Best Lens Cleaning Cloth Ever!

A big part of our business has to do with lenses in magnifiers. So we clean a lot of them, either in our own use, or during our pre-shipping quality assurance process. We've also gone through a lot of lens cleaning cloths over the years trying to find one that we like. It had to hold up over time, be large enough to clean big items, and prevent that annoying slipping that some times happens- (that's when you are cleaning a lens and your thumb or finger slips off the fabric and you lay a big fingerprint right on the glass. Annoying.).

We finally found our favorite. It the lens cleaning cloth we sell on our website for $4.95. It is soft on one side, with little nubby beads on the other to give you a grip.

From our site's product description:

Microfiber lens cleaning cloth provides excellent cleaning of delicate surfaces. Remove oily films leaving the lens clean, polished, and lint free. Safe for glass or acrylic lenses, coated or uncoated. Silicone dots on the back of the cloth provide a slip-free grip surface for your fingers.

Click here to go check it out.

Pocket Pal: Indispensable Reference!

The "Pocket Pal" is a one-stop shop of indispensable information. Have a question about graphic arts--you've got to check out this " authoritative introduction to the graphic arts for artists, designers, publishers, advertisers, students and buyers of printing."

From the publishers:

The editor of the 19th Edition is Frank Romano, with the RIT School of Print Media. “This edition attempts to put conventional and digital printing into proper perspective and show what impact the new systems are having on the present and future uses and markets of printing. It covers the history of printing, an introduction to the printing processes, prepress, postpress and paper. It also has a glossary of graphic arts terms, making it ideal for a wide range of customers,” said Romano.

Specific areas featured include:

* Digital imaging
* Computer-to-plate, computer-to-plate on press and computer-to-press systems
* Digital workflows
* New processless plates and UV and violet lasers that allow use of conventional plates
* Information on toners and digital inks
* Color management
* Binding
* Graphic terms
* International Paper Printing Papers overview

Deep Discount on Wide View Magnifier with Cut-Away Base

We have decided to close out our inventory of "6x Focusing Wide View Magnifier with Cut-Away Base (Item 1890)" It's a great product, but we've got a huge surplus that we need to sell down! Originally priced at $19.95. We are selling them now for $4.95 each.


Here's the description from the product page: Cut-away base for easy retouching. Twin aspheric focusing lenses. Clear base for maximum illumination of image. Comes with lens cap for protection of optics when not in use.

Lens Diameter: 1-1/4”
Viewing Area: 1-1/4” diam.
Overall Size: 2-3/4" diam. x 2-1/2"

Buy yours today!

Save Money in our As-Is Section

Check out the as-is section of our website if you want to save money on quality inspection tools. The selection changes all the time, and can include magnifiers, micrometers and calipers, microscopes, or other graphic arts tools.

The products listed are demos, returns, misprints and factory-rejects. Most are in perfect working order but may have non-functional defects like scratched frames or company logos that prevent us from selling them at our regular prices. The product descriptions will explain why the product is in our as-is section.

There are great deals to be had. For example:

• our 5x premium linen tester is regularly $49.95, but in our as-is section, it's only $32.95. These work fine, except the lens is loose.
  
• the 9x Folding Magnifier is regularly priced at $4.95, but because its frame is a bit yellowed, and scratched we're selling it as-is for $0.49.

Fine Print: Our stock of As-Is items is limited to what we have on hand, and the products we list changes daily.

Pocket Ruler to the Rescue

Karl (from Springfield, IL.) told us how he has used our Pocket Ruler (Item 7060). He was taking several Adobe Indesign classes at online universities like Ecclectic Academy and lynda.com and was being asked to print work and identify the font or type point size.

One of his instructors referred only to metric measurements, so a ruler that has points and inches was not sufficient. He did not want to have to use two or three rulers to complete his assignments, when he can have all the measurements he needs in one. Because our Pocket Ruler has inches, millimeters, points and picas, he was excited to use it. He is also happy that the Pocket Ruler (Item 7060) is only 6" long and can (as its name implies) fit easily in a pocket; he keeps it with him at all times.

We love hearing from our customers. Use our blog comments or send an email to info@pgiinc.com to let us know your story.