Beyond Overnight Delivery: Remote Printing and Delivery
I have some ways I make sure no proposal misses delivery. The first priority is to always know what your backup delivery mechanism will be. Things go wrong. The weather grounds FedEx, once a truck broke down on its way to deliver our proposal and the carrier couldn’t deliver by deadline. I always have another way, just in case.
Back up delivery: Kinko’s prints your proposal
When you come to rely on overnight delivery for your critical documents (who doesn’t?) bad weather, a broken down delivery truck (on either end), and misplaced cargo can ruin your efforts.
Several years ago I began testing remote printing at Kinko’s and I can recommend it with some reservations.
You deliver your document in PDF format (Kinko’s has their own KDF format available on their website for free if you don’t have PDF capabilities). You choose a Kinko’s in the deliver city, email the file to them. They print, bind, and then courier it to your client.
Reservations: Be sure to call and talk to the manager at the Kinko’s about your needs. If you are on deadline, you need to have someone paying attention to be sure the document doesn’t get laid aside with their routine work. I’ve had one Kinko’s print and bind my job, then have it ready for me to pick up, 500 miles away from my office. They just didn’t check the instructions again after binding the document. Be sure the Kinko’s has a courier they can use (some don’t). For proposals, I usually send a test document and have them fed-ex it back to me the week before deadline. That way I can check the paper and binding, and have an excuse to make contact several times with the manager before D-day. (Delivery day)
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