About the Program How to Enter Rewards Entry Form
Sappi's Printers of the Year awards are regarded as the world's most respected accolade of excellence in printed communications. Gold winners in each category - the best of the best - will receive up to $20,000 in design support of the printer's marketing and brand initiatives. Sappi's new Printers of the Year online resource helps to better connect designers, print buyers and corporations with the winning printers.
Eligibility
Any work that has been printed in the United States or Canada between January 1, 2011 and December 31, 2011. Entries must use a Sappi paper product as their dominant stock. Each printer may submit an unlimited number of entries, but each entry must be accompanied by its own form.
Categories
Entries must be submitted in one of the following categories: Annual Reports, Books, Brochures, Calendars, Catalogs, Digital Print, Magazines (sheetfed), Magazines (web), Printer's Own Promotion, or General Print (any printed material not included in other categories).
Judging Criteria
Entries are judged based on the following criteria:
Overall Impact of the Piece
- General Appearance
- Innovation
- Appropriateness of techniques and materials used to the subject matter
Degree of Difficulty
Efforts will be judged in accordance with how difficult they are to perform, with more points awarded for successful printing of difficult techniques.
Technical Excellence
- Dot Structure and Integrity
- Ink Density
- Line Screen, DPI
- Color Consistency
- Registration
Regions
- MidAtlantic
- Great Lakes
- Midwest
- Northeast
- South
- West
Deadline
All entries must be received no later than February 17, 2012.
