Documents, Media & Mail will work with you to control the cost of your project. Practical planning will help keep costs and production time at a reasonable minimum. This means knowing as much detail about your job at the initial stages of production as possible. Doing this will enable us to spot potential problems and suggest alternatives. With these details, we can also help you plan your budget and form deadlines so your finished piece can be completed and delivered to you in a timely manner.

How to Control Costs

Take advantage of savings by using:

• In-Stock Paper
• One-Color Printing
• Standard-Sized Stocks
• If you have a small to medium job (quantity under 1000) and your budget does not allow for full-color, expensive photographs or sophisticated techniques, you can still create great impact with the piece by keeping the design simple, or using the paper itself as a design element. Use colored or textured paper. Though the cost for specialty paper may be slightly higher than standard white, the extra expense will be offset by lower design, pre-press and production costs.
• Have all editorial changes and corrections done before submitting the job for typesetting or design.
• Thoroughly proof the copy once it has been typeset or designed to avoid costly reruns.
• Maximize the press run by printing as many copies as needed. It is considerably less expensive to run multiple copies once the press is setup, the ink mixed, and the paper ordered, than it is to run just a few copies with the intentions of printing more in the future.
• Map out your work flow and schedule enough time to proof your files before sending it for final output.
• Delete all items that are not part of the final design. For instance, do not draw a white box over unwanted items or avoid placing an item entirely behind another item. Every item, visible or not, has to be processed by the RIP at output. The RIP is the device that processes the file before it is imaged onto film or paper. If a file becomes to complex or large the RIP may not have enough memory to output the file. In addition, if there happens to be a problem with the item that is covered, the imagesetter may not be able to output the file which could result in delays and additional charges.