Unusual Uses For Commercial Printing

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In order to describe things that are unusual, you would first have to clarify and qualify the meaning of the word “unusual” to you. With the normal definitions of the word, commercial printing would rarely be associated with things that are unusual, but there are still some things that may raise some people’s eyebrows. It is not really a matter of the commercial printing’s fault, but in how some people have made use of commercial printing products. Here are a few examples of some unusual uses for commercial printing products, which may or may not give you some ideas to try in the future.

Personalized everything. It could be that some people are really vain and narcissistic, or it could be that they are just plain arrogant. Whatever it is, some people find the need to commission commercial printing companies to put their names, initials, and photographs with every commercial printing product imaginable. Having your name printed on business cards, posters, or flyers due to necessity is one thing, but monogrammed notepads may be taking a step too far. On the other side of this creepy spectrum, diehard fans can sometimes ...
... take stalking to a whole different level by buying thousands of posters and collectibles with their crush’s face painted onto them. Stickers, lunchboxes, bedsheets, and pillowcases are only some examples that prove this point.

Fanaticism. Leaving celebrity crushes aside, there are other types of fanaticism that can be related. One example of this are people from really obscure advocacies and religions, who also seem to believe that spamming the general population with commercial printing products is a good way to convert them. Some people will literally spend hours standing on a corner and distributing controversial brochures and stickers to people passing by, with the occasional monologue or speech preaching about the end of the world or something like it. No, not all people who pass out flyers, brochures, and stickers on sidewalks are fanatics, but some of them certainly are.

Elections. It was mentioned in the beginning that you must first determine what you mean by “unusual” in order to describe something as unusual. In this case, election campaigns can seem like such an absurd use for commercial printing that they fit the definition of unusual quite nicely. What is unusual with this is that all of the candidates seem to make promises of being good leaders and using the country’s money wisely, and at the same time they pay for thousands, even millions of commercial printing materials which will all eventually end up in dumpsites. It is not really a big problem for commercial printers, but it all seems rather silly when one looks at it.

Here are three of the unusual uses of commercial printing products produced by commercial printing companies. Perhaps you may have your own version of unusual uses which are even worse than the ones listed above. Whatever the case, commercial printing is such an important tool in society that it is unlikely that people will ever stop using it, both for usual and unusual purposes.

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