Welcome to the Destinations Career Academy's Portal. Please explore the courses and lessons below to learn more about the design, manufacturing, finishing, sale and distribution of print, packaging, signage, tags and labels.
Production Printing Explorations
The Importance of Print in Today’s World
What is Production Printing?
Careers in Print: Pre-production
Careers in Print: Production
Careers in Print: Outside the Print Shop
Analog vs. Digital Printing
Color Theory 101
Color Management 101
Print 101: Electrophotography
Print 101: Offset Lithography
Print 101: Inkjet
Print 101: Gravure
Print 101: Flexography
Print 101: Screen Printing
Wide Format 101
Paper 101
Fonts 101
What is a Trade Printer?
The World of Inks and Their Uses
Industry Speak: Acronyms & Jargon
What a Print Buyer Should Know
Introduction to Accessibility in Print Communications
Inside the Print Shop 1
Commercial Printers – Operations
Sign Shops – Operations
In-plant Printers – Operations
Direct Mail Printers – Operations
Transactional Printers – Operations
Publication Printers – Operations
Packaging Converters – Operations
Control the Chaos of Costs
Inside a Commercial Print Shop
Inside an In-plant Print Shop
Inside a Direct Mail Print Shop
Inside a Transactional Print Shop
Inside a Publication Print Shop
Inside a Packaging Converter Shop
Inside a Sign Print Shop
Inside the Print Shop 2
Preflighting 101
Imposition 101
Primer: Software & Functions
Primer: Key Workflow Processes
Primer: Design Considerations
Job Onboarding
Estimating, Quoting, & Ticketing
File preparation (Prepress)
Proofing and Approval
Digital Front Ends
Designing for Mailings
Preparing Data Part 1
Preparing Data Part 2
Datastreams
Tips for Walking Your Workflow
Tips for Automating Proofing and Approvals
The Ins and Outs of IPDS vs. AFP vs. PDF
Ways to Automate Customer Experience and Proofing Approvals
The World of Finishing
Folding
Binding Methods
Trimming and Cutting
Embellishments
Mailing
Converting
Finishing for Wide Format
Print & Promote
Vertical Markets for Education
Vertical Markets for Financial and Insurance
Vertical Markets for Healthcare and Pharmaceutical
Vertical Markets for Manufacturing
Vertical Markets for Non-Profits
Vertical Markets for Government
Selling Strategies for Commercial Printers
Selling Strategies for In-plant Printers
Selling Strategies for Direct Mail Printers
Selling Strategies for Transactional Printers
Selling Strategies for Sign Shops
Selling Strategies for Franchise Printers
Selling Print Online