With president Obama just leaving China, this post may be seen as timely; Adopt a printer in China or other far-east markets. That is my idea for the day. Just as many small towns and cities will have sister, partner cities in other parts of the world, so should print-shops. Why?

Print is not dead. Neither is outsourcing.

We read here on this reply to a Chinese print representative looking for work with American printers:

“Many companies are taking their large print orders to Chinese printing companies in the hopes of saving money. I know of three sales reps in my area alone that are representing chinese printing companies.Their pricing is half to one third of mine on larger projects. They have a high degree of success bringing work to their Chinese employers.

But as always with a lower price, comes a cost…” (Read full source post for full details)
Source: PrintPlanet on Linkedin.com

And that cost can be partly be overcome by setting up real, perhaps even legal, partnerships. If you just shop for the cheapest print, you’ll be switching every job or monthly. Why not form a true partnership?  Read more... (567 words, 2 images, estimated 2:16 mins reading time)

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Just received my Pro2col newsletter today in the Apple Mail in-box and this caught my eye, especially for those receiving layouts & graphics, packaging layout, layouts software for print, or layouts design print jobs from various sources:

Dramatic savings – Printers’ file delivery/preflight workflow

In the current economic climate where marketing budgets have been slashed and margins are tight, making savings are key.  This workflow enabled the printer to completely automate the file delivery, preflight check, notification process and further expand the workflow into other areas.
Source: http://www.pro2col.com

Using an Enfocus Switch (FullSwitch or LightSwitch) workflow, one can also easily and quickly integrate FlightCheck Professional. Which will be updated for Adobe InDesign CS4 and QuarkXPress 8 support within the coming weeks!

Want to set-up your own Preflight Workflow, which could also link in with what Pro2col has created? Watch here this video of FlightCheck and FullSwitch from Enfocus in action: