While jobs can often be rushed through the shop quickly, there is a price. Rush jobs usually require employees to work overtime and other scheduled projects must be re-scheduled. This reduces the efficiency of the shop and will increase the cost to the customer in the form of a standardized rush fee. One should keep in mind that we try to complete all jobs quickly and efficiently. Some appearance oriented factors which affect the price are number of colors, size and format, and registration.
Many customers like to print their jobs with colors other than black.
When color is desired, it is best to try to limit the numbers of colors. Also, the registration, or how the colors align with each other is important. If an image can move slightly without affecting the outcome of the job, the set-up time on the press is less and the job cost lower as a result. Finally, the size and format of the job is important. Our paper comes in very large sheets, called parent sheets, which are cut into printable size.