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God Made a Printer

Posted on February 6, 2013 by travis 2 Comments

God Made a Printer was produced in response to Dodge Ram’s Super Bowl Commercial; God Made a Farmer. Paul Harvey’s classic voice, poetry, and delivery were all Dodge needed to earn a top 3 billing this year.

Watch Ram Trucks “Farmer” here

The commercial was so powerful that everyone who knew a farmer reached out and thanked them as quickly as they could. After our personal phone calls to said farmers, my wife then thanked me for being a printer. Figured a video would best represent who we are as Printers.

Watch “God Made a Printer” here:

Thank you to the Farmer, and thank you to the Printer.

Travis Stein
Principal Partner
The Odee Company; est. 1923
travis@odeecompany.com
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Christmas at The Dallas Arboretum

Posted on December 12, 2012 by travis Leave a comment

The weather is finally here. Bet you didn’t know Frosty the Snowman was too…triple dog dare you that you didn’t know who was behind the antics of this Frosty???

Click on the link below for details about Christmas at The Dallas Arboretum.

http://travisodee.wordpress.com/2010/11/17/the-dallas-arboretum-christmas/

We’ll see you this weekend!!

Travis Stein
Principal Partner
The Odee Company; est. 1923
travis@odeecompany.com

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Black and White Printing by The Odee Company

Posted on September 26, 2012 by travis Leave a comment

Yep, it still exists. The 2 Xerox Docutechs which The Odee Company owns* are still up and running black and white copies or prints daily. Stop by anytime, I bet at least one is running. If not I’ll give you a hat.

What is a Docutech? The Odee Company’s Xerox Docutechs are both Xerox Docutech 135 models. They can print a maximum sheet size of 11×17 without bleeds at up to 8000 per hour in black and white. Print On Demand or On Demand Printing at it’s finest.

Who prints using Docutechs in Dallas? Financial Institutes print using Xerox Docutechs. Publishing companies. Many training facilities send their black and white training manuals to The Odee Company for printing. Human Resource departments rely on Xerox Docutechs to keep all of their black and white forms and documents in line. And lastly, schools love the black and white prints for their workbooks, forms, mailers, and applications.

Do you only print black and white copies? The Xerox Docutech prints black only. We then dress the manuals or workbooks up by printing a color cover on our Digital Press HP3050 or depending on quantity one of our offset presses.

What additional questions might you have on Black and White prints in Dallas, TX?

Here to help,
Travis
travis@odeecompany.com

*owns: Just another reminder that all equipment is paid for. The Odee Company is a debt-free printer in Dallas, TX.

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Business Page “Likes” on Facebook

Posted on June 7, 2012 by travis 2 Comments

Back in February we discussed our success in business page “likes” on The Odee Company’s Facebook page. Here’s where I interrupt myself, and thank you for your support and following of our page. A couple questions for you below:

1- What would you like to see more or less of in our posts?
2- What is your company page name so we can follow you?

Happy Facebooking!

Travis Stein
Principal Partner
The Odee Company; est. 1923
travis@odeecompany.com

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2012 D.C. Stipp Golf Tournament

Posted on May 11, 2012 by travis Leave a comment

This past Friday a notable Dallas Printer and Promotional Product Distributor sponsored Hole #15 @ Firewheel Golf Course during the 2012 D.C. Stipp Golf Tournamnet put on by the DSVC. That notable Dallas Printer and Promotional Product Distributor was…yep, The Odee Company.

We had a blast meeting the players, entertainers, copperheads, and rat snakes. As promised, a few pictures are below. Feel free to click and save. If you’d like a print out let us know and we’ll run a nice print from our Digital HP over to you.

: Great guys

: Rah Rah TCU

: Golf shots

: Started the tournament off strong

: Nice group

: Tee shot was wide left, but he did have a baby boy soon after. Congrats

: Probably the eventual winners due to on green confrontation

: Golfers

: Good Guys

: Steve Holland and Sarah Holland

: Travis Stein and Steve Holland

: Brilliant

: Sarah Holland

: Smell the whiskey burning down Copperhead Road

: No match for Steve in 1st ever TeeBox Games

: Rat Snake

: Fun crew

: Most Athletic Group Award…even with one man down

: Won Nicest Group Award…congratulations

See you all next year…maybe we should up the incentive for the hole in 1…cruise just wasn’t enough motivation apparently. Lifetime supply of Koozies???

Travis Stein
Principal Partner
The Odee Company; est. 1923
travis@odeecompany.com

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Print Industry: The Video

Posted on February 3, 2012 by travis Leave a comment

Well, “the video” from The Odee Company’s viewpoint. This video contains the following:

-Prepress prepping PrintReady Files
-2nd Pressmen loading paper and plates
-1st pressmen registering colors and keeping the inks at density
-Dallas Print Salesmen bringing in quality work
-In-house sales bringing in print work from all across the nation
-Promotional orders being placed in our Dallas office
-Print Fulfillment being fulfilled
-In-house Bindery putting the final touches on these projects

Now, to the “Print Industry’s” Video:

Travis Stein
Principal Partner
The Odee Company; est. 1923
travis@odeecompany.com

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6 Helpful Print Design Sites or Blogs

Posted on October 27, 2011 by steve Leave a comment

Sometimes your stuck. Maybe you have a creative mind block or you can’t figure out something you want to do on a design. Maybe you are beginning in design and looking for training. Tips, Inspirations, Ideas and other factors lead you to search for good sites about print design on the internet. I thought I would give you some of my favorites from The Odee Company. We are a commercial printing company located in Dallas, Tx but with a fairly large web presence we do run across other sites we like to bookmark on our printing industry. Here are 6 great sites with brief descriptions of each.

www.printdesignplanet.com This site gives you the ability to have designers quote on your project. Gives you brief descriptions of designers and some track record of them. If you are not a designer but need something designed and don’t know anyone this might be a good place to go.
www.smashingmagazine.com Love this site! Has all kinds of articles on the industry and will give you tips, how to and examples such as typeface use and other things.
1st Web Designer This site gives you tutorials on how to get print ready. Also, has freebies and inspiration works for you to view.
Wikipedia This goes directly to the definition of graphic design, the history and what all it entails. Great for background on several parts of graphic design.
Lynda.com This site has hours and hours of tutorials and how to videos. You pay $25/month with no commitment and you can get as educated as you want. Don’t have much money? Spend $25 and you can go through 20-30 classes in one month.
Youthedesigner This site has a nice blog, gives you tips, has tutorials, and inspirations from posted work for ideas.

These sites whether you are a beginner or a true professional need to be checked out and bookmarked and while you are at it bookmark our website as well. The Odee Company is a commercial printer that does both offset and digital printing and is both FSC & SFI cerified green printer. Our blog has articles and videos to educate you on many of the processes we do. Articles like these:

8 Easy Ways To Save Money on Print!

How to Find the Right Printing Company!

Top Ten Green Printing Practices

Written by Steve Holland

Photo Credit: ir0cko on flickr