The following is a true story used to illustrate the importance of regular contact with your printer's CSR (customer service representative). This particular incident is an especially pertinent object lesson if you are working with magazine printers (magazine printers), catalog printers (catalog printers), or book printing and publishing companies (book printers). In all three cases, you may be adding an additional vendor to the mix, a mailshop separate from (but under the direction of) your printing company.
When selecting brochure printing services (brochure printing), a digital on demand book printing vendor (digital on demand book printing), or a supplier for business stationery printing and envelopes (business stationery printing and envelope printing), consider the best mix of digital technology, paper, and toner for optimal “runnability.”
The next time you're looking for a business envelope printing company, or a vendor that can custom print business stationery, consider letterpress as an alternative to traditional offset printing.
When you are printing a book or any other long-run-, multiple-page-, multiple-signature-print job, it is prudent to consider the kind and amount of paper you buy (as well as the final page count and press run). This is true for books (book printing companies), print catalogs (catalog printers), magazine printing (magazine printers), and such.
When working with book printing companies, you should be aware that your final invoice may include “extras.” These are not unreasonable charges; rather they are expenses you should consider and negotiate prior to sending your InDesign files to press, or you may be disturbed by the final bill.
Whether you're working with hardcover book printers or soft cover (perfect bound) book printers (custom book printing) to produce your next title, consider requesting an “F&G” to check your book prior to binding.