Classify quality costs and explain why prevention usually beats late failure in printing.
The question: are we paying for prevention, or paying for failure? Cost of Quality gives print teams a shared money language for quality. It does not treat every inspection, checklist, or training hour as overhead. It asks what kind of quality cost the business is paying. Prevention cost Activities that reduce the chance of a defect: preflight rules, calibrated equipment, approved standards, operator training, clear job specs. Appraisal cost Activities that check conformance: proofs, first-off samples, density readings, barcode scans, carton audits. Internal failure cost Defects found before the customer receives the work: spoilage, remakes, rework, extra setup, failure analysis.…
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