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Things your printer should know
By Florie Lyn Masarate
The best advice that should be given to people starting a project and wants to have them printed is to talk to some printers and ask for printing quotes. It is better to come to them before your work is designed. This way you will be able to know the printers’ specifications and the kind of job that your budget can accommodate. It would be frustrating and expensive to get a finished full color printing job when your budget was only good for a two color print job. Getting quotes with time and expenses classified in them would save you the hassle of having the wrongly produced job. A project that is even a day or two late will cost you more money than you are willing to pay. And just think of the situation you will be into.
In looking for the right printer, you should be able to supply them with the proper specifications to avoid problems that may be encountered in the course of the printing. What do the printers have to know about your project?
Name of the project. This would serve as the base for your printing job because this is the first thing that readers will see in the printing job.
The dimensions along with the number of pages. These would be important in getting the right sizes for your work to be printed on.
The number of colors or spots. This will be the ones that will be appearing on your prints and determining them early on would give the printers time to be able to diversify the colors in order to maximize its use.
The quantity of the finished prints. Knowing the amount before and after in order not lose and gain extra pages that might prove invaluable but nonetheless will add to your expenses.
The kind of paper you want your project printed on. Sometimes the kind of paper you will use for the printed material can determine the result you will have. The kind of printer and the ink being used is not the only factor affecting printing jobs. The paper it is printed on also determines its output.
The materials that are needed to be given to the printers. These are the files that the printers need as a sort of draft of your work. The ideas and concepts they willing get on these files will be the basis for your work to be done.
The time when you need the project finished. This will be the deadline you give to printers for your job to be finished. It would be better to give an allowance on this deadline in anticipation of problems that might be encountered along the way.
These information would be able to assure you of having the right quality printing job that is fitting to your budget and delivered on time.
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About the Author
The author got the flair for reading and writing when she received a subscription of the school newsletter in kindergarten. She got her first article published on that same newsletter in the third grade.
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