AbilitiesUtilize Color Direct to our greatest potential

Creativity

Go large-format with variable data. The incredible benefits of template-based versioning are now available in wide format with Color Direct. We work with artists to adapt their art into base templates with variable imagery and text. Ask us about our success with providing cultural and regional relevance in graphics programs. Our software takes your art and a spreadsheet and produces limitless versions. Streamline your own fulfillment procedures or make your brand available to your stakeholders in a carefully crafted online storefront.

Experience boundary-free finishing! Our digital routers can cut any shape from any substrate to which we can print. Given the nature of digital imaging, that’s a broad statement! Go beyond rectangles and be creative with your dielines…we can handle it.

Our fulfillment finishes the last mile strong. Products we produce with our rigorous quality standards are worth preserving. We protect that investment with custom boxes fitted to your product, crush-proof packaging when needed, and careful crating. It’s part of the way we go the extra mile for exceptional service.

Equipment

Every size job is the right size. Digital is already known for its value in low-quantity work such as prototypes. What you may not know is that modern technology has made digital imaging a great option for regional-size runs in the hundreds of parts and national or global jobs in the tens of thousands of parts and more. What you already love about digital imagery—great quality and zero make-ready—now applies to jobs of all sizes!

Fulfillment from single point to any destination worldwide—inline, quality controlled, and without missing a beat. Color Direct can carefully package and ship your project to any destination on the globe. Our digital storefront makes a streamlined program of complex shipping and exporting logistics. When we say you can trust our experience, we mean it. One satisfied client has us ship to 82 countries. Ready to think outside the box? We deliver automated variable data so anyone from graphics departments to end users can create specialized imagery by region or by program. With on-screen proofs and direct to press capability for over 40 languages, the possibilities for cultural relevance and geographic specificity are limitless.

We reinvest because yesterday’s technology isn’t enough. In this age, we can’t deliver value from behind the curve. Delivering great solutions with new technology is what we do best. Our history proves that our clients benefit from this. State-of-the-art equipment, eyebrow-raising software, and an extremely competent staff means we can deliver “amazing” when it matters for you.

Materials

A little genius and a lot of experience is what it takes to make your dream a reality. Our customer service representatives are wizards with material constructions. Have “creative block?” Sometimes the best medicine is a conversation with one of our specialists. We’ll research applications, combine materials, or work directly with manufacturers until we have the right solution for your needs. Great vendor relationships augment our ability to find or create what you’re looking for.

Color Direct stocks hundreds of materials. That’s what it takes to be reactive and deliver fast turnaround in an incredibly fast-paced environment. Our house stocks cover everything from the basics—plastic, foam, cardstocks, corrugates—to dozens of specialized print media for your next interesting project.

Expand your options with digital printing directly to acrylic! If you’ve heard that digital can’t handle acrylic, you need to talk to us. Our equipment opens the door to acrylic applications of all kinds, allowing the cost effectiveness of this unique substrate to bring exciting constructions back into play.

Environmental burnouts, relax: we make green make sense. We’ll help you cut through the greenwashing hype and find solutions that aren’t just earth-friendly on paper. When you need materials that are 100% recyclable, made from energy-efficient production methods, which reduce waste and help lower logistics costs and related emissions, we know the products that actually deliver and make a difference. Ask us about ReBoard®, an exciting product creating new possibilities and giving wings to creative minds everywhere, all while demonstrating remarkable environmental responsibility.