The brief and the deliverables
Printer coordination
Print file preparation
Proofing
Production management
Publishing & Editorial
Print Production Services
Print-ready file preparation, paper and finish selection, printer coordination, and proofing.
Challenges
Print Production Services
What the project needs to accomplish
A finished piece that matches the approved file
Fewer costly surprises at the press check
One point of contact managing the whole production
Companies we’ve worked with
A few familiar faces
Explore the scope
Choose where to start.
Printer Coordination
A great design can still come off the press looking wrong.
Print File Preparation
Wrong bleed, wrong color mode, and the whole run gets reprinted.
Proofing
Once it's on press, that typo is permanent.
Production Management
Five vendors, one deadline, and no single person keeping it all straight.
Our process
From the first conversation to delivery.
01
Define the assignment
We map the content and the order a reader should encounter it in, before anyone touches a grid: the story arc, the sections, and the pacing between a big image and a dense page of text.
02
Develop and review
We build the system, grid, type, illustration, image treatment, and color, and hold to it spread after spread, so a hundred-page annual report reads as one coherent piece from cover to cover.
03
Prepare for use
We proof it carefully, prep production-ready files, and work the print specs and press check until the finished piece matches what we designed, down to the paper stock and the way the cover feels.
FAQ
Before we get started.
Do you write content too?
We can. Some projects need copywriting and editing from the outset; others arrive with content drafted and need editorial design and a copyediting pass to bring everything into one consistent voice.
Can you manage printing?
We prepare production-ready files and coordinate specifications with your printer, from paper stock to bindery. Printing itself is planned separately, and we stay involved through the press check to protect the final result.
Do you design for digital reading too?
Yes. Each publication is planned for print, a digital edition, or both, with every layout designed for its own reading environment, on paper or on a screen.