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It has always been said that what you don't know is
beyond you, and there is no falsehood as to this
statement. It's easy for people to look at at a project
from afar and assume this will be very hard and difficult
to do. But sometimes, when you get closer enough,
you'd find out that those assumed obstacles are not as
difficult as you've perceived it to be. It's the same when
it comes to the printing business.
The good news is that you no longer need long training
to go into this business, and gone are the days you'd
need to get all your body stained with ink to get a
printing job done! The continuous improvement in
technology has removed a lot of stress that getting a
printing job out is just at your finger tips. All you need to
do is to have the knowledge of the basic need.
It is my humble wish that you start good business this
year that will transform the way you make money and I
think this business of printing is one solid and sure
means of doing that. One thing funny about this is that it
is ridiculously simple and easy, and you don't need any
formal training to be in it.
Now, let me explain step by step and you will see why I
said it is ridiculously easy and simple, yet makes more
money than the average business of it's type.
Basically, you need two group of people to work with to
be in the printing business; The Graphic Artist and The
Printing Press. Let me explain what they do which will
indeed will be almost the whole process.
Who are graphic artist? The computer people who does
the designing and art work of the printing work before it
goes into the printing press. Go any near by computer
center and you'll see one or two. Always make sure you
look for good ones. Not all graphic designers are creative
and you need a creative designer who would not just
design but use his imaginative instinct to bring out the
best in his design.
With the job of a graphic artist, you can get all your art
work designed. If you want the job to be four colors, it
will be designed in four colors, if you want it in three
colors, it will be designed in three colors, if you want it in
black and white, it will be design thus. Having got the
graphic work done, the next thing will be the Color
Separation. The color separation is also done by the
graphic artist and it's almost the same thing with slightly
different process.
The Graphic person does your designing and color
separation, and save it in Flash drive or CD for you which
you'll take to the separating system. They in turn,
transfer the work into their computer and run a cross
check on the work. If there is any error, they'll make
amendment before transferring it to the separating
machine. Within some minutes, that will be done and the
and job will come out in Photo Film with different sizes.
When that is done, next will be plate making.
Depending on how you want the job done, at the end of
the color separation, the next step is plate making. The
plate making is the transferring of what's in the film into
a plate that will be used to Run Impression. Now, this
also depends on the number of color you want your job
to be in. If you're printing in four colors, you'll make four
plates, likewise there's going to be four films because,
it's what is in the film that will be transferred into the
plate.
After the plate making, the next thing is to look for good
printing machine with good operator who will carefully
run your printing work through the machine.
Based on the size of the work, each machine has size of
plate they run except for the giant printing press that
runs multiple plates, and digital press that doesn't
require plates or film, but their work may be more
expensive. Now, back to the normal printing machine, we
have: Cord, A-4 Size, A-3 Size, and so on, it is the size of
the work that will decide. Any form of printing job you
want to do. there is always a machine to match the job.
So, be worry less about type of machine.
Now that you know the people you'll be dealing with at
any point in time, let's go proper into the business we're
talking about. Or rather, "How do you use these process
of PRINTING to generate money?" Here we go:
Step One: Look for customers. This is where your N6,000
start up capital will come in handy; run a publicity with
the money to let people know that you render printing
services to willing clients. The best publicity is "Classified
Advert" A Classified Advert is that small box where
people post their change of names or do small
advertising in Newspaper publications. Pick up a punch,
guardian or any other newspaper and you will find such
boxes.
As small as those boxes are, it minimizes the cost of
advertising and also surprisingly reach out to people
quickly as the headline speak for the product advertised.
For a business person who don’t have the financial
resources to place a full or half page advert which cost
as much as N500,000, the Classified Advert is the best
place to advertise. So also it applies to you. And more
conveniently, it costs as little as N5000 to N6000 (in the
newspapers).
Make sure you include your phone number for
prospective clients who see the ads to contact you with.
Now that you've set the business rolling, make sure
you've done your research about cost. The materials that
the job will be printed on, there are different materials
that is available for printing. Suppose you want to print a
book, there are different sizes or thickness of sheet of
paper you want to use and the kind of job also you want
to print. Take for example you want to print a
Complimentary Card or Wedding Invitation, there are
different kind of paper for complimentary that you can
use.
There are ready made cards you can just buy and print
on, there are also available sheet of paper you can buy,
print on them and use sheet cutters to cut them to size.
It is therefore, wise and reasonable for you to take a
survey of the market price of the materials in advance to
enable you make your job quotation properly when
you're giving prices of work to your customers as they
starts coming.
As a beginner, it will as well help you to ask questions
from the sellers of the material, the operators of the
printing press, and others that are experienced in the job
of printing. Before you give price to a customer, make
sure you know the cost of the material that will finish
the job.
Step Two: Charge your customers and let them pay you
some money in advance, the money they pay you is
what you will use to buy the materials and finish the job,
the balance should be your gain.
Step Three: Buy the paper that the work will be printed
on ( don't forget the correct price of papers before you
quote for the job you will do so that you don't give
wrong price.) Take the paper to the printing press to run
the impression. When that is done, take the work to the
cutter to trim the paper to neat size.
It is after all these that the job can be delivered to the
customer, and if the delivery requires extra cost, add it
to the total cost of the job. Don't be too emotional, and
do not do a guess work when giving prices because your
clients wouldn't listen to your complains if you fail to
give them the type of quality of job they want.
If the total cost of delivering the job is N20,000 and you
charged you client N35,000. Your profit will be N15,000.
Multiply that by 20, you'll be making N300,000 from that
number. Remember, some printing jobs do run into
hundreds of thousands or million. The potential is just
unimaginable. So, go ahead and take this opportunity
now! You only need N6,000 to start.

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Thanks a lot OP... This piece help a lot

Mehn, tanx a million times. I av really been considering getting into printing for a while now, and that is to supplement my meagre salary. But one thing i notice is that it involves a lot of ones time which my job doesnt allow. Meanwhile, my area of interest is book publishing. Please, could u say sth abt d process here. Tanx in advance.

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author=Okwori12 post=30229920]if you are blessed pls let me know so I
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Thanks bro for this info

Pls, is there maximum number of colour that a graphic work must have

living2013:


Thanks bro for this info

Pls, is there maximum number of colour that a graphic work must have

Colour application is actually skills all graphics designers must have, but in print business, the more the colour the higher the cost.
Your work could be one color to or four color. But the most important thing is how you apply colors to your work. It can make or destroy your work

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Mehn, tanx a million times. I av really been considering getting into printing for a while now, and that is to supplement my meagre salary. But one thing i notice is that it involves a lot of ones time which my job doesnt allow. Meanwhile, my area of interest is book publishing. Please, could u say sth abt d process here. Tanx in advance.

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