A complete guide to printing

your design projects

by Alan Bergman

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 11 min read

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Here you are, cooking for your future in-laws for the very first time. Clearly the meal
needs to be perfect, nothing less will suffice. Yet you’ve decided to prepare a
challenging dish, where each ingredient needs to be just right for the dish to work. A
little too much cayenne, or a shortage of sage, and you’re dead in the water.

Getting your design project printed—whether it’s a brochure, business card or

packaging design—has the same requirements. Like a complex dish each ingredient
needs to come together to create a beautiful, finished piece. In the printing industry,
these ingredients are known as the specifications. The right production specifications
are the essential building blocks of a successful printing project. In this article you’ll
learn everything you need to know about printing your design projects, for perfect print
results that will dazzle your in-laws—er, I mean clients.