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Rush American Printing, Inc. is a complete manufacturer of all your printing needs.


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  • Envelopes
  • Letterheads
  • Business Cards
  • Appointment Cards
  • Brochures

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  • Postcards
  • Newsletters
  • Flyers
  • Carbonless Forms

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  • Booklets
  • Tickets and Coupons
  • Labels
  • Invitations

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  • Receipt Books
  • Invoices
  • Black and White Copies
  • Color Copies


All Printing Products Are Made Feasible By Our Pre-Press, Printing, and Bindery Departments.


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PRE-PRESS DEPARTMENT

  • Artwork Design and Layout
  • Web Ordering System
  • Electronic Proofs

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PRINTING DEPARTMENT

  • 1 to 4 Spot Colors
  • Full-Color Process
  • Color Copies
  • Black and White Copies


   

BINDERY DEPARTMENT

  • Cutting
  • Folding
  • Scoring
  • Numbering
  • Die Cutting
  • Embossing

  • Foil Stamping
  • Laminating
  • Round Corners
  • Perforation
  • Hole Punching
  • Padding

  • Collating
  • Stitching
  • Inserting
  • Perfect Binding
  • 2-Wire Binding
  • Shrink Wrapping


We are a one-stop print shop that can facilitate all of your printing needs.


PRINTING TERMINOLOGY

Binding

Process that starts after order has been printed. This process includes cutting, trimming, folding, collating, stitching, numbering, punching, padding, perforating, laminating and inserting.

Bleed

Printing that extends to the edge of a sheet or page after trimming.

Die

Metal rule used to cut an image on paper in the finishing process.

Die Cut

 To cut irregular shapes in paper or paperboard using a die.

Dot Per Inch (DPI)

The number of dots that fit horizontally and vertically into a one- inch measure. Generally, the more dots per inch, the more detail is captured, and the sharper the resulting image.

Emboss

To press an image into paper so it lies above the surface.

Finish Size

Size of product after folding and trimming.

Flat Size

Size of product after printing and trimming, but before folding, as compared to finished size.

Flood

To cover a printed page with ink.

Foil Emboss

To foil stamp and emboss an image.

Foil Stamping

Method of printing that releases foil from its backing when stamped with the heated die.

Folding

Common types of folding: half, tri -fold, Z fold, accordion fold, gate fold and double gate fold.

Four Color Process Printing (CMYK)

Technique of printing that uses cyan, magenta, yellow and black to simulate full-color images.

Over/Under Run

Production of more or fewer copies than ordered. Printing trade terms allow for plus or minus 10% to represent a completed order.

Parent Sheet

Any sheet larger than 11” x 17”.

Perforating

Taking place on a press or a bindery machine, creating a line of small dotted wholes for the purpose of tearing-off a part of a printed matter (usually straight lines, vertical or horizontal).

Pantone Matching System (PMS)

A pantone matching system or PMS for short is the most popular color matching system used in the printing industry. A true PMS color is defined by a mixture of inks that will provide a specific color.

Perfect Binding

A binding process where pages are glued together and directly to the spine of the book.

Portable Document Format (PDF)

A universal file format developed by Adobe® that preserves all the fonts, formatting, graphics, and color of any source document, regardless of the application and platform used to create it.

Resolution

Sharpness of an image on film, paper, computer screen, disc, tape or other medium.

RGB

Red Green Blue, the colors used by a computer monitor to create color images on the screen.

Saddle Stitch

To bind by stapling sheets together where they fold at the spine.

Score

To compress paper along a straight line so it folds more easily and accurately.

Self-cover

Using the same paper as the text for the cover.

Soy Based Ink

Inks using vegetable oils instead of petroleum products as pigment vehicles thus are easier on the environment.

Thermograph

A method of printing using colorless resin powder that takes on the color of underlying ink. Also called raised printing.

Tagged Image File Format (TIFF)

A bitmapped file format used for the reproduction of digitally scanned images such as photographs, illustrations & logos.

Trimming

Cutting paper after printing to make all sheets the same or a specified size.

UV Coating

Liquid applied to a printed sheet, then bonded and cured with ultraviolet light. This coating yields a tough, almost unscratchable surface that is extremely durable.

Varnish

A coating printed on top of a printed sheet to protect it, add a finish, and/or add a tinge of color.

What our clients say

Susan G.: “Wouldn't dream of using another printing company. Whether your printing needs are for a business or personal, they will take care of you.”
Susan G.: “Wouldn't dream of using another printing company. Whether your printing needs are for a business or personal, they will take care of you.”
Nora S.: “Great family owned printing business. The work is very professional. I would not go anywhere else.”
Nora S.: “Great family owned printing business. The work is very professional. I would not go anywhere else.”
Tee V.: “Excellent and accurate service every time. Always quick to get the order out and a very friendly staff!”
Tee V.: “Excellent and accurate service every time. Always quick to get the order out and a very friendly staff!”
Susan G.: “Wouldn't dream of using another printing company. Whether your printing needs are for a business or personal, they will take care of you.”
Susan G.: “Wouldn't dream of using another printing company. Whether your printing needs are for a business or personal, they will take care of you.”
Nora S.: “Great family owned printing business. The work is very professional. I would not go anywhere else.”
Nora S.: “Great family owned printing business. The work is very professional. I would not go anywhere else.”

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Business Info

Phone: External link opens in new tab or window210-341-5904

Fax: 210-341-1219

Email: lisel@rushamericanprinting.com

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Hours of Operation

Monday to Friday

8:00 AM – 5:00 PM

 

Appointments are available

after-hours or on weekends.

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