Many business managers have a hard time deciding whether to do their printing in-house or to outsource to a professional printing company. There a few things you need to consider before making this decision. Remember, different businesses have different needs and therefore, what works for one business may not necessarily work for yours. Some of the considerations you need to make include:

• How big your organization is – It does not make sense for a small start-up that is struggling to establish itself in the industry and is working with a thin budget to set up an in-house printing department. However, a big organization that is well established can comfortably run an in-house printing department.
• The complexity of your printing needs – If you are doing a marketing campaign that will need lots of posters and flyers, it might be a good idea to hire professional printing services. But if your business only needs a few documents printed every week, you can purchase a small office printer for this. You can also do some of the printing work in-house and outsource the more complex printing tasks to professionals.

Below are some of the advantages of hiring a printing company.

1. Cost savings :

For you to do your own printing in-house, you need to buy all the equipment needed and this can be very expensive. On top of this, you will have to spend money on regular maintenance in order to keep the equipment working optimally and the equipment will need to be replaced every so often. You will also have to charge depreciation against the equipment. All these costs will definitely bring your profits down. If you hire professionals to do your business printing for you, you only need to pay a monthly fee and they will take care of all your printing needs. You will not have to worry about buying paper and ink cartridges either.

2. Better quality :

Business printing is not as simple and straightforward as people think it is. The quality of your brochures, flyers, and business cards needs to be topnotch for your business to have a good image. If you do your own printing in-house, you may end up with shoddy work and this may tarnish your business’s image. By hiring a professional, the design and printing of the brochures, flyers and business cards will be done professionally and you will end up with much better quality. The professionals may even provide the design services for free or at a discount because you are their loyal customer.

3. Save time :

When you have a professional taking care of your business printing needs, you and all your employees can focus on core business and not have to waste time printing various documents.

4. Benefit from economies of scale :

Printing companies serve many clients and this means that their operational costs are much lower because of economies scale. They use state-of-the-art equipment that are fast and minimize wastage of materials such as paper and ink. The companies pass these cost savings on to their clients and you may, therefore, find that hiring professionals is the more economical option in the long run.

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