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Straining to pick up your cartons of Tidal MP? We have the answer - the new CARRICASE™ box. Olmsted-Kirk is the first to offer Hammermill® Tidal® MP in a new, easier to lift, easier to carry carton design. The unique Airboard™ spacer gives your fingers room to lift the case, as well as protects the paper during handling. Get an introduction to this new, innovative product when you visit one of these five O-K Paper Centers:

5700 Airport Freeway in Haltom City

500 North Griffin in Dallas

14320 Midway Road in Farmer's Branch

1601 Valley View Lane in Farmer's Branch

722 Lingco Drive in Richardson

Or contact your O-K paper representative for more information. Your back with thank you for it.

Passion. Vision. Inspiration. Guts. These four words describe those among us who go against the grain and create their own path. NewPage, maker's of the recently launched, Sterling Premium, call them "SHIFTERS". Their recent promotion showcases the printability and beauty of Sterling Premium, their new premium coated product without the premium price. NewPage introduces us to four other "shifters". These folks are turning shipping containers into mobile pizza parlors, making american-made products, building guitars, and hand-making ice cream. To get even more out of your paper experience, Layar has been added to pages within the promotion. Simply download the free Layar app and look for the pages with the Layar logo. Open your Layar app and hold your smartphone above the page. Shifters is linked to digital content where you learn even more about the profiles of these unique companies. And you can view the videos without ever leaving the printed page. Besides these technological extras, you'll see examples of different varnishes and printing techniques on the gloss, dull and matte sheets of Sterling Premium. Contact your Olmsted-Kirk representative for a copy today.

It's sorta like the chocolate or vanilla thing. Do you like mustard or ketchup? When looking for a 100% cotton sheet - printers, letterpressers and designers have definite favorites. It's either Neenah, Crane's LETTRA or Reich's SAVOY. Whichever one you prefer, Olmsted-Kirk has you covered by stocking both sheets! You can choose the soft linters of LETTRA or the subtle but crisp folding properties of SAVOY. And each of these sheets are offered in weights well over 200 Double Thick Cover for great heft. LETTRA goes up to a 220 DTC and SAVOY hits the roof with a 236 DTC. Haven't made up your mind which one is right for you and your project? Let us break down each sheet for you. Both of them are equally lovely for each of their unique attributes.

SAVOY

Savoy's strong formulation, yet soft flexibility allow for strikingly clean, crisp folding, blind embossing, foil stamping and engraving. And it's gorgeous with standard four color. Savoy 80 Text and 92 Cover are certified for use on Kodak NexPress digital presses. Savoy, Brilliant White, 118 Cover has been used successfully on many HP Indigo presses though not certified because it is too thick for certification. Savoy is tree free and made from 100% recovered cotton from the textile industry. It is archival, acid free, recyclable, biodegradable, and elemental chlorine free. Users who love Savoy say its surface allows for crisper ink jet printing or handwritten, ink calligraphy and it doesn't show the cotton linters when folding.

LETTRA

Tough yet fluffy. Lettra is unsized and uncalendared which leaves the fibers relatively uncompacted, giving the sheet an extra bulky feel. Lettra has the feel of fabric and the look of handmade art paper. And while it is engineered to stand up to the great pressures of letterpress printing, it performs equally well with offset lithography; engraving; stamping; and inkless processes such as embossing, debossing, or die-cutting. Lettra is made from cotton linters—a byproduct of the cotton industry that is recognized by the EPA as recovered fiber. Not only are these fibers environmentally responsible, they can be recycled with traditional paper. Users who love Lettra say it feels like fabric and the envelopes are bulkier.

Have you ever hit a wall creatively? Neenah Paper's newest promotion Creative (un)Blocks is full of ideas and images to inspire your creative process. Printed on ENVIRONMENT®, the paper "blocks" must literally be pulled apart into four books - Study, Play, Connect and Make. ENVIRONMENT® has twenty color choices in a variety of weights from 24 lb. writing to 120 lb. double thick covers. It's the economical and environmental choice with 100% post-consumer waste papers to ones manufactured with alternative fibers like sugar cane and bamboo. This promotion was designed by Chen Design in San Francisco. They have also created a Creative (un)Blocks site to go hand and hand with the promotion - paper to pixels, if you will. Clicking the link is a must. Creative (un)Blocks is available now from your O-K Paper representative. Give us a jingle.