Is it cheaper to have printing jobs printed overseas? Graphic Arts finds out.
Welcome to a new regular department of Graphic Arts magazine. We’re investigating a myth of the Canadian printing industry: are offshore printers all that much more competitive than Canadians? And we’re doing this the only way that makes sense: we’re asking the offshore printers. Consider it a benchmark to compare where your business might be facing some stiff competition from across the ocean.
Every issue, we’ll ask for quotes for printing different types of printing jobs. For this inaugural edition, we’ve asked four Asian printers to quote on printing a large job: 30,000 copies of a glossy, 48-page, self-cover brochure in four colours.
We asked all printers to base their quote on receiving PDF files on CD from us, without need for changes (other than preflighting, naturally), including delivery to Toronto and all shipping and customs charges.
Specifications:
Size: 8.5 x 11 inches
Extent: 48 pp including cover
Stock: all 116 gsm no. 2 coated white
Color: 4/c 2 sides, process
Delivery: Toronto, Canada.
International Print-o-Pac
New Delhi, India
$17,000 US
Equipment:
Sheetfed offset:
6/c MAN Roland 706LV with coater
8/c MAN Roland 708—28” x 40”
5/c MAN Roland 705—28” x 40”
6/c MAN Roland—18.9”x26”
5/c MAN Roland—18.9”x26”
4/c MAN Roland—18.9”x26”
2/c MAN Roland perfector—28” x 40”
2/c Adast Dominant perfector—19”x 26”
1/c Adast Dominant—19”x 26”
2/c Planeta perfector—28” x 40”
Heat-set Web:
SOLNA C96 heat-set web press with double parallel and 8-page folder
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Regal Printing, Ltd.
Hong Kong, China
$14,100 US
Equipment:
Sheetfed offset presses
3 8/c Heidelberg Speedmaster 102ZPs with CP2000
2 5/c Komori Lithrone 40s
3 4/c Komori Lithrone 40/S40s
2 2/c Heidelberg Speedmaster 102p perfectors
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Artful Dragon Press (brokers)
Locations across Asia
$22,578 US