. We charge $25 for a delivered kit. We rebate this charge with any order to follow.

For estimates, click REQUEST ESTIMATE. Fill in all the print specs, including what type of files you are using. Micosoft Word files and Publisher are harder to work with, and cost more to produce than files done in Illustrator, Photo Shop, and InDesign, etc. OR JUST EMAIL GREG@GREGBARBERCO.COM for 4 HOUR REPLY

We usually have your quotes back to you within 4 hours, for the simple business cards, postcards and greeting cards Allow the following morning for more complicaated inquiries. Please, let us if you must have the price back faster.

SAMPLE KITS

WE WILL SEND IN 24-48 HOURS

For orders, click PLACE A NEW ORDER, and try to fill out all the data fields. Put an (X) in any field you are not sure of. We will be going over your specs with you by no later than the next morning. Most times, within 1 hour.

SENSATIONAL EDUCATIONAL GIFT: D.

We published a Children's Educational Book for promoting environmental thinking by Dave Street. This book has a medieval setting with Knights and Dragons having a debate on the merits of being environmental, ie: does it really matter if one person liters? The art is geared to kids, and the book rhymes, like a Dr. Seuss book. Dave's book is 48 pages plus cover, and we printed his book in 4 colors.

We did one version digitally to see how the schools liked his book, which they did, and we have now printed over 10,000 new books offset, using Soy Inks. Not bad for a brand new author!

I personally read the first PDF copy and couldn't put this book down, so it isn't just for kids.

I also watched Dave Street put on a show, at a nature school for kids, featuring his book, "How The land Of Liter Became The Kingdom Of Clean", and I watched in amazement, how much the kids loved his book, and how they asked such terrific questions at the end of his show.

One eleven year old child asked Dave, "what is recycled paper"? Another asked, "what does sustainability mean"? We need environmental thinking to start early, and we need to continue educating our youth always.

OUR DISCOUNT PRICE ON THIS POPULAR BOOK: 50% DISCOUNT.

$5.00 PER BOOK PLUS POSTAGE. GREAT HOLIDAY GIFT

WE CAN CUSTOMIZE THESE EDUCATIONAL BOOKS, MAKING THESE BOOKS LOOK LIKE YOUR BOOKS:

GREAT PROMOTIONAL GIFT FROM YOUR COMPANY. YOUR AD OR MESSAGE ON BOTH THE INSIDE FRONT AND INSIDE BACK COVER POSITIONS.

QUANTITY: 500 Price: $15.00 each.

QUANTITY: 1000 Price: $10.00 per book.

QUANTITY: 5000 Price: $5.00 per book.

WE CAN PERSONALIZE YOUR GIFT LIST:

Like all of the upscale, variable, digital work we do, you can have multiple ads in the cover positions. Maybe, 50 books get ad A, and the next 50 books get ad B, etc.

If you have 5000 names, we can print each copy on the Inside Front Cover, with their name and the message or ad you want run for each person.

I would need to quote the additional cost to personalize the cover positions, but it wouldn't be bad.

The covers we would run digitally, and the inside pages run offset, as we normally do. You can't tell the difference in the cover art, between our digital and offset runs.

I see this as a great environmental, promotional gift to give to your clients and friends. I also know corporations spend a lot more than $5.00 to give gifts.

Our Presses

The company I own or the companies I represent have presses from a small black & white digital press, up to large sheet fed presses in 4-8 colors, and we offer large web offset printing.

At our eSA digital plant, we feature the Xerox, Igen3 for larger run, digital printing. The Igen3 allows us to print up to 14.33 x 20.5 size sheets, with little restrictions on the type of paper and the weight of the paper. This press will print up to 6000 8.5 x 11 sheets per hour. The solids look great, and we can print from your uploaded files within hours of receiving your files, if necessary.

We now have BIODEGRADABLE BIOFLEX BANNERS and POSTERS WITH BIODEGRADABLE RECYCLED FOAM CORE, and can print the posters using vegetable based inks.

The banners print like a coated paper, and now replace the polyester and vinyl banners.

LIKE OLD TIMES, WE RUN A LOT OF 1 AND 2 COLORS PRINT JOBS

At my High Mountain plant, we feature business card, postcard and letterhead printing, in pantone colors, for 1-2 color offset printing.

Sandy Alexander and their digital plant, eSA Solutions, is known for their high end sheet and web printing, as well as high end 1 to 1 marketing and upscale brochures printed both offset or digital. They service fortune 500 accounts, and have both ISO and FSC certification.

GREEN MAP NEW YORK:

We are pleased to announce that we printed the New York Environmental Green Maps for Green Map, Inc. on our 100% post-consumer waste recycled, 60# Cascades Enviro text. This is a great example of multi color printing and good opacity and folding on an uncoated paper.

Many of our clients are changing to more environmental papers over coated sheets. The natural look is now in vogue.

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Digital Printing

Digital printing avoids film and chemicals used in the normal printing process and we use environmentally friendly inks that are 100% non toxic toner. I consider this process more environmental than when we print with soy inks on our offset presses. Soy ink is 14% soy based and 86% oil based. Our toners are 100% non toxic.

We now have in writing the environmental guarantee from the Xerox Corporation that the toners we use in the Igen3, are 100% non toxic. That means our toners are 7 times more environmental than soy inks. 14% non toxic for Soy Inks, versus 100% non toxic for our toners.

You can eat the toner and be fine. Don't try that with soy inks.

We also have this guarantee from Minolta/Konica for our smaller digital machine.

There are numerous other environmental attributes listed in their environmental statements that are pertinent to our environmental stance.

A FEW EXAMPLES OF OUR ENVIRONMENTAL PRINTING JOBS

We are known for our short run, cost conscious, environmental, digital printing, for educational training manuals, trade show printing, such as postcards and flyers, and brochures that are wire-o bound for client presentations, etc., usually printed in 8 pages up to 300 pages. We feature a full bindery on premise. You can have wire-o, perfect bound, saddle stitch, GBC, etc. Tab dividers, collating, fullfillment and mailing come with our package.

I consider our pricing inexpensive, especially if you are calling a printer, who does not own an Igen3 press.

Let me tell you about a few jobs we did that are common to my clients.

We printed 400 brochures for the UN, that were 64 pages plus cover, in 4 colors, size 8.5 x 11, that needed a delivery in 24 hours, and we did it. The price was under $8000.00. That was a steal. I delivered them myself, and listened to a diversity summit, that was terrific.

For a fashion show in NYC, run by Technion, we printed 400, 16 page brochures, size 5.5 x 8.5, printed 4 color on our enviro 80# text weight, that were needed in 24 hours.

For a Financial account, we printed 100 brochures, with 7 tab dividers, for 28 sheets, printed 1 side, and in 4 color, plus we film laminated the covers, which is not environmental, but sometimes needed, and bound with wire-o for approximately $2000.

We normally want 2-3 days for our printing, but we had no choice on these jobs. We charged some OT, but they were ecstactic to get the printing on time, and we were within their budget.

We feel most brochure jobs that have quantities between 10 and 500, are digital runs, no matter how many pages.

We print many larger runs on our 40 inch presses, but the plates and make readies don't kick in until you reach 1000 copies.

We check digital versus offset pricing on every inquiry we get. Sometimes my clients have no choice, due to timing. Digital dries instantly, and we can go to bindery immediately. The UN job and the fashion job had no time for waiting on offset inks to dry.

I hope you get the idea that we can help you on your next printing job(s). We will switch to offset, if we feel your job is too big for digital printing.

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Recycled Papers

One big advantage at all my plants is we stock 100% PCW/100% PCF recycled paper, recycled and chlorine free coated papers, and tree free papers, and we do not charge a penalty for small print orders. We also pass along our price savings on larger print orders, since we purchase the recycled papers and tree free papers in large volume discounts.

We are known for our 100% post-consumer waste recycled papers. We carry the following lines in writing, text and cover weights:

  • Cascades Eco Fiber
  • Cascades Enviro 100
  • Beckett Concept
  • Beckett Cambric Linen Finish
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Fox River's Genesis.

  • Mohawk's Options PC 100
  • Monadnock's Astrolite PC 100
  • Nennah's Environment PC 100
  • Neenah's Classic Crest, laid and linen.

NEW 100% PCW COPY PAPER: 40 CARTONS/PALLOT.

MY PAPER DIVISION, GRAPHIC PAPER, HAS A NEW 100% POST-CONSUMER/100% PROCESSED CHLORINE FREE PAPER CALLED GRAPHIC 100 COPY. IT COMES IN 8.5 x 11 20# and is packed 10 reams per carton. (5000/carton).

Please contact me for other sizes and weights.

40 Cartons: EMAIL GREG@GREGBARBERCO.COM FOR PRICES

FRENCH-CANADIAN EDITION OF HARRY POTTER GOES GREEN.

Gallimard Jeunesse, the childrens division of French-Canadian publisher Editions Gallimard, used 100 per cent post-consumer recycled paper for the first printing of the tome. Gallimard published the book on Environ 100, a post-consumer recycled sheet manufactured by Cascades Fine Paper Group in ST. Jerome, Quebec, north of Montreal.

TREE FREE PAPER:

  • Blended Hemp: 25% Hemp/75% PCW :Light Brown
  • Sugar Cane & PCW: Mesa White & Tortilla Cream
  • Bamboo & PCW 50/50: Natural & White
  • Yupo: White
  • TerraSkin: Made from Rock & Minerals. White
  • Banana: Cream with medium specs.
  • Coffee: Two tone Brown. Diff. on both sides
  • Mango: Orange with medium specs
  • Lemon: Yellow with medium specs

NOW AVAILABLE: TREE FREE BUSINESS CARDS & POSTCARDS, MADE FROM THE LEFT OVER PLANTS FROM MANGO, COFFEE, LEMON & BANANA PLANTS.

Mango is orange, Banana is cream with black specs, Lemon is yellow, and the Coffee is several tones of brown and a two sided sheet.

Because the paper is colorful and exotic, you can print 1 color and look good.

TREE FREE PRINTED PRICE LIST:

BUSINESS CARDS:

Quantity: 1000 (Total Cards) Print: 1-4 colors CMYK Stock: Mango, Lemon, Banana, and Coffee Tree Free Cover. Price: $175.00

Quantity: 2000 (Total Cards) Price: $275.00

Total Cards: you can have up to 10 different names that total 2000 cards for the above price. That would mean, 200 cards each times 10 names. Or, try 500 cards, each of 4 names.

Email greg@gregbarberco.com for pricing.

TREE FREE NEW ITEM: TERRASKIN.

TerraSkin is water proof, tear resistant, looks like a dull coated sheet and prints like a coated paper. It is very strong. We printed 60M inserts that were inserted into the May/June How Magazine, and the printing was great, and the perf we did, was spectacular. It perfed so cleanly, I was totally amazed.

This sheet competes favorably with the synthetic market, and is about half the price.

Normal brochures, flyers, and covers to books, where the added strength is needed, make TerraSkin a winner, in both the synthetic market and the upscale corporate market. Besides being tear resistant, TerraSkin is waterproof, but feels and looks like a velvet coated stock. My clients love the feel of this new grade.

We recommend using TerraSkin for high end shopping bags, brochures, flyers, magazine inserts, business cards, waterproof pressure sensitive labels and any project needing strength.

I just printed my own business cards in 2 colors on the 16 PT thickness.

If you want TerraSkin business cards....

QTY: 1000 Print: 2 Color Price: $395.00

QTY: 2000 Print: 2 Color Price: $475.00

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NEW ITEM: We are Pleased to Announce TerraSkinTM.

TerraSkin, made from rock and minerals, is a tree-free, chlorine free, paper, which will bio degrade back into it's source, the powder of stone, if exposed to ultra violet rays and moisture for 6-9 months. It is possible that in a landfill, this used paper could change back to stone.

We realize the paper business is a big culprit in deforestation, and we think that sometimes a tree free paper is a better option.

TerraSkin has incredible printing capabilities, while using 20-30% less ink. We print only with environmentally friendly inks on this grade as well as our other lines.

TerraSkin can be used to replace tyvek type orders, as this grade is hard to rip and is waterproof, and prints like a coated sheet of paper. Upscale shopping bags, printed sharply in 4 colors, and needing that extra strength and durability make this a grade one you will want to price out, versus the grades presently being used for durable print projects.

I personally think if you need pressure sensitive labels that are waterproof, this grade is a strong possibility. You can say it is tree free, chlorine free, and although it is more money, it may last long enough to justify switching to this paper.

Literature that comes in contact with water is a good choice for TerraSkin. Flyers, brochures, business cards, etc. are some of the projects we have printed so far.

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Chlorine-Free Papers

SAVE OIL/SAVE ELECTRICITY/ SAVE WATER/SAVE OUR ENVIRONMENT

A PULP MILL USING CHLORINE DIOXIDE USES 35-40,000 GALLONS OF WATER PER TON OF PULP.

IT IS ESTIMATED THAT A SINGLE SHEET OF 8.5 x 11 INCH PAPER BLEACHED WITH CHLORINE CHEMISTRY REQUIRES MORE THAN 13 OZ OF WATER.

SHEETS BLEACHED PROCESSED CHLORINE FREE, USE LESS THAN 2 OZ OF WATER.

I have pushed 100% post-consumer waste paper since 1990 to protect our over crowded landfills, and our incinerator plants. Now we need to think of our water and global warming issues as well.

Using our 100% PCW lines, does both. I have both issues covered, and we have Third Party Certificates of Authenticity, from the Chlorine Free Products Association, to back up our claims.

We have 100% post-consumer waste papers that are 100% processed chlorine free in 20# and 24#, all the text weights, and in matching cover weights from 50#-130#.

The Chlorine Free Products Association, (CFPA) has certified Cascades Enviro, Inspiration Eco Fiber, and Neenah's Environment PC 100 for being 100% Processed Chlorine Free and 100% Post-Consumer Waste Recycled. Also, they are FSC.

Our 100% post-consumer grades are available in the following sheet sizes and weights:

Sheet Sizes

  • Text Weights: 23 x 35 and 25 x 38
  • Cover Weights: 23 x 35 and 26 x 40
  • Light Weights: 8.5 x 11 and 11 x 17
  • Web Rolls: We stock the most popular sizes in web rolls for book publishing and large brochure work. We also can rewind and make special web size rolls.

Weights

Text Weights: 50#, 55#, 60#, 70# and 80#

Cover: 80# and 100# in white and natural, (light ivory) color

Cost & Availablity

We offer Cascades Enviro at a price point that is less expensive than the popular, non recycled opaque grades such as Finch and Cougar Opaque, and is competive in pricing to the 30% PCW lines, and is a "substantial savings" over the other 100% PCW lines on the market.

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Certified Environmental Emblems

We can print the certified environmental emblems from the Chlorine Free Products Association, on your jobs, to substantiate those environmental claims. These claims include 100% Post-Consumer Waste content, 100% Processed Chlorine Free Bleaching, and FSC certification. The Cascades lines, Enviro, Inspiration, and Environment PC 100 have this worthy certification and several other mills are considering the certification process.

We use Cascades Enviro in the 28# weight, and Eco Fibre in the natural colors in 24# or 28# to print letterheads with the certified emblem as a watermark, in any size and in any position you desire. We have no minimum quantity on this watermark system, and we would register your emblem with the CFPA.

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Tree Free Papers

To my die-hard tree free advocates that are disappointed that many tree free lines have been discontinued, I want to inform you that the Rainforest Alliance considers 100% post-consumer waste a suitable second generation tree free paper, as there are no new trees used. Only all post-consumer waste is re-used. As we handle five major 100% post-consumer waste paper lines, please consider this viable alternatve.

We do stock Hemp, Bamboo, Sugar Cane, Mango, Banana, Coffee, and Lemon Tree Free papers. As availability is sometimes a problem, check with us before designing your next tree free project.

Weights

  • Writing & Text Weights: 20/50#, 24/60#, 28/70#, 32/80#, 100
  • Cover: 80#, 100#, 130# in 100% PCW lines
  • Matching Envelopes: 4.25 x 9.5, and all the invitation sizes
  • Colors: White, natural, beige, tan, green, light gray, and blue
  • Many of these items are certified by the CFPA for our environmental claims.

Sample Paper Kits

If you want our fully packed sample kit, our kits sell for $25.00 delivered, and we "rebate" this price with your first order.

If you want a swatch book and a few samples, that sample request is free.

Our fully packed kits include our Tree Free Lines, which include Mango, Banana, Coffee, Lemon, Sugar Cane, Bamboo and our Rock papers. Rock paper is made from Limestone and Calcium Carbonate. There is no water used in making the rock papers, and they look like a dull caoted paper and print like a coated paper.

We have printed samples of our uncoated and coated recycled and tree free lines, and swatch books so you can feel and see the different weights, colors and sizes that these environmental lines come in.

p>We also offer MAILING SERVICES. If you supply your names on an Excel Spread sheet, we can print those names while we are printing the postcards, as we have variable print capabilities. This would save time and money and freight charges to a mailing house.

You could even alter each postcard. We have done this successfully for clothing stores that feature different color suits on their personalized postcards to their clients, and car dealerships showing different color cars.

Maybe, the client bought a yellow shirt last time, and the store has a sale on a brown suit. They want to show a brown suit. The next client bought a gray shirt last time, and the store wants to show a blue suit this time.

For approximately $200, we could run all the cards tailored to the tastes of your clients. Try 10 different sets of cards.

TRI-FOLD BROCHURES

EMAIL GREG@GREGBARBERCO.COM FOR 4 HOUR PRICING

Additionally, we can imprint your mailing list, while we are printing the tri-fold brochures, in one press run.

YOU NEED TO CONSIDER YOUR MAILING COSTS AS PART OF THE TOTAL EXPENDITURE. We can address, add the indicia, and the postage, and mail for you in one motion. You will save money.

FLYERS

4 color two sides on either the 100% PCW/100% PCF uncoated or our recycled and chlorine free 100# coated text.

500: $300.00 For 7 DAY PRICING. $450 FOR 1-2 DAY.

1,000: $445.00 FOR 7 DAY PRICING. $595 FOR RUSH PRINTING

PAPER

100% POST-CONSUMER/100% PROCESSED CHLORINE FREE

QTY: 500 letterheads Print: 4 color Price: $250.00

QTY: 500 matching envelopes Print: 4 color Price: $375.00 (no bleeds)

Qty: 1000 letterheads

Print: 4 color Price: $425.00

Qty: 1000 matching envelopes Print: 4 color Price: $600.00 (no bleeds)

You can choose your paper.

We offer white, light gray, medium gray, light blue, cream, beige, and tan in our 100% PCW lines, and Bamboo/PCW in white and natural.

...and we feature bright color papers from Mango Orange (Mango Plant), Lemon Yellow (Lemon Plant), Banana Cream (Banana Plant), and our two toned, Coffee Brown, from our (Coffee Plants).

Laser Guaranteed Inks

Besides the speed of our deliveries and the environmental benefits, one more "extremely critical" benefit of our stationary printing is that our toners are organic and "Laser Guaranteed."

We print our short run digitally and most digital printers will not guarantee that when you imprint your message on their letterheads, the toners will not run.

Our toners are set and are not affected by heat. The toners we use on our #2 machine are also 100% non toxic.

If you are uploading files for us to see for accurate pricing, click Send A File. Type in the quantity, size, color of inks, etc in the window box.

Preparing Your Files

My clients ask me what files to send, and we can work with almost anything you have, as long as you can also send us a HI RES PDF. We can see what your native files look like by comparing them to your PDF. We find PDFs also help us in accurately pricing your jobs. We support the following programs:

  • Adobe InDesign
  • Adobe Illustrator
  • Adobe PhotoShop
  • Microsoft Publisher
  • Microsoft Word
  • QuarkXpress
Digital Jobs

• I usually encourage my clients to run digital on orders up to 500 to 1000 sheets per form, on our maximum sheet size 14 x 20, and after 1000 sheets, I then start figuring your prices on our larger sheet fed presses. On 1 and 2 color work, I generally just figure our offset presses.

• We run most 4 color business card orders digitally. Even 2 colors jobs converted to CMYK and ,if necessary, color corrected in photo shop, can be printed at lower prices than on our 2 color offset presses. That assumes we can match the pantone colors chosen. Sometimes we can.

We are able to print 24 lots of business cards on our 13 x 20 sheet size. If you have 4 names to print, at 500 cards per name, that means we need to print only approximately 85 sheets through our press.

Our prices for business cards are low, when you have larger runs, and a lot of names to print. Also, if you can combine business cards with postcards, using the same paper, I can put them together for a substantial savings.

• For flyers and light weight brochures, we specialize in running them on 100% post-consumer recycled papers, coated recycled paper, denim blue jean reclaimed cotton, and blended tree free papers using Kenaf and Hemp. Many of these grades are chlorine free.

• For those clients that need matte, dull or gloss coated, we stock all weights and finishes. Our lines are recycled and many are chlorine free.

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Variable Data Mailings

We also feature environmental printing for items such as wedding invitations, fund raisers, and personalized, direct mail.

We can take your data base and tailor your mailings, as finite as you need. Studies show that variable mailings can produce 5 times better results for a modest set up fee of your variable commands.

If you know 100 clients bought x product, we can personalize the text and the pictures to seeing if they are interested in purchasing your products again, while a different set of copy, pictures and names could be tailored to another group, who you know bought a different product line.

We can set this up and run as many variables as you desire. Our Igen3 press is becoming the #1 digital press on the market today. Our quality is terrific. You can't tell the difference between conventional offset printing and our digital printing. I offer both, and I can't believe the advances in our digital presses.

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Graphic Design Services Available

If you need help with your files, we charge $50 per hour. We can design from your faxed copy and emailed pictures, or we can correct your files and make new hi res PDF's for your approval.

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Articles

I have written a few articles that I have below that are educational. ie: What Is Recycled Paper, or Trust Me Is Not Good Enough, etc. Click, go to archives to the far right of Hot Off The Press, if my articles have been archived.

Awards

My firms have won Best Printing Awards from several magazines that include Design Graphics, How Magazine, and Communication Arts for jobs printed on Tree Free Reclaimed Denim Blue Jeans, and for jobs printed on our 100% Post-Consumer Waste Recycled/100% Processed Chlorine Free lines. We also won BEST ENVIRONMENTAL PRINTER from Communication Arts in 1998.

FAQs

I also have a lot of your potential questions answered in the FAQ section. If you need to find my FAQ section, it is to your left near the bottom, under GO TO. Click GO TO and then FAQ, and you will be linked.

Some of our satisfied accounts for plain paper include the NRDC, Feed LLC, The US Fish & Wildlife, The USEPA, The United Nations, The Nathan Cummings Foundation, Earth Pledge, Columbia University, Cornell, Citra-Solv, Green Maps, etc.

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I look forward to working with you. I prefer being emailed, and I usually respond within 1-4 hours. My cell # is 973 224 1132.

We are pleased to announce that we have named Anthony Rios to head our Latino Sales Division. Please let us know if you need Anthony for bi-lingual design.

Contact Info:

Greg Barber Company 776 Hudson Avenue Secaucus, NJ 07094

973 224 1132 greg@gregbarberco.com

Sincerely,

Greg Barber President 973 224 1132 Cell greg@gregbarberco.com

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