Three Quick Tips to Smooth DM Production

1) Make sure that you see proofs. Hazeltine says that printers often will send the organization PDFs, which it can print and proof, but the problem is that the colors often are not exact. "Oftentimes PDF proofs are provided to save time, but I think it's still advisable to get a hard-copy proof when possible," Hazeltine says. "Once [the document] goes to production, sometimes it's a mistake to take the short-cut route and just get a PDF printer's proof because it isn't as representative a sample of the printed product as a real old-fashioned printer's proof."