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We’ve launched our new web storefront – – Display Impact. Everything you’ll need to “Brand Big” at your next Event or Trade Show.
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Announcing Impact Color’s new location: 503 W. Wrightwood Ave, Elmhurst.
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Impact Color participated in the Elmhurst Park District’s 9th annual kick-off event at Wilder Park Formal Gardens on Saturday April 26th.
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Impact Color was recently chosen to print and install a grand-format building wrap to commemorate Advocate Lutheran General Medical Center’s receiving the Truven Health Analytics’ 100 Top Hospitals®. This prestigious recognition highlight’s those leading the way in providing high-quality patient outcomes.
We printed the window cling on a HP L26500 Latex Printer on window perf vinyl media. Installation was performed over a two day period. Final wrap size was 35 feet wide and almost 12 stories tall. For a full slide show of the installation please go to our Portfolio page.
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Impact Color LLC has completed the Hewlett Packard ecoSolutions training and is now certified as a HP ecoSolutions Trained Printing Company. By completing the HP Latex University training, Impact Color LLC joins an elite list of U.S. and international companies that take a leadership role in producing large-format graphics that are friendly to the environment.
“We installed the HP L-26500 Latex Printer in response to customers who were looking for large-format graphics that have green-friendly, best-in-class image quality”, according to John Schleich, President of Impact Color. “Clients love the quality coming off of our Latex printer, and the prints don’t have …
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Vehicle wraps allow your business to be on display all the time. People notice words and pictures on
vehicles, which makes your car or truck a mobile billboard. Wraps are your opportunity to reach
potential clients that you may not have been able to before.
Vehicle wraps allow you to customize what people see and learn about your business. New technology
allows for astonishing colors and graphics that look like they are part of the overall paint scheme of the
vehicle.
There is also some serious bang for the buck with mobile advertising. The Traffic Audit Bureau (TAB)
conducted a study in the Chicago area and found …
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Trade shows allow you to bring your product or service to the public. During a single event, thousands of people can learn about you and your business. Yet not everyone who attends a trade show will stop at every booth. The key is to draw them in and make them want to be sure to visit your booth. The eyes are usually the first sense that people use at trade shows, so making your booth stand out from the competitors is the first advantage you have.
This kind of edge will make your booth – and business – memorable. People attend …
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Here at Impact Color some of our guiding principles are to provide exceptional quality large-format graphics and printing solutions that are friendly to the environment. Our recently purchased Hewlett Packard L26500 Latex Printer does both.
This large-format printer can print up to 61” wide using eco-friendly latex inks from Hewlett Packard. What are latex inks? They are pigmented, water-based inks designed for commercial printing applications employing an innovative polymer “latex” technology.
Traditionally, commercial print service providers have used petroleum-based solvent inks to produce graphics that can be displayed for long periods of time. These solvent print systems produce environmentally damaging Volatile Organic …
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These six web sites have been recommended by Impact Color clients & staff as their favorite “go to” sites for great design-related tools and ideas.
Before&After (www.bamagazine.com)
Before & After magazine has been sharing its practical approach to design for more than twenty years. Their web site is filled with ideas for the experienced graphic designer as well as those new to the world of design. Before & After is dedicated to making graphic design understandable, useful and even fun for everyone.
Renourish (www.re-nourish.com)
Re-nourish is an online tool advocating awareness and action for sustainable thinking in the design community. Re-nourish aims to help …
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Impact Color LLC Cuts Ribbon on New Office
Impact Color LLC celebrated the grand opening of our new facility with a ribbon-cutting ceremony with the Elmhurst Chamber of Commerce. Participants in the ceremony included John Schleich, Impact Color President; Bob Trimble, Impact Color Manager; John Quigley, Elmhurst Chamber President & CEO; as well as others from the staff of Impact Color and the Elmhurst Chamber.
“We launched Impact Color to serve the visual marketing needs of ad agencies, hospital media & marketing, graphic designers, trade show companies, as well as the print marketing needs of small to large-size firms. We filled our …
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