Few acorns grow under the shade of the mighty wise old oak. Choosing the right printer for the right job requires time served experience because there are so many variables to consider.

Wisdom in choosing the right supplier is crucial to ensure economic printing without compromising the quality of the project.

Whilst customers often assume they are saving money by sourcing their own print, it is often the case that this is a false economy due to a number of factors.

Wasted time preparing enquiries

For the inexperienced, sourcing print estimates and creating a specification for the print enquiry can be time consuming and prone to error.

You may be asked questions you don't understand or engaging with a supplier not familiar with this type of work

More costly

Secondly because of the large financial investment required in printing presses, print manufacturers will generally focus on one area of print which may not be economically viable for your project.

In these instances most manufacturers that deal directly with customers will still quote the job but contract the work out to other printers or brokers and simply add a handling fee. Your job may end up going through a chain of resellers.

Costly mistakes

if things go wrong on an expensive print run, you could be left in a difficult situation trying to negotiate a re-run of the job with the printer.

When things go wrong in a third party scenario, print manufacturers can sometimes point the finger of blame at the design agency and visa versa, with the client not knowing where to turn due to lack of understanding of the processes involved.

Inexpensive or just plain cheap

Great design work is often compromised by budget printing. If you have spent considerable time and money on designing stationery, brochures or catalogues, the designers work is quickly undone by cutting corners in print.

Under specified cheap or thin materials, lack of application of a sealing varnish, printing full colour on single colour presses and visa versa are all typical ways costs can be reduced on a job. In most cases you get what you pay for and if it's cheap the chances are it will look that way.

Carbon Creative offer a competitive print service, acting as agents for a number of quality trade printers. We have sufficient buying power to allow us to pass on those savings to our clients, maintain a small handling charge and ensure the project is completed to a high standard of finish. In this situation everyone wins, we use our experience to select the best supplier for the job.

Buying power, accurate enquiries and targeted suppliers

We prepare accurate enquiries for each supplier which are forwarded on immediately. We select the best supplier based on the project criteria and using our buying power we negotiate the best rates for your project.

Clear and concise quotations

We forward a clear and concise quotation to you (our client). This usually includes a price breakdown for various quantities and design and artwork if required.

Press ready artwork preparation

When you have accepted the quotations we prepare our artwork to meet the suppliers press requirements. As we have built strong relationships with our suppliers we can produce design and artwork using cutting edge techniques, allowing freedom of design and worry free printing.

Quality control and delivery

We maintain quality control and check the final print meets the high standards we anticipated. Problems are rare but when they do happen you have complete peace of mind that we will cover the costs of reprinting and delivery of the job.

"The printing press is either the greatest blessing or the greatest curse of modern times, sometimes one forgets which it is."
E. F. Schumacher
Writer, Economist

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