Plan Ahead To Print In Time
Budgets have been settled and everyone is growing busy. Suddenly, you realize that your inventory is getting low on something or you have an event coming up. You need to place a printing order soon! But last minute printing orders can result in additional costs. Planning ahead will guarantee the best outcome for your project.
Plan Ahead for these Advantages
- Confirm Availability: Printing presses and graphic designers have busy schedules, too. Will the paper, inks, and dies that you need be available to complete the project on time? By placing your order early, you can ensure that your project is completed according to your schedule.
- Allow for Revisions: Planning ahead gives you time to make changes and improvements to your project’s design
- Avoid High Prices: The cost of paper, ink, and other printing materials are rising more frequently than in previous years.
Steps to Plan Ahead
- DO Consult with Your Printer: A frank discussion with your printer will reveal the requisite time to finish each phase of your project. Once you have this information, you can determine when the order must be placed to meet your deadline for delivery.
- DO Inform Your Graphic Designer: The conversation you had with the printer might reveal details that result in lower costs. A change in size, folds, or number of inks might be required to obtain a lower price. These details will greatly affect the artwork that your graphic designer creates. If the printer must make changes to your designer’s artwork, you may incur an extra setup fee. So, save money and let your graphic designer create the artwork according to the details agreed upon with your printer.
- DO Consider the Time Required: Foil stamping, embossing, and custom dielines require additional time to be completed. This time must be factored in to determine when the project can be delivered. Depending on the details of your project, the time required might be a few days or a few weeks!
In Closing
Planing ahead allows you to gather all of the technical specifications, timelines, and quotes that you need for budget approval. Deciding on the parameters of the project with your printer before the design process even begins results in savings! Our production team can help you determine what will work best for you.
Let California Design, Printing & Marketing help you complete your next project with our commercial printing services, print on demand, graphic design, and mail fulfillment. Our Graphic Designers can help you design your project according to the cost-saving factors that you decided on. We can assist you with Direct Mail, too. Our Bindery Department offers a full range of services to complete any job, including collating, custom tabs, and special bindings, such as spiral, saddle stitch and perfect binding. Our production team can supply custom inks and dies, as needed. We work with our customers to provide unique solutions to meet their goals.
Our customers tell us that it is so nice to have all these services in one place!