6 Things to Consider When Choosing a Printing Company

Printing is very instrumental in company branding and marketing communications. Anything that bears your business name should look professional to portray expertise.

For this reason, a printing company must be able to print copies that will give a positive impression to your target audience.

Not all printing companies have the ability to print top-notch copies. Local printing company PrintingProgress offers professional printing services, and advises that you should consider the following when choosing a printing company.

  1. Check Quality of Printed Samples

A printing company can promise you excellent services and end up doing shoddy work. Work samples will tell you whether the company is useful to you or not. Most companies have samples placed on their website. You can have a look at them but don’t be enticed with just online samples. Head to their local store and have a look at their actual hard copy samples.

Check on colour consistency and quality of the final printed copies. If the quality is unmatched, you can go ahead and give them an order.

Modern printing technology can lead to the production of top quality printed copies. If you see advanced digital printing machines, you should know the company is serious and reliable.

  1. Can They Deliver What You Are Looking for?

Business cards, booklets, flyers, newsletters, magnets, and stickers are some of the products that printing companies provide to clients. Some companies can make even billboards. Depending on what you want, ask the company if it can specifically print what you are looking for.

If the samples please you, you can go ahead and hire them. Be sure that your copies will be top quality and printed within your required time frame at  a good cost. Workers must check over the design before it goes to the printing stage. You wouldn’t like 5,000 printed copies with typos on them.

  1. Level of Customer Service and Communication

A company that listens to your requirements and communicates frequently is the best one to work with. If your requirements are well-followed, the company will be able to produce copies that match your expectations. Part of the professional service is to be informed on work progress so that you know when to expect your copies.

  1. Does It Have a Positive Reputation?

A company that is positively reviewed by its previous clients can be relied on. Such a company has a priority of producing exactly what the clients are looking for. The credibility and trustworthiness of a printing company are reflected by the reviews. So if reviews are positive, hire that company.

  1. Pricing

The cost and specific type of your company’s printed materials can help you determine your expected ROI (Return on Investment). Before you hire any specific company, try to establish the specific factors that tend to go into the pricing of the printing project.

In case you are getting several bids from different printing companies, ensure that it’s an apples-to-apples comparison. Choose a printing service provider offering top quality services at an affordable price. Always be careful not to choose a company offering poor printing services just because their services are cheap.

  1. Reputation

Perform extensive research on the specific company you want to hire and ensure that you understand their reputation. You can also check reviews left by their previous clients. You can get such reviews from different business listing services.

Take your time and find the best company that will serve you well. Your printed copies portray the image of your business so they should be top quality to create an outstanding impression.

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About Dequiana Jackson

Dequiana Jackson, Founder of Inspired Marketing, Inc., helps overachieving women entrepreneurs conquer limiting beliefs and create marketing plans that grow their businesses. This includes one-on-one marketing plan development, digital product creation, web design and content marketing. Dequiana is the author of Know Your Business: How to Attract Ideal Clients & Sell More and runs the award-winning blog, Entrepreneur-Resources.net.

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14 comments

  1. When choosing a company for printing labels, it makes a lot of sense that you say to look at their samples and previous work. This way you can get an idea of the quality of their service as well as the vibrancy of the colors that they use. My husband is thinking about getting new labels for some of his company’s products and I will make sure to share this information with him.

    • Definitely! What you see online is not always going to look like the final product. Some companies will even send out an entire sample book with paper, different treatments and fonts to make sure you’re confident in their product quality.

  2. Hi,

    Nice Post, Thanks for sharing info.

  3. I liked that you mentioned the quality of printing and color consistency are the most important things to consider to hire printing services. My husband is thinking about how to improve his company’s efficiency, and we are looking for advice. I will let him know about your recommendations to help him find the best printing service company for his business.

  4. Thanks for sharing valuable information with us. It really helped me understand the process.

  5. As an author, it is difficult to find a reliable book publisher as there are many vanity publishers in the publishing industry. The tips you mentioned are very helpful for new writers.

  6. Try to look at their reviews which are much easy to view via online. It will marked there the satisfaction they have establish with their clients.

  7. Researching about reviews and feed backs will definitely help you land in the hands of professional printing companies. It will also help you if possible to find the cheapest yet offers quality printing business company.

  8. I agree that it’s always a good idea to check out their social media channels to see what other people have been saying about them and their service. My mom needs to get some images to decorate her office, and she asked me to help her find a printing company in the area to get some signed made. Your tips will ease our search and narrow down our options in finding the right printing company in our area.

  9. Thanks for mentioning that we should choose a printing service with positive reviews so we know we can rely on them. The company I work for needs to find service to print custom pressure-sensitive labels for the products at our new store location. I’m glad I read your article and learned what factors to consider as we start trying to find the right printing service to work with!

  10. thank you so much for providing such amazing information about choosing printing company I have a friend who is looking for a printing company maybe this blog will surely help him, will surely pass this article with him.

  11. Hi Dequiana, thanks for the useful tips and these are all the essential factors which u mention above that which things should be in the eyes before starting a new business. I tend to think that reputation is a major element of not any printing company, it can be a construction and service providing company, The positive reputation becomes first and if the reputation is good then the rest will be satisfactory.

  12. I liked your suggestion to ask the company what they can print for me. My friend has been thinking about getting some flyers and booklets made to pass around the office. I’ll be sure to pass this on to her as she looks for a service to help her with this.

  13. It makes a lot of sense to hire a printing company that has positive reviews as you suggest. In my opinion, it would also be smart to consider their years of experience in the business. That way, you can feel confident that they know exactly what they are doing to handle your printing needs.

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