_Size of Form_ ___________________________________________________ _Colour of Ink_ __________________________________________________ _Time of Composition_ ____________________________________________ _Time on Press_ __________________________________________________ _Proof wanted_ ___________________________________________________ _Goods to be called for_ _________________________________________ _ ” ” delivered_ __________________________________________ _Price_ __________________________________________________________ _Paid in advance, $_ _____________________________________________ _Date_ ____________________________ It will be satisfactory to keep what may be called an Estimate Book, in which may be entered the particulars of estimates given for various kinds of work, whether the job be secured or not, these particulars will be time-saving when a similar piece of work comes in for estimate. Samples of paper, of all grades and colours, may be kept in a convenient receptacle, cut up into various sizes, and with memoranda written on each sample to denote the cost per ream, the weight, and the number of pieces in a sheet. A useful thing to have in a job office is Ames’s Paper and Card Scale, for fractional sizes, showing the number of pieces of any required size that can be cut from a sheet without waste, with a table giving the number of sheets required to cut 1000 pieces, and another showing the cost of paper by the quire, sheet, and hundred sheets, at any given price per ream. Besides the above, we may mention Le Blond’s Chart, a very compact affair, showing the number of any given size of card that can be cut out of a card sheet 22 × 28 inches. [Illustration: JOB CASE.] [Illustration: TRIPLE JOB CASE.] [Illustration: LABOUR-SAVING RULE CASE.] The modern printer has every convenience that can be desired in the way of cases, and his type and other material are amply provided with receptacles well adapted for each special use. There are not only large and small cabinets, filled with job cases of various styles and capacities, but there may be had cases for rules, leads, and furniture, as well as blank cases for indefinite uses. We give representations of these. [Illustration: LABOUR-SAVING SLUG CASE.] [Illustration: LABOUR-SAVING LEAD CASE.] [Illustration: QUOTATION FURNITURE CASE.] [Illustration: BLANK CASE.] All cases should be labelled, and the label should be printed in the same type that is contained in the case. Capitals and lower-case job types should not be laid together in the same boxes. The saving of time in a year will pay for extra cases. [Illustration: CABINET OF CASES, WITH GALLEY TOP.]