Frequently Asked Questions
Is my journal secure?
Will there be annoying ads in my journal?
What kind of paper do you use?
How strong will my journal be?
What printing press do you use?
What can I put in my journal?
Is my journal secure on Pyxlin?
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Will there be annoying ads in my Pyxlin journal?
Absolutely Not!
At Pyxlin, we believe that ads are not only annoying but they invade your privacy. Unlike email and other websites that make their living off of ads, journals have much more personal and private information than should be released to advertisers. We feel strongly that your personal journal belongs to you, NOT annoying or inappropriate advertisers and spammers.
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What kind of paper do you use?
Paper is pretty much a big deal. Paper will make up to about 90 percent of your book ingredients. I have spent some time this week learning about paper. I am going to try and explain to you a little about the paper. Hopefully you like it. But if it is boring, it is ok if you fall asleep. 
Paper Specs:
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Mohawk 50/10 Gloss
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Photo Quality
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Green Friendly
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Acid and Lignin Free
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Blue White Gloss (96 bright)
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100lb. Text or 148 gsm
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.0005 caliper
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HP Indigo Certified
Photo Quality Pyxlin uses silky smooth Mohawk 50/10 because of its polished surface that provides excellent life-like photos. It is a highly versatile coated paper that is often chosen for high quality catalogues, annual reports, and premium marketing communications. This means that Pyxlin journals look great with text and photos. Mohawk 50/10 is the perfect paper for your personal journal.
Green Friendly Pyxlin is also a responsible choice as we use the only coated paper that has its recycled fiber content verified by Green Seal, an independent third party. 50/10’s Matte and Gloss finishes are manufactured with 15% post consumer waste fiber, which exceeds the Executive Order for recycled coated paper. (click here to learn more about Mohawk and the Environment)
Acid Free, Lignin Free & Archival Have you ever been at a garage sale looking for a good old book? You have probably noticed that most old novels pages have a yellowish and deteriorated look to their pages. If those pages had been acid free this yellowing process would not happen. Acid free means that your paper has been treated with an acid neutralizing solution. Mohawk 50/10 also has an acid free coating that keeps additional acid that comes from the norms of flipping pages with your fingers. Lignin is a chemical substance found in wood that breaks down over time, turning the paper brown and releasing acids. Lignin free means that there is less than 1% lignin in your paper. 99 percent of archival papers these days are acid and lignin free, but we thought you might like to know what it means.
Your journals paper will also be archival quality. This means that your journals will be made of an especially permanent, durable acid-free paper. Archival paper is meant to be used for publications of high legal, historical, or significant value. Such paper must also be approved by the ANSI standards (see Wikipedia for more information on acid free and archival paper).
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How will you bind my journals?
When it comes to your journals, nothing is more important than knowing that your memories are going to last. You can feel confident knowing that Pyxlin’s bindery is one of only 30 book binderies world-wide that are library certified.
Better Bindings. Better Books. Pyxlin takes your personal journal beyond simple bookstore or photobook quality. Library Certified Double-fan adhesive bindings use an emulsion copolymer of internally plasticized polyvinyl acetate adhesive (PVA). SAY THAT TEN TIMES FAST! In real people language it just means Pyxlin uses super strong glue that was formulated specifically for preservation materials that will not become brittle with age. After your personal journal rolls off our professional press the binding must be left to dry for one day. During the drying process the glue literally fuses itself into the paper resulting in the highest possible binding strength. The increased strength of double-fan adhesive allows you to print books up to 2 inches thick! Only 30 book binderies world-wide have library certified double-fan adhesive bindings.
Library certified means that each one of your journals have been created following the 27 page book of library binding standards set forth by the (LBI) and the National Information Standards Organization (NISO), and approved by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI). These three organizations provided over 200 printing and binding professionals to vote on the world-wide library standard.
Library certified means your journals will stand the test of time.
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What kind of printing press do you use?
HP Indigo 5500 Printing Press
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Superior HP ElectroInk liquid ink technology
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Wide color gamut, with up to 7-color printing
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Robust color management with HP Professional PANTONE© emulation and ICC profiles
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Special and spot color capabilities, including new photo inks— light cyan and light magenta, digital matte and brand colors
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High definition dot placement technology enables 1200 dpi and zero dot gain for superior line work and micro text printing
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New photo color tables
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Best-in-class color accuracy and consistency
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What can I put in my journal?
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May 14th, 2008 at 10:39 pm
you need to put the price on here
Pyxlin Says:Thank you for the suggestion. We feel very strongly that you should know what you are paying right up front. That is why we have the prices listed in multiple places on our site.
Our monthly subscription fee is $4.00, or you can pay for a whole year for only $30. You can find the details here: http://pyxlinjournal.familylearn.com/tour/archive/
Our printing prices are $15 for the full color cover, hardback, and library quality binding, then $1 per color page and $.20 per black and white page. You can find more information, as well as a pricing calculator here: http://pyxlinjournal.familylearn.com/tour/publish/
May 6th, 2008 at 7:41 pm
If I sign up for your service, and wish to have my journal deleted at some time, is that possible? I’m not sure how comfortable I am with permanent saved, but everything else sounds awesome!
Pyxlin Says: The reason we have it permanently saved is so you can go back to it year after year. You can keep adding to it, or get a new copy printed should an old one be lost. However, if once you print your journal you would like to delete it completely. We can do that.
March 13th, 2008 at 3:29 am
When you say that you can put anything in your journal, do you really mean anything? Even deeply personal stuff?
Pyxlin Says:Absolutely. Journals are meant to have your personal thoughts. We take security and privacy very seriously. Your journal is password protected with a 256 bit encrypted log in. We also feel journal contents are too sacred to allow advertisers to scan them for key words, so we do not allow any advertisers or spam.
February 28th, 2008 at 2:44 am
Do you ship internationally? I live in Canada. Will there by any aspects of this program/service I will not be able to use/access?
Pyxlin Says:Great Question Kelly! We absolutely ship to Canada. Since our program is fully web based, all you need is an internet connection and one of our supported web browsers (Mozilla Firefox or Internet Explorer 7), and every aspect of the program should work great no matter where you live.
February 16th, 2008 at 8:17 am
So far, even though I have only just begun, I see this is going to be a great service to me, and has already increased the FUN that I have with writing in journals. I have about 10,000 pages of written material and will scan it, not all, but the good stuff (LOL) and use it for images and make typed comments on the journal software and thereby gain the images of the old written books in sample and the meaning in clear type. I just wanted to send a hug, or handshake whichever is best for us! IN OTHER WORDS THANK YOU!!
February 7th, 2008 at 2:19 am
can I use my own font? I had my handwriting made into a font and it would be cool to use that font in your journaling tool.
Pyxlin Says: I love the idea of creating your own handwriting font. www.fontifier.com
While we don’t support this right now, this is definitely something we’ll seriously consider as a future feature.
February 4th, 2008 at 2:21 am
If I purchase the monthly membership, does that mean I can only create a journal entry once a month?
Pyxlin Says: Great question. You can create all the journal entries you want. Monthly only refers to how often you want to pay. You can choose to pay every month or one time for the whole year. The year subscription is a significant savings.
January 26th, 2008 at 2:31 pm
Esmerelda,
Very glad that you’ve read the Terms and Conditions.
The section on Non-commercial says you shouldn’t be using the content on the website for commercial use, like, for example, hosting photos on Pyxlin that you link to on your company website. You also shouldn’t sell downloads that are then downloaded from Pyxlin.com. The terms don’t prohibit you from selling copies of your journal that you order.
That said, you own your journal entries. Our Terms don’t change that. You can do with them what you wish, they are YOUR content. We can not do anything with your content, UNLESS…you make your journal or journal entry PUBLIC. We have to have these rights when you make it public because it’s accessible over the world wide web and we can’t control which search engines index it, who downloads it and uses it. Thus we need you to give us those rights in order for us to host PUBLIC content. Your journals and journal entries are, by default, PRIVATE. This part of the terms only applies to content that you proactively change from private to public.
Thanks for researching Pyxlin!
- Neal
Great questions
January 25th, 2008 at 7:35 am
After reading the terms and conditions, it appears that I am unable to order copies of my journal to sell, and also that you have unlimited access to everything I write and may distribute it to other parties. Is this correct?
January 19th, 2008 at 3:37 am
Jason,
That is a great idea. We are already developing a blog import feature. Hang tight.
But for now copy and paste is how I pull my blog entries into my journal.
Jeff Harmon
Team Pyxlin
January 19th, 2008 at 3:20 am
can we import our blog from other services? like blogger and others??? then print it.
January 18th, 2008 at 9:50 pm
Katy, the prices to print the journals are at www.pyxlin.com/tour/publish
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January 18th, 2008 at 8:50 pm
I was wondering the prices to print the Journals, and how many pages are included in the printing price?
Also, does this want our e-mail or our mailing address? hmmm!!!
January 17th, 2008 at 12:37 am
Sorry this page is not complete yet. Help us complete it by asking a question that we haven’t answered for you yet.
Thanks,
Jeff Harmon
team pyxlin