Print One, Mount Forest
1)
What is your official
job title?
Graphic designer
2)
How long has this print
company been in business?
30 years, 23 with the
present owner
3) What kind of
orders do you usually take? (e.g. business cards and letterhead, signage,
flyers, posters, cards and invitations, tickets, other)
We take everything, but
the most popular things are business cards, flyers, posters, and sometimes
postcards.
4) How many printers
do you have? Whats the biggest size you could potentially print?
We have 6 printers and
2 photo printing machines. The biggest size we could print is 36”x48”.
5) How do clients
send you their files to print (email, USB, CD, other) and specify what they
want (fill out a form or just word of mouth)?
Most customers come in
and we jot down their idea and quickly come up with some proofs for them,
otherwise we take most jobs from designers and companies through email or
dropbox.
6) Do you have a
preferred colourspace in which to submit files?
Definitely CMYK.
7) Does your company
offer other services such as binding, foil stamping, embossing, etc?
We offer binding, but
for the others we would job out.
8) What advice would
you give graphic design students who are learning about printing and how to
work with printers?
Know how to finish a
job for print. Most designers I have met straight out of school don’t
understand colour separations or how to finish a job.
9)What kind of
education do you have/need for a position like this?
Graphic design, I went
to Mohawk for 2 years.
10) Whats the most
difficult piece of equipment to run?
The large format colour
printer because it costs so much per print so there's little room for mistakes.
11) Whats your
favourite print job application?
I really enjoy
designing flyers and some business cards.
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