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Directory Publishing

Webcom is Your Partner
for Print and New Media Solutions

The Directory Publishing Division at Webcom is dedicated to providing innovative publishing solutions for Business-to-Business and Classified Directory Publishers. This team will keep tight control of your project from start to finish.

• We understand your business
• We speak your language
• We understand the unique challenges of your market, such as:
  • The need for database management
  • Co-ordinating local and worldwide distribution
  • Delivering information via CD-ROM and on-line
  • Managing multiple versions or imprints
  • Meeting product launch dates
  • Holding the line on costs

We are able to provide effective solutions to these challenges by creatively applying the knowledge gained from more than 20 years of directory production experience.

Service Commitment

We take responsibility for the entire job from the earliest planning stages, including database management through to fulfillment. Our state-of-the-art plant was designed for directory manufacturing. Every service needed to complete the job is under one roof. We provide advanced technologies that give you an edge in the Directory market - FTP file transmission; all-digital Computer-to-Plate prepress; reader-friendly lay-flat Otabind binding; in-house coatings facility; digital print technologies for short run or customized printing.

The All-Digital Advantage

Webcom was among the first North American printers to offer Directory Publishers the benefits of all-digital prepress. Our Computer-to-Plate systems allow the elimination of camera ready art and the labour-intensive film stage from production, resulting in substantial cost and time savings. This is particularly important to Directory Publishers where large page extent products and tight turnarounds are the norm.

The benefits available to you are considerable:

• Your files can be sent to our password-protected FTP site from anywhere in the world.
• Our filmless Computer-to-Plate system cuts costs and turnaround time while improving quality.
• Digital color proofs assure that your covers will be printed exactly as you expect, without the cost of film.
• Projects can be sent to offset or digital presses depending on the quantity needed.
• All projects are digitally archived for fast and economical updates and reprints.

Webcom was the first book manufacturer in North America to offer this unique binding. Otabind allows materials to lay flat and stay open for hands-free use - something your customers will appreciate - and it doesn't cost any more than regular perfect binding. If you would like to see a sample of this binding, just e-mail us or ask your Webcom sales representative.

Products and Services

Database Management
Webcom offers a database management service which will take your difficult-to-manage database files, format them and provide completely paginated PostScript files which allow you to take full advantage of the benefits of CTP prepress.

Printed Directories
Our integrated manufacturing facility produces a wide range of popular trim sizes for Directories including:

• 4" x 8" and 4" x 9" for pocket-sized Directories
• 6" x 9" and 8 1/2" x 11" for full-sized Classified and Business-to-Business Directories

Skilled Directory Production Team
Our production team has developed specialized controls to plan, manage and archive agency or imprint customizations - often as many as 100 customizations per project!

We have specialized capabilities for working with high page extent directories and very light-weight paper stocks even as low as 20 lb. This allows projects to remain manageable for your end users while holding the line on costs. In many cases we have worked with paper manufacturers to engineer a text paper whose properties will meet the specific needs of a particular project.

Our job doesn't end when your directory is printed. Our experience with established brokers allows us to manage your worldwide distribution quickly and cost effectively including duty, tariff and shipping costs.

In addition to handling your print projects, Webcom's New Product Development Team can help you achieve your communications goals through ePublishing products such as interactive CD-ROMs or on-line applications.