Independent print production management
PRODUCTION
JUDGMENT,
NOT JUST PRESS TIME.
Anyone can quote capacity. We build the production path that gets the details right before your job goes to press.
YOU OWN THE PROGRAM. WE BUILD THE PRODUCTION PATH.
WE RUN RECURRING DIRECT-MAIL AND FUNDRAISING PROGRAMS ON TIGHT MAIL DATES.
Bounce-back cards
Brochures
Calendars
Inserts
Newsletters
Publications
How a Job Moves.
01
Inbound RFQ
The job comes in as-is: specs, art, schedule, prior quote, or job history.
02
Build the Production Path
We resolve the specs and match process, equipment, materials, and suppliers to the job.
03
Validate the Bids
We normalize quotes, assumptions, exclusions, and production differences.
04
Return the Proposal
We price the quantities and production options that matter.
05
Control Production
We manage proofs, suppliers, schedule, quality, and exceptions.
06
Delivery
The job lands where and when the program needs it.
WHAT WE
ACTUALLY DO.
Production judgment is knowing how a print job should be produced and what needs to be resolved before it runs. These six disciplines put that judgment into practice.
01
Spec normalization & Risk review
We read the RFQ against the intended outcome and actual vendor capabilities, then neutralize the mismatches that would otherwise travel into the quote or onto press.
02
MANUFACTURING STRATEGY & SOURCING
We source across paper, print, bindery, specialty finishing, fulfillment, and freight matched to the job, not to a captive floor or an automatic vendor rotation.
03
COMPETITIVE BID VALIDATION
We compare assumptions, exclusions, materials, schedule, and freight so the numbers being compared describe the same job.
04
PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT
We build the production sequence, coordinate suppliers and approvals, and keep the job aligned to the required delivery or in-home date.
05
QUALITY CONTROL THROUGH THE CHAIN
We manage proof and production checks from prepress through finishing and catch issues before they become finished inventory.
06
MAILING, FREIGHT & DELIVERY
We manage ship-to requirements, bills of lading, mail drops, and delivery sequencing as part of the job, not as an afterthought.
FROM A JOB WE RAN THIS SPRING
MOST PRINTERS WOULD HAVE RUN IT.
THE CATCH
A recent job called for a foil-stamped cover. The bids were in, and the most competitive printer was ready to go. On the quote, everything checked out. What the quote didn't show: that press runs conventional inks, and conventional ink doesn't cure fast enough for foil to bond to it. Sent there, the foil would have lifted right off the finished cover.
We caught it before the job was placed and moved it to a press that seals the ink under a clear coat that cures on contact — so the foil grips and holds. Every printer in the running could run the job. Only one could run it right.
Capability runs the job.
Judgment is what makes it right.
Senior Judgment On Every Job
DECADES OF FAMILY PRINT EXPERTISE. NONE OF IT CAPTIVE TO A SINGLE PRESS.
Lillich Litho was founded in 2020. The production judgment behind it was developed over decades inside a print family: how to read the work, interrogate the specifications, select the right manufacturing path, and know which details can change the outcome.
Clients work directly with the principals responsible for estimating, vendor selection, production oversight, and final sign-off. That means fewer handoffs, clear accountability, and senior attention where the job is most exposed.
DALLAS LILLICH JR. / PRESIDENT
Vendor relationships · estimating · production sign-off
DALLAS LILLICH III / MANAGING DIRECTOR
New business · operations · production systems
Santa Fe, New Mexico
AUDIENCES
Lillich Litho is an independent print production management firm in Santa Fe, New Mexico — managing direct-mail and nonprofit-fundraising print programs from spec through delivery.