Garland Writing Instruments & Accessories

What is so Special?

Our USA-Made Colour Collection 290 Series is offered in
17 different colors!
NOW AT SPECIAL PRICING

BE BOLD, BE DARING, BE DIFFERENT.
	BE CONSERVATIVE, CLASSIC.
	BE SENSITIVE, SUBTLE.

Pick a color that makes you look good—
one that makes you HAPPY!

There is a perfect color for your company, organization or group.
There is a perfect color for your event or meeting.
There is a perfect color for your staff or associates.

AND........

No matter what your message or image, we have a color for you!

Prices Include:

Your full-color photo logo with epoxy dome AND

Barrel engraving—either one line of personalization or two lines of repetitive copy in one of our nine standard engraving fonts. Upgrade to a laser logo for a one-time additional charge of $30.00 (G).

Refills available in black or blue ink, medium or fine point.

Packaged in a #1400 fold box. Upgraded packaging available. See main web site for selection and pricing.

Lifetime guarantee against mechanical failure.

5-7 day production time. No rush charges.

100% Made in the USA pen. All metal with a twist mechanism.

Additional Details:

100 piece minimum order. For quantity pricing, all pens must have the same logo in the dome.

Matching 7mm mechanical twist pencils available at special pricing with a minimum order for 100 pencils. Add $0.30 (G) to pen prices.

Pens and pencils may not be combined to reach the 100 piece minimum.

Colors can be combined for quantity pricing!
It’s the Colour Collection, and we encourage you to mix and match colors for your order!
Minimum of 24 units per color.

Offer Code :

Must include Promotion Code GXC808 on your order.

It's Over:

August 31, 2008.

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The Meaning of Color

Understanding the meaning of color as well as the cultural use of color and how colors interact is important in print and electronic design in order to convey the right tone, message, and evoke the desired response to the brochure, newsletter, ad, Web site, or other publication. Colors are non-verbal communication. They create a physical and emotional reaction.

The Meaning of Cool Color: Cool colors tend to have a calming effect. At one end of the spectrum they are cold, impersonal, antiseptic colors. At the other end the cool colors are comforting and nurturing. Blue, green, and the neutrals white, gray, and silver are examples of cool colors.

The Meaning of Warm Color: Warm colors convey emotions from simple optimism to strong violence. The warmth of red, yellow, pink, or orange can create excitement or even anger. The neutrals of black and brown also carry attributes of warm colors.

The Meaning of Mixed Warm and Cool Color: Colors with attributes from both the warm and cool colors can calm and excite. These are colors derived from a mix of a cool and warm color such as blue and red or blue and yellow. Typically considered cool, green is really more of a mixed warm and cool color.

The Meaning of Neutral Color: Neutral colors help to put the focus on other colors or serve to tone down colors that might otherwise be overpowering on their own. To some extent blacks, browns, tans, golds, and beige colors are considered warm. While white, ivory, silver, and gray are somewhat cooler colors. Yet these warm and cool attributes are flexible and more subtle than that of reds or blues.

A large Union Local was planning an outing and wanted to give everyone who attended something different from the usual event things like Frisbees or caps. Frisbees are most certainly fun at the outing, but rarely used after that. Hats are great—if you are a hat person. Otherwise they sit in the closet on a shelf. Pens are for everyone—male and female, young or old, whether they are active, or just actively supporting the “couch potato” lifestyle.

The Union logo was a traditional blue & red seal, but since the outing included spouses and family members, they wanted something more universal for their members and guests. So they selected a US Flag logo to be placed in the dome of the pens with two lines of Roman engraving on the barrel.

To make their event thank-you gift even more interesting, they ordered 1000 pens in five different colors. Dark Blue, Ruby Red, Light Green, Royal Purple, and Champagne. What was the rationale for all the very different colors? We had to ask. We were curious. Their answer:

This was a fun event—and multiple colors are fun.
There were people there from many different backgrounds and cultures—male, female, all ages. Nothing wrong with blue and red, but everyone is different and the Union supports them all.
And our favorite reason—the US Flag looks great with all colors!

Margaret and Diana are the key people in our photo department. They have over 28 years of combined experience working with art for our photo logos. They evaluate your artwork when it comes in and let your Product Specialist know if it’s ok as is, or tell them if we have suggestions to make it better. The photo logo tops are small—less than 1/2" in diameter, so what looks good on paper or on your computer screen might not allow the best possible reproduction for your photo logo. Sometimes there is too much detail, and we need to see if we can eliminate some of the logo—or at least let you know that the small words or fine lines will not be visible. Sometimes there is not much contrast between the colors of the logo and the background, so when the logo is reduced to size the colors will all blend together.

And the colors in your logo. What exactly are they supposed to be? What you see on your computer screen, and what we see, and what we can print from your file are rarely in sync. PMS colors are helpful, but since we use a photography process, they will not be exact as the Pantone Matching System was designed for printing on paper. Most times we can adjust our equipment to get pretty close to your desired PMS colors—but occasionally we can’t. And we can never know how fussy the ultimate buyer might be about the details or exact colors of his or her logo. For some, close enough is good enough. As long as the logo looks good, they are happy. For others, every detail is important. Some are more concerned about accurate color reproduction. So there are almost always questions—and sometimes lots of them. Back and forth. They are not meant to make things difficult—they are meant to help us get your logo exactly the way you want it. And once that is done on the first order—reorders are simple.

So when Margaret or Diana have given your rep a list of questions to ask about your logo artwork, please understand that we all want you to be pleased with your pens. And no matter how long it takes, we will keep asking those questions until we are certain that we are doing the best possible job with the artwork that we have been given. We wish we were mind readers, but unfortunately we cannot know for sure what is acceptable to the ultimate buyer.

Garbage In, Garbage Out. This is so true with your artwork. The better art you give us, the better your logo will come out. Crisp edges. Good resolution. Not so much detail that it is lost when reduced in size. Enough contrast with the colors in the logo so that they do not blend together when reduced. Plenty of colored background around the logo.

So who came up with this brilliant statement?

Garbage In, Garbage Out is a phrase that originated in the field of computer science. It refers to the fact that computers, unlike humans, will unquestioningly process the most nonsensical of input data and produce nonsensical output. The expression Garbage In, Garbage out was initiated as a teaching mantra by George Fuechsel, IBM 305 RAMAC technician/Instructor, later to evolve into the aphorism GIGO. Programmers were not to complain that a program did not "do the right thing" when given imperfect input."

Non-computer-related use of the term

The term can be used in any field in which it is difficult to create a good result when given bad input. For example, in translation, it is difficult to convert a source text that is confused, illogical or missing pertinent information into a quality translation. A translator may use the phrase "Garbage in, garbage out" to explain the importance of good source text to a client. Another example, in quality implications, the quality of the materials a manufacturer procures directly affects the quality of the finished product and, consequently, affects the sale of the finished product.

From Wikipedia

Take the short “test” at this web link. You must have ShockWave Flash to use it, but it will definitely make you realize that color is a complex perception—your eyes and your brain control what you see.

http://www.humorsphere.com/fun/8787/colortest.swf

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