Sunday, February 13, 2011

Planning A Printing Project? Read This

By Dale Trent


Let us say one normal office day your boss calls you to his office. You talk for at least an hour and when you come out of that room, you already have in your hands the materials for a corporate printing project. But you know next to nothing about contracting professional printing services, especially since that project is a big one. So what should you do? It may seem daunting at first, but there's nothing a little bit of information that can help you out.

Unless quality is important to you, any printer would do for your project. However, for the sake of this article's argument, you would normally want a high quality job done for your project. And so choosing the right printer is of utmost necessity for you. The success of your print project would normally depend on your printer. After all, if they do a lousy job then all of your efforts to prepare your project would be wasted.

So how do you check if you are considering a good printer? One of the best things that you should do is to check out the reputation of that company. It is really easy to do, but would require some efforts on your part. What you can do is to contact some of their previous clients and interview them. Ask them if they were satisfied with the printing service provided to them. Or you can do a simple online search and see if there are any reviews about their services.

Also, just for you to be able to make sure that your printing project can be accomplished by your prospect printer, ask them for some sample products, preferably something that is similar to that of your project. Because if they have previously done something like what you want them to do, then you will know that they have the right knowledge, skills, and tools for the job.

So let us say that you have finally found the right print broker, what you should do next is to prepare the materials that would be needed by the printer. The most important of this would be the manuscript, that is if you are working on a book, brochure, or pamphlets. Even with sticker labels this would be a necessity. You should ensure that the text is correct, that you have edited and proofread it already, even if the printing company would offer to do these things for you. It always pays to be on the safe side.

What you should be doing next is to check the quality of the artwork or graphic that you would be using for your printing projects. After all almost any print project would have a form of graphic on it, even if it is just the logo of the company. Therefore it is your job to make sure the artwork is of the right size, resolution, and that it would not come out blurry during the printing. Chances are your print broker would have their own graphic artist who can help you fix any artwork problems.

The tips listed in this article are just some of the things that you should prepare for your printing project. Of course there would be other factors to consider, especially since no two projects are the same. The key to your project's success is through your selection of the right label printing Melbourne company.




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