Services to Expect from a Full-service Printing Company

When your company outsources printing, you not only benefit from the expertise gained, but you also benefit from capacity and efficiency. Even with the hype about the paperless office, it is in your company’s best interest to combine print with paperless communication, especially to customers and potential customers. It is important that you know the services you expect from a full-service printing company as this will help you choose the best company and it will help with supervision.

You expect a full-service printing company to do digital photo printing. The company should have wide format printers to transform your high resolution digital images into the size you want for personal or business needs. You expect the company to offer a digital color poster printing service. The company should have a wide format ink jet printer for this. It should offer you the option of matte coated inkjet finish, photo gloss, or satin finish.

Most top full-service printing companies have different prices for different sizes. You expect to pay considerably less if you print in bulk. The company should do the actual design work and preparation. Note that most companies will charge you extra for this.

You expect the company to make digital black & white copy of print flyers, envelopes, books, business cards, price lists & manuals, catalogs, employee hand books, direct mail, labels & tickets, packaging material, and other products. Most digital black & white copy printers allow for high speed and volume copying and you should, therefore, expect this service. The company should also have color printers for making colored prints of the aforementioned.

The company should also offer such services as laminating & foamcore mounting, digital vinyl banner printing, bulk mailing, and fine printing. Go for the company with all the services you need since not having to go from one printing company to the next saves you money and offers unparalleled convenience and anonymity.

Most full-service printing companies have a strong online presence as they look to get more customers. When dealing with such a company, you expect it to accept files via email (while those that you can access usually ask for files from camera memory cards, CDs, or Thumb drives). The most widely acceptable formats for these files are Adobe Photoshop, Adobe InDesign, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe PDF, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Publisher, and Microsoft PowerPoint.

A good company will offer templates for use to come up with the product you want. It should have such templates as gift certificate, awards, business cards, flyers, envelopes, forms, announcements, and others in Microsoft programs. Microsoft has free templates on its website. You also expect such specialized services as the digital architectural printing where electrical drawings, architectural drawings, engineering drawings, and floor plans are required.

Go for a full-service printing company that has a well-established customer care desk that is able to answer any questions you may have about the material you want, to answer your questions when the process kicks off, and to advice you on what you should print if you are clueless. The company should make deliveries to the mailing address you have given once the job is done.

Nasir Dadabhoy is the author of this article on Color Copy, poster. Find more information, about Laminating, Banner, signs here.