Catalog Solutions

North American Color, Inc. has been servicing the catalog market for more than 25 years.  We understand and master both the color quality and the production requirements of catalog production; that's why we provide our clients with tools and value added services that are suited to address your most relevant needs: the ever-faster turnaround, the demand of doing more with shrinking budgets and the challenging needs of engaging your customers through a cross-media/multi-channel communication strategy.

North American Color, Inc. offers many services and applications to address the needs of the catalog and direct mail markets:

NAC JTracker
Project Management
Project Management, Job Tracking and reporting for all phases of the catalog project: planning, product selection, photography, design, prepress and printing.

NAC FlatPlan
Content Management

Content management for catalog production:

  • Product data import/export with client's merchandise system and web storefront.
  • Automatic generation of catalog's page layouts (if applicable).
  • On-line page production management for catalog projects.

NAC NACDAM2
Digital Asset Management

Digital Asset Management for Catalog Production

  • Product Database: pre-production database to manage product information, copy description, vendors/sponsors information, etc.
  • Product Photography Database: to assist photo shooting and product image preparation by providing all necessary image production information.
  • Digital Asset Management Services: post production databasing of images, pages, and other digital assets organized according to catalog requirements.
Photography

Photography services for catalog production:

  • NAC Photography Services: still life, table top and other types of photography suitable for catalog production.
  • Photo360° Services: turnkey solution for high-resolution still-life 360° (full rotational) photography of products for web viewing.
Creative Creative Services: creative and production design for catalogs, direct mail and other promotional print materials.
Prepress Prepress Services: complete array of state of the art prepress services for catalog production.
Cross-Media Digital Content Repurposing: services to repurpose content from print to web or other digital media with a high degree of automation.

File Manager
File Transfer

File Transfer automation and file sharing Services for all parties involved with the catalog produciton.
4Print
On-line Proofing

On-line Proofing - Annotation and Approval Service:

  • Photography Review and Approval: on-line review and approval of product photography
  • Layout Design Mark-up and Approval: on-line review, annotation, and approval of catalog's page design.
  • On-line Proofing of Final Files: on-line review, annotation and approval of catalog's final files.
ProofPak
Remote Proofing
Remote Proofing: NAC ProofPak, color managed remote proofing unit installed at your location as a value added service.  Remote proofing services can work in conjunction with the NAC 4Print soft proofing service.
Printing Printing Services: complete production line of commercial sheetfed offset and digital printing.