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Originally Posted by luxbrand
That made my head hurt, but I'm going to keep reading it until it sinks in. Sounds valuable.
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It's a lot easier to explain with pictures, I think!
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Originally Posted by badaboom
why bother understanding how your printer prints ‘work & turn’, if they see that as the best way, then let them get on with it.
The only thing to worry about if you want to use the plates for future use – the job you need could be on the same plate as others that are not needed.
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For most projects, I'd agree. However, sometimes, such as the case where you are printing a mixed variety of different size flyers weekly it can sometimes be useful to simply know how much the printer is going to charge you for a certain number of sheets printed work and turn or sheet work and then being able to figure out yourself how to fit your flyers onto that sheet.
Besides which, a good designer should know as much about print as possible as it can make them a better, more efficient designer. For example, knowing how a press plans up a magazine, how many and which pages fit on a sheet together etc. means you can strategically plan single colour and full colour pages for maximum cost savings. Even just knowing how certain sizes fit onto a larger piece of paper can make the difference between being able to fit a design three up with a large piece of unused paper on each sheet and having to run 33400 sheets to get 100,000 copies or trimming a couple of millimeters off the design and being able to fit it four up snuggly and only having to run 25000 sheets to get 100,000 copies, which could represent a not insignificant cost saving in paper alone for your client.