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Promotional Products

The categories below feature some of our favorites:

  • Brand Name Items (100’s of brand names)
  • Custom Products (turn your ideas into actual products)
  • Career Essentials (Desktop and Business Accessories)
  • Corporate Wear (Embroidery and Silk-screened Apparel and Accessories)
  • Drink Ware (Mugs, Tumblers and Coasters)
  • Eco-friendly Products (Ecological Promotional Products)
  • Executive Gifts (Variety of items suited for every Executive)
  • Giveaways (Inexpensive items for Trade Shows and Just Because)
  • Recognition (Awards, Safety and Incentive Programs)
  • Travel, Sports and Leisure (Items for the outdoors and sports geared person)

Promotional items are widely appreciated and often requested because they appeal to all ages and affect all five senses. The use of these items is gaining popularity because they are able to be targeted to specific markets. We specialize in Corporate sales and logoed products. Our minimum order is $250 and we do not sell in singles.

Our experts have over 30 years experience in this business. They are award winning and dynamic experts that will help you promote your company with the best promotional items.Do you want to see some images from our extensive line of promotional products? Take a quick look at our Promotional Products Gallery. 

Take a look at our catalog of the most demanded promotional products!

We work with several promotional products manufacturers.

Do you need custom promotional products? Please, use the form to Contact Us!

custom branded items

Branded Items

From Wikipedia: A brand is a collection of images and ideas representing an economic producer; more specifically, it refers to the concrete symbols such as a name, logo, slogan, and design scheme. Brand recognition and other reactions are created by the accumulation of experiences with the specific product or service, both directly relating to its use, and through the influence of advertising, design, and media commentary. A brand is a symbolic embodiment of all the information connected to a company, product or service. A brand serves to create associations and expectations among products made by a producer. A brand often includes an explicit logo, fonts, color schemes, symbols, sound which may be developed to represent implicit values, ideas, and even personality. Learn more about branded items at this article.

Take a look a this video (a very special branded item for one of our customers):

We specialize in Corporate sales and logoed products. Our minimum order is $250 and we do not sell in singles.

Don’t forget it! We have a lot of experience designing and producing promotional branded products!

Do you need branded items to develop the branding for your company? Please, use the form to Contact Us!

Currency Envelopes – Holidays Giveaways

Are you looking for colorful, top quality Currency Envelopes for giveaways around the holidays? The Odee Company has printed and foil stamped on both white, ivory, red and green top quality paper. These are converted and come with both an inner money envelope that is shown and an outer envelope to enclose the inner envelope.

These currency envelopes come in many themes and designs. They are also available for custom imprinting in quantities. Ready to be shipped nationwide and order early because quantities are limited. Call for quotes! 214-340-0415 (Dallas) or 800-486-6333 (National)

Please Fax Your Request For Free Currency Envelopes Samples – Fax: 214-340-8526

Minimum Order: 250

Prices (at the bottom of the page) include Inside & Outside Envelopes

Imprinting Available at an Extra Charge in Black ink, Gold Foil, or Silver Foil.

Please call for Imprinting Pricing.

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Prices per Quantities
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100-2499
$32.00 Per 100
2500 or More
$30.00 Per 100

 

You can also access our database search page at http://odeecompany.logomall.com 24/7/365 to help you come up with other ideas.

Contact: sales@odeecompany.com

Please, consider these currency envelopes if you want to give the gift of money, for the Holiday Season and also for graduation and birthdays.

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See also:

– Digital Color Printing with Digital Presses
– Looking for embroidery on tote bags, sport bags

promotional wear in Dallas

Corporate Wear

Looking for corporate wear for your company? Do you want name brands such as: Tommy Bahama, Nike, Izod, Cutter&Buck, Vantage, Head, Greg Norman, Hanes Beefy T, Levis and many others? We can help you present the success that your company deserves in wearables. Promotional corporate wear is an important part of today’s casual business attire. We can embroider or silkscreen your logo on any of these name brand promotional items to give your logo top billing next to recognized clothes brands that are welcome in any closet.

We also produce more fun wearables such as: t-shirts, sweatshirts, jerseys, baseball caps and underwear.

All of our clothes are selected for their comfort and feel as well as how they look. We do corporate wearables for all seasons including swimsuits, shirts and jackets so your logo can’t be covered up. Even if it rains we can supply you with the umbrellas to cover up with. All, of course, with your logo.

We have done anything from concert jackets to underwear and all are done with the thoughts of where your logo is best represented for the most exposure. Every time one of your customers or employees puts on one of these items they are reminded of your message and what it represents to them. That is a powerful reach and message that has a chance to bring your message to them multiple times. Wearables are one of the largest % of market share of any promotional product with lasting results. As you know, couple this with a printed product from The Odee Company and packaged tastefully you can present quite an image that can pay dividends for years to come.

Choose The Odee Company to help you promote your company with wearables and promotional products. Contact us!

Digital printing photography books

Digital Printing

The other advantage of digital printing is the fast turnaround that can be achieved. Many times you can turn a job in a day or less if needed. Digital printing also gives you the availability of doing variable data printing. This means that text, graphics or pictures can be changed from one copy to the next. This is a very powerful way to connect one to one with your customers.

Black & White Digital: Our black and white digital department uses Docutech technology to produce manuals, technical documentation and educational materials. This black and white text can then be married with color covers to make a very appealing product or manual. You can do all kinds of binding from perfect bind, plasticoil, saddle stitch, and tape bind, to name a few.

Color Digital Printing: Our color digital department relies on the HP Indigo 3050 digital press. Ours is a 7-color press that can print true pantone PMS colors. It, of course, prints CMYK but if you have special branding or color matching that is needed the 3050 is the only digital press that will do it. The HP Indigo 3050 is also based on liquid ink technology versus toner based like its competitors. Why is that important? When we got into digital color we wanted the closest thing to offset printing that we could find. The liquid ink gives you that. Because it is ink like offset you very seldom can tell the difference between offset and The Odee Company’s color digital printing. You also have a wide choice of substrates to print on besides normal paper. You can print on vinyl, clear acetate, styrene like material and numerous adhesive backed materials. The Indigo technology is the quality way to go in color digital printing.

Digital printing is a term that can be used for a lot of different technologies. It could be anything from a desktop color copier all the way up to the quality digital printing the Indigo is capable of. Don’t short change your company or your product.

More info about Digital Printing? Take a look at this Wikipedia article.

Do you need digital printing services? Please, use the form to Contact Us!

Offset Printing

Offset Printing is still to date the most common way for most printed products to be produced. At The Odee Company, we do both digital and offset printing. At this Wikipedia article, you will find a diagram that shows the process of offset printing. Primarily, you are offsetting the image from the plate to an image blanket which in turn imprints an impression cylinder. The impression cylinder is what actually imprints the paper or substrate. It works off the idea that water and oil don’t mix. A simplified explanation is that the ink and water stay separated so that the image can carry the ink.

Also check out our digital presses for your ultra short run quantities and super tight deadlines. We also do all of our own diecutting and full bindery in house. For all your printing needs contact The Odee Company. Since 1923, we have been helping customers with the printed word. The Odee Company takes file to print and ready for fulfillment in our warehouse. The Odee Company is an FSC/ SFI printer and promotional product distributor in DFW.

More info about Offset Printing? Take a look at this Wikipedia article.

Do you need offset printing services? Please, use the form to Contact Us!

wall muraling printing services

Wide Format Printing

Printers that support a maximum print roll width of between 18″ and 100″ are considered wide format printers. This kind of printers are used to print wallpapers, backlit film, construction plans, vehicle image wraps, posters, trade show banners, and any large format signage, picture or artwork.

At The Odee Company, we are printing on high quality canvas, and using HP Latex printers. These inks dry immediately and are then coated for an added layer of protection as well as an added layer of BAM; aka, quality enhancement (Odee’s secret touch developed in 1923)!

To learn more about The Odee Company’s Wide Format Printing capabilities, please see this video:

For more information about wide format printing, take a look at this Wikipedia article.

Do you need wide format printing services? Please, use the form to Contact Us!

printed calendar fulfillment services

Fulfillment Services

A usual fulfillment services project may have multiple versions shipping to 1000’s of locations. Sounds complicated. It is and this is what we do every day for some of the largest retailers in the country. We have to have flexibility in space and a workforce that is trained in kitting with multiple versions and products.

It is not easy but The Odee Company excels at it. We do these kits daily, weekly, monthly and they vary in all sizes, shapes and quantities.

Storage includes inventory control with monthly reports and daily shipping. We can devise a minimum usage level and provide you with ways to order product that will dramatically reduce your inventory costs.

We ship UPS, Fed Ex, Partial and Full Truckload and Air Freight. We ship both Domestic and International and are experts in dealing with customs brokers in both the Orient and Central America.

We have over 45,000 square feet of space of which 22,000 square feet is storage facilities.

We do Dallas fulfillment of printed and promotional products (for example: tote bags). The Odee Company is a commercial printer and promotional product distributor. We have been a Dallas Printer since 1923. The Odee Company is an Offset/ Sheetfed Printer as well as a Digital Printer.

Info about product fulfillment ? Take a look at this Wikipedia article.

Do you need print fulfillment services and storage? Please, use the form to Contact Us!

 

eco friendly inks

Green Printing

We all have a responsibility to future generations to help insure that we are taking care of our planet so they have the same opportunities as we do. Printing as an industry is a heavy user of electricity and natural resources such as trees to make paper. There are ways that printing companies can participate in helping to reduce their impact on the environment. Here are the main ways although they certainly don’t encompass everything.

Printing as an industry is a resource intensive user of paper products. The vast majority of substrates (paper) that are used are made from timber products at this time. In the world of environmentally friendly printing, a printing company can minimize their effects on the environment by using recycled papers.

Recycling of paper or being certified by the Forestry Stewardship Council(FSC) or the Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI) gives you the ability to control the fiber that is being used to make your certified paper. This is usually going to be the largest waste component of a printing job. By using recycled post consumer waste paper you are directly saving trees and if you use FSC or SFI certified papers and certified green printing companies you can also display the FSC & SFI logos on your printed product.

Recycling of all ink or using soy based inks is another way to be “green” with your printing. You can and should recycle all press solutions and plates used in the printing process. This can and should be done…

The Odee Company is a an eco-friendly commercial printer located in Dallas, TX. We are certified by the FSC and SFI. We are a CarbonFree facility.

More info about Green Printing? Take a look at this Wikipedia article.

Do you need green printing services? Please, use the form to Contact Us!

die cut poster dallas

Die Cutting

Die Cutting is applied after a square or rectangular sheet is printed on a press. At The Odee Company, we can do this after it is printed in either our digital or offset press departments. We then take it to one of multiple die cutters and the figure is die cut out of the sheet. To do this it requires a steel rule die that has two types of steel rules. One is a cutting rule that is sharp enough to cut through the paper and one is a scoring rule that is rounded at the top of the rule so it will crease the paper to enable easy, accurate folds.

After die cutting, you must scrap the die cut piece out of the remainder of the sheet. The die cut part is held in the sheet with nicks that are put in the die. This is needed so the piece does not fall out in the press.

It is pretty rare for a printer to have the capability of die cutting in house. Most printers will send out all die cutting.

The Odee Company is one of the few Dallas Printers that does die cutting in house. We do this to control costs and control quality and turn times.

The following video explains die cutting process as done in The Odee Company printer.

More info about die cutting process in this article from Wikipedia.

If you have a need for short run fast turn digital printing please contact us at sales@odeecompany.com.

mailing services

Mailing Services

We do all mailing work in house, we have to have flexibility in space and a workforce that is trained in kitting with multiple versions and products.  It is not easy but The Odee Company excels at it. We do these kits daily, weekly, monthly and they vary in all sizes, shapes and quantities. We have over 45,000 square feet of space of which 22,000 square feet is storage facilities.

For some companies mailing is an afterthought but because The Odee Company also prints the mail piece we take great pride in making sure your personalization will be the best it can be. Our resolution goes as high as 600 dpi and we handle barcodes and most types of fonts. We also pride ourselves in speed to market. Our production equipment can run at speeds up to 15,000 mail pieces per hour to insure once we have data and the mail piece we are off and running. If we handle the printing and mailing you only deal with one company and contact with less confusion and reduced time to the mailbox.

If you need printing mailing services look no further that The Odee Company. We’ve been doing it for over 80 years.

blind emboss services

Embossing & Debossing

Transcript:

Both of these words are letterpress terms, this is a letterpress machine we use in printing, it describes the terms embossing and debossing as the pushing of paper to a level that is different to the original level of the actual paper. Both of these terms are used in offset and/or digital printing.

It’s basically done with a die and a cutter die. This would be a die and this would be the cutter die. These two things fit inside each other. The paper is actually squeezed between them and we apply heat.

The die is mounted on the platen and the cutter die is mounted on the offset platen and this machine basically sits there and opens and shuts. It is basically a clamshell type press.

Embossing is basically where you push the level of the image up above the original level of the paper so, embossing, another way to look at it will be as if you are walking along on the ground and all of a sudden you have to step up, that’s embossing.

Debossing would be when the cutter die actually pushes the image down below the original surface image on the paper. So, again, in uses of the terms, if you are walking along and all of a sudden fall in a hole, that’s debossing.

We do this by using dies. Again this is a die and this is a cutter die and that is what is going to raise or lower the image that we are using on the sheet. There are different materials that we can use for the dies. This is actually a brass die; this is by far the most durable, also the last longest. You are going to use this if you’re doing multilevel , if you are in a situation when you can be doing something over and over, or you have a long run. Brass would be the next level, and copper would be the next level down. It is less expensive, would not stand up to quite as many impressions but it is still a pretty durable type of die. The die that you can use for shorter run type things is a magnesium die. You are only going to be able to do a single level and it’s gonna be more like a one-use type of die.

You heard me talking about multilevel and single level: Multilevel would be if you are actually trying to do a 3D image, like if you are trying to embossed somebody’s face, you want the nose to be one level, cheeks to be another, ears to be another level so you can see that 3D effect. That’s multilevel. Single level would be if we are trying to emboss just a line of type, or a logo, and we are just trying to raise it up to one level.

We also use heat in conjunction with embossing and debossing. So, basically we can iron the texture of the paper out to get more contrast between the actual original level of the paper and the emboss or deboss level.

Talking about papers, there are a couple of types of paper that we would use: You have coated and uncoated and there are some considerations that you need to use in both those papers.

On coated, it has a clay coating. You are not going to be able to emboss quite as deeply. Basically, what it means is that before you actually come through that clay coating, you got to keep it to a lower level.

On uncoated paper you can emboss much deeper, you can do more multilevel type embossing, that kind of things, so you have a lot more flexibility on uncoated or textured type paper.

Hope this helps in understanding the differences between embossing and debossing as it applies in printing. If you need any more information, you can contact us via the form.

You will find more info about paper embossing at:

bindery section

Bindery

We have to be able to react to multiple projects that have to be out at the same time. Our bindery is state of the art with computerized cutters  and folders that insures a precise end to the finished product.

Our bindings include saddle stitching, perfect binding, plasticoil, wiro, comb, drilling and tape binding. We have automated punching for the plasticoil, wiro and comb binding that punches 50,000 sheets an hour to help insure that our bindery is as fast as our pressroom.

Take a look at our “Final Stage of a Printed Manual” video at YouTube (printing and binding training manuals for a Dallas corporate client):

How many different ways can you bind printed products? There are numerous ways you can bind manuals, books, calendars, guides, directories, catalogs, full color brochures and all other printed products.

Take a look at this article to learn more about different types of binding for printed products.

More info about book binding? See this article from Wikipedia.

Do you need bindery printing services? Use the form to contact us!

brochures in dallas

Brochures printing services

Promotional brochures are one of the most cost effective ways of advertisement. There is no information that can not be placed on a brochure.

Custom brochures may vary in proportions, size, shape, number of pages; it allows you to differentiate the information, create riddles that are solved when you turn the page, or they can be just simple but informational pamphlets.

Printing brochures can have many pages and large format or can fit in a pocket. They can be square, round or any other shape you want. Brochures can be anything they need to promote your business or ideas.

Brochures can be printed in many different forms. You can use institutional brochures with specific information of your company or for educational pamphlets. Promotional flyers are smaller than brochures but printed in larger runs. Catalogs usually have more pages than normal brochures. Maps and tourist guides are also types of brochures.

When we design a brochure, The Odee Company uses all graphic methods and techniques and our vast technical experience. We want to make our customers’ lives as easy as we can. Full color brochures are perfect to present your products, business and information in an impressive, professional way.

We can mail your brochures to your clients and prospects and we have the best prices in town.

See also:

– Promotional Flyers

– Full Color Printing

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If you have a need for short run fast turn digital printing please contact us @ sales@odeecompany.com.

heidelberg manual printing

Manual Printing

You can print the most cost effective way as your business grows. Couple this with our Print One e-procurement software and you can order online through any internet web portal. This software is made for multi facility and multi user ordering while giving you full purchasing control and a reporting capability to track all inventory and uses from a department or user level.

The Odee Company gives you a multitude of binding options for your manuals. We can perfect bind either on demand or in larger quantities. If you are doing plasticoil, wiro, looseleaf, spiral, comb, tape binding we have the ability to help you no matter what level of quantities you need to help your business grow. Our punches can punch up to 50,000 sheets an hour and we have automated all processes to insure speedy delivery of your printed manuals.

We can provide several kinds of printed manuals:

  • User Manuals
  • Owner Manuals
  • Software Manuals
  • Hardware Manuals
  • How to Use Manuals
  • Trade Manuals
  • Technical Manuals
  • Industrial Manuals

Here, a video from a printing manual job for one of our corporate customers:

The Odee Company can help you in deciding which is the most cost effective way to produce your printed manuals for the needs you have today and as your business grows and changes. We have the best team and equipment to have your printed manuals produced in time, on budget and in a quality fashion.

We have a full prepress, press, bindery and finishing departments all under one roof. We do all of our own processes (printing, die cutting, binding, embossing, foil stamping, gluing) in house. Why is that important?

We then have control. Control over costs, turn time and quality. This is the only way to handle your printed products when your business is on the line. Trust The Odee Company for your printed manuals. Give us a call or contact us so we can be of assistance.

promotional #1 foam finger dallas

Promotional #1 Foam Finger

Everyone loves them!

Make your staff or team feel like they’re #1 with the 16″ promotional #1 foam finger. 

We offer you a great variety of options for you to get your custom imprinted foam finger. You can choose any imprint to put on them like your school, business or organization’s logo or slogan and adopt colors from blue, yellow, gray, brown, red, green, purple, white, charcoal, teal or even orange foam. You can also choose the color of your printing from white, black, orange, blue, and red.

Our extensive selection of shapes allows you to pick from different models like foam fingers, foam hands, foam paws to resemble that of your team mascot, foam baseball gloves, foam hammers, all of them customizable. Silkscreen is the available method of choice for imprinting your logo or company name or choose the option of a full color heat transfer.

We are the best promotional products company in Dallas and we offer you the best prices and the widest selection of promotional products for you and your customers to enjoy. Promotional products like our promotional foam products help you extend your company brand and make your customers happy, and fulfill all your promotional needs.

So if you are organizing your next company or school event be sure to contact us to get your promotional foam product right away. Support your candidate, promote your business, show school spirit or favorite cause.

You can also access our database search page at our store at PromoPlace,  24/7/365 to help you come up with other ideas.

 

printing and promotional products

Goes Borders / Legal Forms

Should you need samples of any particular form please call or email your request. Please limit your request to 5 forms.

All form purchases are final and we sell in 12, 25, 50 and packs of 100.

Some items are packaged separately in pads or books depending on the product.

Below you will find the list and pricing for each form. An order form has been supplied for you to order legal forms and Goes Borders. Please fill out the form and either fax or email to the address below.

We ship primarily UPS and try to ship same day if product is available for orders that we receive by 10AM.If we receive an order after 10AM we will ship the following day unless we are shipping next day air.

Email: Goes/Legal@odeecompany.com

Fax: 214-340-8526
800-486-8526

Voice: 214-340-0415
800-486-6333

 

 

4 feet posters

Common Poster Sizes

Other size posters are 18×24 and 16×20. Again, these are determined by paper sizes that are available to the printing companies. Most all of the above sizes are still printed on offset presses although with the popularity rise of the large format inkjet you can now get very small quantities done by doing inkjet. As a very general rule if you are doing 50 posters or less you should look at inkjet. If you are looking at higher quantities than that offset printing will quickly become less expensive.

The rise in digital printing has also made one other size become more and more popular. 11×17 can be printed on a digital press in small quantities to help promote localized markets in small 50-100 quantity increments. This size has become very popular in promoting events and bands and the size of the sheet is much easier to handle versus a large poster.

So if you are thinking about printing posters to promote your next event, put your artwork on or make a introduce a political candidate please contact The Odee Company. We have been in Dallas, Tx since 1923 and offer great service and the best prices in town.

We have a wide range of products available for you to choose from, so, if you can not find the one you were thinking of, feel free to contact us with all of your questions. You can also access our database search page 24/7/365 to help you come up with other ideas based upon the variables you enter into the system at our PromoPlace store.

Take a look at our video:

and you will see the production of contour cut WallFabs using re-positionable vinyl.

Do you need poster printing services? Please, use the form to Contact Us!

poster printing in Dallas

Poster Printing

Make a huge yet affordable impression with our color poster printing service! You can place posters in a window, reach students attention with college posters on boards or company posters for your corporate promotional needs.

Posters come in varying sizes. Some of the more common sizes in Poster Printing are: 11×17, 18×24, 21×33, 24×36. These sizes are used due to the size sheets readily available in the printing process.

Short run posters (less than 250-500) are usually done in 11×17 size for cost considerations. This is because this is a common size for digital presses that can efficiently produce short runs. Posters are normally printed on book weight paper which is thinner than cover paper but both are used. It depends on the use as to what paper will be recommended by your printer.

Any sort of public event, from a rally to a play, may be advertised with posters. Even holidays can be promoted with travel posters. Superior, colorful inks and durable media options provide posters with bright colors, excellent image quality, amd long term exposure capabilities.

Poster printing is a cost effective way to convey your message or grab attention for events. Try using artwork that will grab someone’s attention.

Bright colors or interesting illustrations or artwork are the best. Remember you have a brief second as someone is walking by to make them stop and read your message. If you are thinking about printing posters please contact The Odee Company. We have the presses to handle any of these sizes or quantity levels.

 

Contact: sales@odeecompany.com

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See also:

– How to Prepare Rock Solid Print Ready Files
– Promotional Travel Posters
– Printing Technology & Capabilities
– On Demand Publishing