I just went to meet someone over at Allegra Print & Imaging. I produce a quarterly 40-page magazine for my dog club. I want to keep my options open, so I thought I’d have a look at some other printers. I went to meet Jane, who does quotes and works with customers to serve their printing needs. Allegra does a lot of printed advertisements, brochures, invitations, booklets, etc. — all on paper and various types of card stock, printed in-house on their warehouse full of fun printing«toys,» as I call them. Jane gave me a tour and showed me some of the machinery and personnel in action. They handle small jobs like the run of only 200 magazines that I’d do, but they also handle much, much larger jobs. Allegra can also print mouse pads, mugs, pens, tumbled stone coasters, etc. So even if I don’t switch over the printing of our magazine to Jane’s shop, I’ll keep her in mind for other printing needs. Our club might make use of her«specials» on printed shirts, mugs, etc. because there are times when the blanks are on sale, and there is a special price for using up the last of the stock to print anything the customer wants. I know that not everybody is in the market for printing services, but if you are planning anything that is too big for your personal inkjet to handle, give them a call.