278: Thou shall obtain a printer’s template before beginning a packaging design assignment

Commentary Every manufacturer has its own nuances to consider. No matter how many music packaging projects you have completed, every vendor will have a slight variation in size and where the folds and scores occur. It is not noticeable in the marketplace, but it could be the difference in the placement of huge portions of the design. A left panel now becoming an upside down top panel, bleeds and glue panels in radically different positions. Every bag of coffee beans has a gas release in a different spot, meaning a bump and hole could suddenly emerge in the middle of your layout. Even little boxes of soap close in different configurations across the board. I could go on for days. The point being, save yourself the huge nightmare of reconfiguring your....JF