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      Do not allow a 2-color press do 4-color work (unless you don't care about
      your color and consistency) - you cannot keep consistent color or registration
      throughout the run - some will try to sell you on this. They are trying
      to pay for that press




I have to take some exception to this. No, you will never get the same exact quality on a two-color press, but as a designer who has worked in two very good shops with two color presses, they can do a very fine job on four-color---and usually at a good price if you have a small to mid-sized run (we regularly run 20,000 piece four-color jobs). They are not necessarily trying to pay for the press, they are sometimes trying to offer full-service to the customers.

And I've worked with several large four to eight color printers who couldn't hit registration to save their lives, the color was bad when they did and the final piece was an embarrassment.

What it really comes down to is checking the printer out. Asking for multiple samples of their four-color work, not just one or two.

Jennifer