Bob Tursack

Printer, Photographer, Printmaker, lover of Art, champion of the Artist

[Bob Tursack @BTursack]

Happy New Year! It's a time for new beginnings. Turn off the news, keep your head up, and focus on working hard and smart. Succeed doing the right things. And, get a dog!
#leica #printing #newbeginings

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Brilliant: PRODUCT
Our Holiday Card celebrating the New Year was a combo of 3 Neenah papers mounted together to create a rigid card, mailed in a matching envelope w deckled edge on the flap. Foil stamping on the frontispiece, a black cover stock middle, #letterpress-printed poem.

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brilliant: PROCESS
The vast majority of photo files coming to Brilliant go through an individualized optimization process. EACH image is reviewed, and is checked for proper profiling, levels adjustments, gray balance and overall clarity. #PRINTING #brilliantgraphics #photography

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brilliant: PEOPLE
Angie Conklin started working with us at our first company in 1991! Beginning in the typesetting and composition department, Angie moved to pre-flighting files with the advent of desktop publishing. Yep, Angie was there for the Mac revolution! #projectmanagement

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brilliant: PROCESS
When we think there might be a better way, we do everything we can to improve what we do. And not just “improve,” but “make it new.” We’re looking at the way we– and most printers– estimate jobs. There has to be a better way, and we are on a mission to find it.

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brilliant: PROCESS
When we think there might be a better way, we do everything we can to improve what we do. And not just “improve,” but “make it new.” We’re looking at the way we– and most printers– estimate jobs. There has to be a better way, and we are on a mission to find it.

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brilliant: PEOPLE
Rob oversees our prep operation. With Rob’s help, prep has evolved from a stand-alone dep’t to a force integrated w customer service, engineering, estimating and sales. When not working on behalf of Brilliant’s customers, Rob runs marathons and is a woodworker.

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brilliant: PRODUCT
How can we make a magazine transcend itself when placed on a table with others? We use simple tools to add a tactile, visual point of differentiation. This piece has a spot, raised UV on all the #graphic lines and words on the front cover over a matte coating.

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brilliant: PROCESS
This dust jacket, for Mark Seliger’s latest book, was on press this morning. On #press, we all decided the font was too slight for the application. So, we put a .25 stroke on the type. MUCH better.

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brilliant: PEOPLE
Zach Cantlin is a folder operator here at Brilliant. He is one of the steadiest and most consistent folks we’ve ever worked with in our bindery. (In fact, we have the best bindery crew in our 62 total years!)#brilliantgraphics #bindery #printing @BrilliantGrafix

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brilliant: STUDIO
We are beyond privileged to be working with Mark Seliger’s Studio in the production of a new venture offered by Mark Seliger. Check out B Side Editions on https://t.co/jYSAwAOSKy.
#photography @BrilliantGrafix #celebrityphotography #MarkSeliger #fineartprinting

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brilliant: PRODUCT
Here’s a cookbook for the Union League of Phila, PA designed by Bob Warkulwiz Design Assocs featuring wire binding “hidden” by the front cover + spine, allowing the book to lay flat. A more refined look. And die-cut recipe cards, micro-perfed for easy removal.

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brilliant: PROCESS
Recently, we received very nice notes about the quality of our #packaging. It’s all in the details, and our process looks at things like packaging as important as what is coming off the #press. #fineprinting #packagingdesign #printing @BrilliantGrafix

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brilliant: #PEOPLE
“Susan and I met over the phone, in a tense discussion about an image being straight– or not– on a project we were doing for her agency. She won. That phone call in 1982 turned into a 39-year working relationship… and counting!” -Bob Tursack, CEO #PRINTING

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brilliant: PRODUCT
Need something different? Dream it up, and we will #prototype it with you and help make it real. This pack of #inspiration cards comes with a #custom box, sleeve, pull ribbon, and 50-card deck with round cornering and edge painted in a precision brand color.

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brilliant: PROCESS
When specifying #materials for a project, #paper is a huge decision. It has significant affect on the way an image renders and text reads. When there is question on the most effective paper to use, we ask for two telling images and proof them on various papers.

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brilliant: STUDIO
We just installed a new Epson 20000 printer. This 60” printer works in tandem with a new Epson 9570 and Canon PRO 6100 #printers. Each machine offers unique advantages for the differing types of archival prints produced for #photographers and #painters.

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brilliant: PRODUCT
Simple, clean, 6pg folded brochure. CMYK + Spot Gloss Varnish, run in-line. Images printed in 400 line hybrid screening. 120# cover paper. Fast, accurate and economical. Precision color matches no problem with the correct profiles. We♥️#print.@BrilliantGrafix

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brilliant: PROCESS
We have a number of serious #painters, #photographers and #designers on staff. Many of us are also serious collectors of art and #photography books. So, when we have the opportunity to help someone jury their work for a project, we take it as a privilege.