Your Printer, Your Partner

1. Be sure the printing company from which you solicit a bid is a catalog printer, one that prints, binds, ink-jets addresses and mails catalogs directly from its printing plant.

2. Always get at least three bids. If one is high, you'll most likely discard it. If another is low and the other two bids are considerably higher (and about the same) it could be that the printer who stands out is providing a low-ball quote just to get the work, or the printer may not understand the job specifications.