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Print Management What you approved is what shows up.

Printing should be the easy part. Somehow it rarely is: wrong paper, shifted colors, a missing bleed, a box that arrives the day after the event. We manage the whole print process (vendors, files, proofs and delivery) so you get exactly what you approved, on time.

Marble bust of Michelangelo's David

Quality ControlMarble, carved to spec

What’s included

The printer whisperers. At your service.

Twenty years of printer relationships, so you get the right vendor for the job instead of the one who answered first.

Every designer has a story about the print job that went sideways. We have twenty years of them, which is exactly why we manage print the way we do.

The right printer for the job

A business card, a trade show wall and a store display should not come from the same shop. We match each job to the vendor that does it best, get competitive quotes and handle the back-and-forth, so you don’t become an accidental expert in paper weights.

Files prepared to print correctly

Bleeds, color profiles, resolution, fonts, dielines: we preflight every file before it leaves our hands. That’s how brand blue stays brand blue, and how you avoid the dreaded “we can print it, but…” email.

Proofs, checked by someone who cares

We review proofs for color, alignment, trim and typos before anything runs, and get physical proofs for the big jobs. It’s the cheapest insurance in the business.

Delivered where it needs to be

Office, warehouse, convention center or a store floor across the country: we coordinate shipping and installation so it arrives on time and in one piece. When you need more, a reorder takes one email.

Let’s make sure what shows up is what you approved.

Have files ready to print?

Send them over. We’ll check them, quote them and tell you if anything will bite you later.

Pro Tips
Straight answers from twenty years of client meetings.
Examples

Printed, delivered and out in the wild.

Empower Mali school sign installed in Ferekoroba, Mali
Empower Mali · School sign
Know Jamaica Tours trade show booth with backwall, pop-up banners and table throw
Know Jamaica · Trade show booth
Cardio Miracle countertop display in a store
Cardio Miracle · Countertop display
Cardio Miracle floor display in a grocery aisle
Cardio Miracle · Floor display
Grabit 21-piece drill bit floor display in a store
Grabit · Floor display
Grabit packaging on a hardware store peg wall
Grabit · Packaging on the peg wall
Empower Mali 30×40 poster
Empower Mali · 30×40 poster
Pricing

Printing, priced up front.

The things our clients print most, priced by quantity. The more you print, the less each piece costs.

Business Cards

Thick, glossy or matte stock

QtyPriceEach
100$60$0.60
250$80$0.32
500$90$0.18
1,000$100$0.10
2,500$180$0.07
5,000$300$0.06

Postcards

4×6 shown (100 lb gloss cover). Also 5×7, 6×9, 6×11 and 10×8.

QtyPriceEach
50$50$1.00
100$60$0.60
250$75$0.30
500$100$0.20
1,000$125$0.125

Handouts

Printed both sides. Printing and shipping included.

Half page

QtyPriceEach
100$80$0.80
250$125$0.50
500$200$0.40
1,000$300$0.30

8.5×11

QtyPriceEach
100$100$1.00
250$150$0.60
500$250$0.50
1,000$400$0.40

Brochures

Tri-fold and half-fold

Pricing to come

Posters

8×10 and 11×14

Pricing to come

Bookmarks

Full color, both sides

QtyPriceEach
100$59$0.59
250$79$0.32
500$89$0.18
1,000$99$0.10
2,500$179$0.07
5,000$299$0.06

Table Throws

Fitted or draped, with your graphics

$400Design, printing and shipping included

Retractable Banners

Printed banner and stand

$600Design, printing and shipping included

10×8 Pop-Up Displays

Fabric backwall and frame

$1,000Design, printing and shipping included

Need something that isn’t listed? We’ll quote it. Unless a card says otherwise, design is priced separately.

How it works

From “ready to print” to “it’s here and it’s perfect.”

01

Quote

We match the job to the right vendor and get you real numbers.

02

Preflight

Files checked and fixed so nothing surprises the printer.

03

Proof

Color, trim and typos checked before the full run.

04

Deliver

Shipped or installed where it needs to be, on time.

Questions

Asked at nearly every kickoff.

Why not just send files to a printer ourselves?

You can. We make sure the right printer gets the right files, the proofs get checked and the timeline holds. It usually saves more than it costs.

Yes. We’ll preflight your files, fix what we can and tell you about anything we can’t.

Yes, through partners who specialize in it: banners, backwalls, window graphics, wraps and displays.

It depends on the product and the vendor. Simple digital printing can take days; offset, packaging and displays take longer. Rush jobs are possible, but printers charge for panic.

Let’s talk

Every great project starts with a little contact.

Book a free consultation. Bring the big idea, the messy brief or the “would it be crazy if…”. We’ll bring the questions, and probably a few good answers.

Two marble hands reaching toward each other, after Michelangelo

The Kickoff MeetingAfter Michelangelo. Coffee not pictured.