The intention of this blog is to help people who are using Inkscape, with the idea of providing as much support across the field as I can. I am  a qualified Graphic Designer who has worked in the Promotional Industry and Publishing Industry for over 30 years. During that time I worked as an Artist, Illustrator, Photographer, Cartoonist, Art Director, Production Manager, Owner Printer and a Teacher of Desktop Publishing. I have also written training manuals on Desktop Publishing used by various teaching organizations and books on Desktop Publishing sold on the General market. I have been involved in Offset Printing, Pre-Press, Screen Printing, Digital Printing and Sublimation Printing. All of which I have had practical ‘hands on’ experience. A great deal of this information is passed on for free at my site http://www.desktoptips.net There is also a lot of general background information on all the Different Types of Printing at this site. More Importantly this site also contains support for Open Software programs such as The GIMP, and Scribus. I also write articles on Inkscape at my site called http://www.desktoppublishingnews.net

There are many Tutorials and lessons out there in cyberspace on Inkscape and I will certainly be providing an ever growing range of these at http://www.inkscapetutorials.net. My main aim is to provide support for the different Printing methods. It is important to learn how to use a program to provide specific artwork to meet the requirements of a Printer. For instance preparing artwork for a Screen Printer is vastly different than preparing art for a Sublimation Printer. There is a difference between Direct Digital Printing and Offset Printing. This Blog will hopefully serve as a forum for people where I can explain some of the traps and provide some answers.