Commercial Printing: The Steps In Simple Words

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To understand how simple commercial printing is, you just need to know the basics. Most of the basics you will be able to see here and some your commercial printer may be the one to tell you.

1) You need to find a printer that can work with your printing requirements.
Every client has their own printing needs and are usually different from each other, so you printers must be flexible enough to work and adjust to your specific needs. The best ones should also share their ideas and tell you if your ideas will work for a specific print type that you have in mind. They should also be able to give you a reasonable rate that can compete with just about any printer in the market with the same packages. Their friendliness and approachability should also be a characteristic to consider when choosing the printer. If you have a lot of time in your hands you can also ask past clients on their work outputs specially the quality of their work.

2) You have to tell your printers what prints you actually need (share ideas and visions) so they can check if this will work with the available options.

3) you will ...
... be tasked to start your design.
Whether your printers will tell you have to make the design or not, you have to. Use a program that you are familiar with and can easily work with. There are a lot of design programs (like photoshop) that have online step by step tutorials to help you with the designing. If you think that the effort of doing it on your own is not worth it, ask your printer if they have designers to do it for you or you can search for a professional designer to work on you project. It is more feasible to get a pro when you are using your commercial prints for advertising. Simple folders or brochures may not require the help of a pro and you can do on your own so to save you a few bucks, do it on your own.

4) You will need to submit your file according to their requirements. Make sure the file type is saved as they would prefer to keep the printing process fast and headache free.

5) printers will review the file and send you a proof (digital sample of the actual print)

6) you will have to choose what papers, colors, frames and other materials will be used for your prints keep in mind the budget you have and the people you are making it for.

7) your prints will start being printed.

8) you will check your prints and pay.
Always check your prints from cover to cover, quality printers would have checked your prints but there are times they may miss a few spots, ink blots or dirt in a print. Printers normally have a few extra prints done so they can easily replace any problem prints.

9) Thank your printer for a good print job!

It is always nice to be thankful for a job well done. Commercial Printers that are well appreciated tend to produce even better print results. They may even remember you when you return for more print jobs and give you an even better discount for being loyal and for your appreciation of their quality commercial printing.

For more information, you can visit this page on commercial printing