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We are your source for graphic and marketing materials that grow your business.

What’s a print company doing with a blog?  Here are some goals: Share client success. Discuss marketing trends. Help you grow your business. You never know what you might find, but at a minimum, we’ll educate and put a smile on your face.

  • Guest entries from customers and vendors
  • Innovative installations to grow your business
  • Employee achievement and team spotlights

Our goal is to share information that is interesting, answer your questions and helps you make decisions about the printing services you need.

Our 132 Words

Last spring while visiting my nephews’ school for their annual open house, I was taking the usual tour down hallways lined with construction paper and Elmer’s glue masterpieces (sound familiar?).

Breezing by the classrooms, you could catch a glimpse of the hectic fun & games that come with elementary school activities.…

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How to Choose a Graphic Designer

Images are a part of everyday life, especially when you live in a colorful city like Chicago. Almost as soon as we walk outside, we’re bombarded with advertising, branding and design. It is more important than ever for businesses (and individuals) to visually stand out from the crowd. A great…

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A Summer Printern

Our summer intern, Alex Charter, headed back to Mizzou for his senior year a few weeks ago.  We asked him to share a short blog post summing up his Cushing experience.   We haven’t graded it (we’ll leave that up to his professor).

Alex provided an A+ attitude each day at Cushing…

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How To Choose a Printer

Did you know Cushing has been a Chicagoland print services provider for over 80 years (84 to be exact!)?  Of course, the landscape has changed over the last century and there are numerous printers in the marketplace you can choose from:

Print Shops are on just about every corner
Virtual Storefronts
Large Format…

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A Tasty Treat

Cushing is proud to collaborate with local companies in Chicagoland and excited to share this video for all those with a penchant for sweets!

Last year, we had privilege of assisting Whimsical Candy launch several elements of their storefront, including floor, wall graphics and signage.  To our delight, their retail shop…

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Window Gazing 2013

Some examples of large format graphic installations for marketing on real estate