What you actually get.
Print is where craft shows. Three millimeters of bleed, outlined fonts, CMYK conversion, paper stock recommendations — the details that separate a card that prints clean from one that comes back with white edges and broken type.
I've shipped print work for over a decade — business cards, posters, brochures, magazine layouts, signage, packaging. Every file goes to the printer the way the printer wants it: properly bled, properly outlined, properly specced.
A typical print project from me includes:
- Custom design — laid out for your specific format and use
- Print-ready PDF — CMYK colour, 3mm bleed, crop marks, outlined fonts
- Paper stock recommendations — weight, finish, lamination options for your budget
- Printer liaison — I can speak directly to your printer to handle technical questions
- Two revision rounds — usually one structural, one polish
- Source files — Illustrator or InDesign, organised and labelled
- Reprint files — kept on hand for 12 months for free reprints with no edits
How we get there.
Print is more linear than digital — once it's printed, it can't be patched.
- Brief — format, quantity, audience, distribution context
- Print spec — paper stock, finish, ink choices confirmed before design starts
- Design — layout, hierarchy, type. Two rounds of feedback
- Proof — final PDF for client sign-off; nothing goes to print without explicit approval
- Handoff — print-ready files to you or directly to the printer
- Press check — optional for high-stakes runs (additional fee)
What it doesn't include.
Things I don't include but can arrange:
- The actual printing — I supply the files, you pay the printer directly. I can recommend printers
- Print management — handling the printer end-to-end is an add-on (R850 typical)
- Photography — original photography is a separate engagement
- Copywriting — I design around your copy
- Foiling, embossing, die-cuts — specialty finishes need printer-specific quotes; I'll design for them but the print spec is separate
Who this is for.
This is for any printed deliverable — business cards, flyers, posters, brochures, magazines, packaging, signage. If it's going to ink-on-paper, it falls here.
Per-page editorial work (magazines, reports) is priced per page from R450 to keep large jobs predictable. Tell me the page count and I'll quote.
Examples.
See Selected Work — Mandela Day series, Decompose This., and the Stronger Together Springboks campaign are all print-led projects.