Printing Guru is blog to help you how to develop your printing skill. Here we will try to learn what are the major parts in printing field.
If you have already printing press OK, Then you I ready have sufficient experience but if you are starting New Business then you have to learn so many thing.
I believe this is only business field which any one can start with 0 to 6 lac Rs. Or more of investment. Yes I am True, need not to be surprise if you don’t have sufficient amount to start business and you want to do something this business is very good option for you.
First we will tell really what are the major requirements to start printing press.
OFFSET PRINTERS
1. Shop or printing press premises
2. Offset Machine
3. Paper Cutting Machine
4. Perforation Machine, Etc.
SCREEN PRINTING
1. Shop or Printing press premises
2. Printing Furniture
3. Printing Equipments
4. Printing INKS
5. Film Exposing Machine Etc.
DTP
1. Computer
2. Laser Printer
3. Designing Software like Page Maker, Corel Draw, Photoshop, Fonts, Cliparts Etc.
4. Scanner
5. Computer table furniture, Etc.
Staff
1. DTP Operator
2. Offset Machinery Operator
3. Binder
4. Screen Printers
5. Helping Staff
Many more requirements are there which you get as per your requirements. All this cost approx Rs. 2 Lacs to Rs. 4 lacs. As you know but what we tell you if want to start with ZERO INVESTMENT * (Dead Investment) yes you can and it is possible
To start you printing with ZERO INVESTMENT what are the major requirement:
1. You must be creative person
2. You must have some printing IDEAS
3. ZAEL to work hard
4. Strong Marketing skill
5. Some Amount like Rs. 1000 to 5000. To Invest in Raw Material
If you think that yes I have these quality then you can start you own printing press without investing any dead investments.
What is the First Step.
1. Get Some Printing Ideas about your business like what we sell for example Visiting cards, Pamphlets, Broachers’, Later pads, Bill Books, Quotation Pads, Etc.
2. Get touch with DTP Operator for designing find out what he charge for designing.
3. Consult with offset printers try to collect some sample of Latter pads, Bill Books, leaflets, etc and ask what he charge actually the charge rupees in 1000 Impression. Its come around Rs. 45 to 60 per 1000 impression
4. Here only you get binder to bind your book make in contact get the quotation of binding, Its Depends upon size and quantity.
5. For Screen Printing you will get so many screen printers also contact them and try to get some same and their quotation they also charge in impression, Minimum 100 impression each colour get each impression.
6. Get quotation of papers, This is the main part of printing business, if you know size and quality of papers the you are perfect in this business.
Generally Paper have different Size but in common printing business the size are like :
1. Dubble Dummy 18” X 23”
2. Single Dummy 11.5” X 18”
Its comes in RIM each RIM contain
1. Dubble Dummy 500 sheets
2. Single Dummy 480 sheets
Maximun Size which use as stationery by profession are like
1. ¼ its call one four
2. 1/5 its call call one five
3. 1/6 its call one six
4. 1/8
5. 1/10
6. 1/12
Note : Paper size ¼ means in a single dummy sheet you get 4 papers
Study the books and their paper like 1+1, 1+2, 1+3.
How to calculate coasting of books.
If you get 10 books order to print of ¼ size 1+1 one Colour then calculate like this :
1. DTP Charge, Generally for its charge Rs. 35 (Inclusive Proof and Final)
2. Paper cost in single dummy you need 1000 ¼ paper, then purchse 250 sheets S.D. ist cost Rs. 0.80 approx, And for Second copy again you need 250 S.D. Sheets its cost 0.75 approx for 500 S.D. sheets your amount is Rs. 388 approx.
3. Printing Cost for 1000 impression the charge Rs. 60 approx (Because Book is in Single Colour)
4. Binding cost for ¼ size binding they charge Rs. 10 each book approx, So your amount is Rs. 100 approx
So your costing is 35+388+60+100=Rs. 583 that’s mean each books cost Rs. 59,
What you charge to coustomer generally ¼ size single colour 1+1 books if quantity is 10 or 20 market price is Rs. 85
Here you learn if you invest Rs. 583 you get rs. 850 means your profit is Rs. 283.
