PRINT EXCELLENCE!

When the extraordinary was unmasked at PIAZ's (Printing Industries of America, Arizona Chapter) Annual Print Excellence Awards, Arizona Lithographers received six awards - including one Judges Honorable Mention award and four "Best Of" category awards!*

Best of Poster/Art Reproduction

& Judges Honorable Mention: Minerals of the USA

"Brilliant in simplicity, but difficult to accomplish." - Judge Tony Fernandez, President, Albuquerque Print

Best of Brochure: Detours Platinum

Best of Catalog: Star Roses 2009

"It's such a fine screen." - Judge Tony Fernandez, President, Albuquerque Print

"Brilliant color reproduction without using stochastic printing."

-Judge Michael Makin, President & CEO, Printing Industries of America

Best of Special Finishing: Face to Face with Mount Rushmore

Award of Excellence: Xochi Catalog

*The PIAZ annual Print Excellence Competition provides a forum for recognizing those companies that have combined craft with technology to produce outstanding printed material.

The criteria for judging are: registration, clarity and neatness, sharpness of half-tones and line drawings, richness and tonal qualities of color, paper and ink selection, ink coverage, difficulty of printing effective contrast or softness, overall visual impact, finishing, and finally design and typography.

The judges have the opportunity to give any entry an honorable mention if they so choose. Honorable mention is given to an entry with certain exceptional attributes.

Previous PIAZ Awards:

         PIAZ’s = Printing Industries of America, Arizona Chapter

Arizona Lithographers received more awards than any firm represented in PIAZ’s 5th Annual Print Excellence Awards statewide competition!  Out of a total of 65 awards presented, Arizona Lithographers won ten, three of which were in the "Best Of" category!