Minimum Order Requirements
For certain types of print processes there are minimum order requirements for the below reasons:
- The cost for producing 1 copy may be very similar to producing 50 as the only variable is the material cost
- The set up cost may be expensive because of the time involved in producing the first sheet off the press
- The process requires time as well as materials to set up which may also be wasteful in raw materials
- Metal or polymer dies may be required for particular printing processes, such as copper dies for engraving
- There may be a large amount of manual work involved like cutting, folding, sticking etc and this can require several attempts to get right
- The art working may be time consuming and spread across a large quantity this cost is less noticeable
