Printing Insights from the Production Floor

When filing materials with the BC Court of Appeal , content isn’t the only thing that matters. Cover colour compliance is mandatory — and mistakes can delay or disrupt your filing. Under the Court of Appeal Civil Rules , specific documents require prescribed cover colours and formatting. These distinctions allow registry staff and judges to immediately identify document type. Common document categories include: Factums Appeal Books Books of Authorities Applications Each has

Legal Tuesday Tip from CETTEC Printing: how to OCR your PDFs so they stay searchable and still print sharply in appeal books, factums, and books of authorities—without fuzzy text or over-compressed scans.

Big appeal records and multi-volume authorities are where filing deadlines get risky. This Tuesday Tip explains how looping your printer into the planning stage helps legal teams avoid last-minute print emergencies.

Legal printing tip: how to send clear print instructions when you share court PDFs by secure file link, so your printer has everything they need with no email ping-pong.

Court deadlines don’t move, and registries don’t make exceptions for print errors. When timing matters, the safest approach is: Secure file submission Clear print instructions Early confirmation A printer experienced with court materials CETTEC works with legal professionals who need accuracy under pressure. Orders are reviewed before production so issues are addressed early—not at the deadline. Submit securely here: https://www.cettec.ca/legalorder

If you work in litigation, you’ve probably spent more hours than you’d like to admit wrestling with a Table of Contents (TOC) and Table of Authorities (TOA) in Word. Recently, I saw a great LinkedIn post from Julie Enez at Beyond Paralegals about creating TOCs and TOAs and properly marking citations. That’s the part everyone talks about. From the printer’s side, we see the next part: The TOC and TOA look perfect in Word… and then things go sideways at the PDF and print stag