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The vacuum effect: How to save up to 30% off your print costs without changing print prices

I have heard it said that the very first vacuum cleaners were actually designed to blow dust rather than suck it.  Can you imagine the mess that would make?!  To get a successful invention, it needed someone to challenge what was being done.

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How a QR matrix can save print buyers over an hour a day

Do you ever assemble flatpack furniture?  I don’t know about you, but I often struggle to

work out what piece goes where.  Thank goodness that they have standard bolts and screws.  Can you imagine the confusion if each one was different?

But often every print quote we receive is slightly different.  Making them all the same can save the print buyer a lot of time.  And that’s where the QR matrix comes in.

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Is buying on price costing you money?

I once managed a team of print buyers.  Pete was one of the members of the team.  One morning he came up to me with a great grin on his face.  “Matthew, I just reduced the price by another £50,” he said.

I was delighted

“Yes, it took me three hours, but I got there in the end!”

My heart sank.

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