Preflight · Print files and approvals
Missing bleed, incorrect page counts or unclear file details often surface when an order should be moving forward. Skilled staff then make corrections under pressure. We align file checks with your products and production requirements. Clear guidance, stops and approvals help your team focus on cases needing professional judgement.
Discuss your preflight workflowScope, priorities and price agreed before work begins.
What we handle
We translate your product requirements into checking rules for format, orientation, bleed, page count and resolution. Flyers, brochures and large-format products are assessed against their own specifications. General default values do not replace your production team’s decisions.
We check actual customer files against your production requirements, including colour spaces, fonts, crop marks and relevant PDF/X properties. Within the agreed scope, we make technically feasible corrections according to your approved instructions and document changes. Missing content or the need for replacement artwork is reported back. Technical checking does not approve design, spelling or content accuracy.
We examine where your shop or workflow can support early checks. Guidance, warnings and production-critical errors have different consequences. Where the integration allows it, a defined stop prevents handover until corrected artwork or an authorised approval is available.
Customers need to understand what to do next. We write relevant guidance and agree which corrections can follow rules and which require prepress review. Changes affecting the printed result remain controlled. Automation cannot reliably recreate missing image detail or supply content that the customer has not provided.
Your team should see which file was checked, what was flagged and who owns the next step. We define statuses, responsibilities and records. Recurring issues can inform better templates, clearer customer instructions or revised product-specific rules.
An example from everyday print business
A customer orders flyers and uploads artwork. Prepress later discovers that the required bleed is missing. Order processing staff contact the customer while production waits for a replacement file.
For this workflow, checking is linked to the ordered product. The defined issue triggers clear guidance and the agreed stop. A replacement upload is checked again; special cases are passed to the responsible person.
The aim is to resolve the issue earlier with an explicit next action. Whether artwork can be adjusted or the customer must supply a new file remains a controlled decision under your production rules.
How we work together
We examine typical customer artwork, recurring questions and your production requirements for a selected group of products.
Together we establish checking criteria, messages, stops and responsibility for corrections, approvals and exceptions.
We test suitable and faulty files, check handovers and agree the introduction with your prepress team.
Managed Growth Officer
Your Managed Growth Officer works a total of 35 hours across five days each week for your company. A named KT-Digital expert with team backup, clear priorities and documented delivery.
Meet the Managed Growth OfficerFAQ
No. Checking, correcting and approving are separate steps. Some errors can follow agreed rules; others need replacement artwork or professional judgement. We define these boundaries for your products and make them visible before the file reaches production.
We investigate that first. Existing tools, profiles and interfaces can provide the foundation. What matters is their output and how your shop or workflow can use it. This service does not require a new webshop or replacement of your tools.
Requirements come from your production team. Together we classify issues and define their consequences. An intentionally accepted deviation needs a traceable owner. Decisions about exceptions remain with the appointed people in your business, supported by clear rules.
Representative files, artwork requirements and typical problem cases are useful. We begin with a manageable product area and map the current process. This establishes the scope, implementation effort and practical test cases for later acceptance.
The next step
In a free initial check, we look at your recurring cases and identify where a clearer checking and approval process could make daily work easier.
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