Producing items overseas has its advantages, but also does require a bit of planning when it comes to lead time. Depending on your situation, typical turn time for printing projects in China is 6-8 weeks. Of course larger or more complex projects will require more time. In this post, we offer some information to help you better manage China production lead time.

Process color and Pantone color ink systems are identical between other countries and China. However, process inks in China generally follow the Japanese standard, so it is not entirely accurate to assume a piece printed in your country will have an identical result in China.

Paper, relief printing, and moveable type—the very foundations of the industry—all emerged from China beginning over 2000 years ago.