Printing Design Rates for PrintDirectforLess.com

Design Rates are an option on our website as a starting point to having a PDFL Graphics Artist create  a design that works for you. 

We expect some up front ideas and verbiage (Word Document) to come from the client in an electronic format so we can begin to prepare some designs for you.  If you have specific pictures or artwork (logos) that need to be incorporated into the design, we would first need those items for the design process to begin.  Having us design your project should save you time and money in the end, and help you get straight to the end product of producing your printed material quicker than alternative methods.

If you desire a design service to be performed by a PDFL graphic artist, please order that "Design Rate" item when going through the order entry process while placing your order.  Also please note that "Design Rate" charges are non-refundable, should you choose not to accept a design that our artists' develop.  Everyone imagines how products should look and, should you decide to take your design project elsewhere and submit that art after we have already designed some layouts for you, that is your choice.

Once we fully understand what you want us to do, and you have given us all the information we need to begin designing your creation, we will give you an estimate on how long, in terms of hours, it will take to finish your project before we can use it in print production.  EXAMPLE:  If you ask us to design a postcard, and the initial ordering cost is $100, and we give you a 3 hour estimate at $50 per hour, an additional $50 will be billed to your credit card, once you approve this cost.  As you can see below, our Layout & Design rates are $50.00 per hour. 

LAYOUT & DESIGN - $50.00 per hour

DESIGN PROOFING AND CLIENT RESPONSIBILITY
If PrintDirectforLess.com is hired to do design work for you, it is the clients complete responsibility to make sure the design is done exactly to the specs the client desires, before approving the final proof used to set a job into print production.  On orders placed through our website, once a client approves their on-line PDF proof, that relieves PrintDirectforLess.com from any and all responsibility for any aspect of the design such as: mis-spellings (Typos), column spacing, etc.  If the client is ordering a custom quoted order (one not available on our website), and a physical client signature is required to approve a proof before releasing an order into print production, that client signature completely releases PrintDirectforLess.com from any liability on work PrintDirectforLess.com did in design. 

It is ultimately the clients responsibility to proofread and check that all design elements are done to their EXACT satisfaction, before approving any type of proof that finally releases an order into FINAL PRINT PRODUCTION.  If a client finds an error in their order after approving their proof, but before the order goes onto a printing press for completion, the costs to make the change will vary depending on the nature of the change, and how far along into production the job has gone.  Once PDFL makes that cost assessment, the client will be notified, and it will ultimately be the clients responsibility to post a message in the client account, under that specific ORDER NUMBER, as to what action PDFL is to take regarding this matter.  Nothing will be done until you post a message to your account and that specific ORDER NUMBER.

Finding mistakes after a proof has been accepted and a print order is received is not grounds for clients to request a reprint or a refund.  However, if this does occur, and a client requires a job to be reprinted, PrintDirctforLess.com will reduce the rerun or new order by up to as much as 20% off the listed website prices.   The amount discounted from 1% to 20% will solely depend on whether or not any discounts were offered at the time of the first order, and if the client is a discounted customer or not.