Should you outsource the printer or only the design?

Yes, commission the design outside if the menu is not composed in the venue, and keep the printer that already knows your paper if they accept the PDF with bleed. Do not switch shops only because the design changes.

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Ask your printer whether they print from a PDF with bleed or need another format. The printer is changed at the same time as the menu and nobody knows whether the fault is the colour or the file. The PDF ready for the shop you already use, and another printer only if yours cannot handle that size.

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Join a community for people who care how a brand shows up on the door, the menu and the phone—not just in a pretty PDF. We share brand judgement you can use this week: names, systems, applications and decisions that hold on the floor. No endless moodboards, no empty decks and no agency theatre. Short takes, clear examples and tips for local businesses that already exist and need to look like themselves at every touchpoint.