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Design & Development / Re: Manufacturing with USPCC
« on: August 17, 2014, 12:02:55 AM »I can't speak for everyone, but my experience with USPCC was terrific for the entire duration of the Clipped Wings campaign. My contacts were always prompt with their responses via email and phone, and they were incredibly friendly and helpful to me.
There weren't any delays with printing, and the turnaround time for the production of Clipped Wings was 4 weeks. I will admit though that having a standard, simple tuck case definitely played a big part in the quick turnaround time. I enjoyed working with USPCC and I plan on working with them again.
I believe you're very correct on that conclusion about the tucks. There's also the fact that your deck designs were one-color backs with two-color faces, no fancy metallic inks, etc. In many ways, your deck was easier for them to create than their own Bicycle and Bee decks! The art on your decks is great, but it's also very simple in terms of reproducing it accurately a few thousand times - the fewer the variables, the easier the job.
Even something as simple as requesting Bee Casino stock, no matter how basic your design, complicates a project. USPC doesn't make their own tuck boxes for a deck made with stock that thick, so they have to hire a contractor/supplier to do that work for them which adds weeks to the completion date of one's print job.
The more features a designer wants, whether is in the cards, the tucks or the brick boxes, the more complex the project gets, the more the deck will cost and the more chances for something to go sideways and pear-shaped. This is true no matter who you're printing with, but it can be especially true at USPC.
Yup, USPCC said on more than one occasion that they really like printing my decks
Thank you to all who've filled out your Backerkit surveys so far!
