Now I’m sure you are all aware of a layout of a quote but because of the technical aspects of print, your quote may need some deciphering. Ultimately by understanding what you are
looking at will help you compare like for like with competitive printing companies, make sure your not buying something you will not end up being happy
with but it will help you save money by making sure you are not paying for extra processes that are not required.
I suppose the best place to start is turnaround of quotes. We (CBF) do not have a set price matrix of materials so cannot give you a price for a job in one phone call. This is for 2 reasons, the first is because every print job that we quote on is different in some way be it quantity, distribution, paper stock, number of colours or finishes. So we get all the prices for the market on
the day, from paper suppliers and ink manufacturers and because of the volumes we buy we end up with a price that should be one of the best in the market. The second is because 99% of our customers do not want to be restricted to one or two paper stock choices or certain quantities this gives a false picture. We do get asked daily about the minimum number we would produce and the same answer is always given “how many do you need?” as we can produce 1 off of everything (within reason) but the costs may well be prohibitive.