January 16, 2015
Business Apps for Designers, Print Buyers and Marketing Professionals
Whether you work in the print industry, you work in marketing or buy print for a living, certain tools just make life easier, with help from PrintWeek and a little more research of our own we have chosen our top three apps that we use all the time. If you prefer Romax to complete the calculations for you just contact us hello@romax.co.uk or call 020 8293 8550
ImpressCalc
ImpressCalc
Developer ImageEngine
Price Free
Platform iOS
An app to look up the dimensions of A-sized papers, together with a converter for common print units (such as microns, points and picas to mm and inches) and a paper weight calculator for your choice of run length.
USE: Check your page sizes for design and print
ImpressCalc
Developer ImageEngine
Price Free
Platform iOS
An app to look up the dimensions of A-sized papers, together with a converter for common print units (such as microns, points and picas to mm and inches) and a paper weight calculator for your choice of run length.
USE: Check your page sizes for design and print
WhatTheFont
Developer MyFonts Inc
Price Free
Platform iOS
Identifies the fonts in a photo or web graphic
Photograph the article/image/graphic, upload the photo through the app and it identifies the font – no more guessing!
USE: Identifies the fonts in a photo or web graphics
Book Thickness Calculator
Developer Manfred Breede
Price 69p
Platform iOS
A metric calculator that gives the thickness of a book when you enter the number of pages, gsm of the paper and thickness of the cover boards. A compensation factor can be entered for different paper characteristics.
USE: Check your book thickness for Photobooks
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