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Originally Posted by Spider-Fan
Here is why i disagree with that thought process -
1) If its an efficiency thing, there should be more 1:100 and 1:200 variants, as it would make the most sense to print more of them. Just making number up here, but if you are printing 20/minute, and you run and extra 2 minutes. Having 40 extra 1:100 or 1:200 variants is going to be much more noticeable than 1:10 or 1:20 variants. The same overage is going to be a much higher percent on a shorter printing.
2) If you think they are intentionally printing extras as incentives or something, it would also make the most sense to do the shorter printed variants.
3) 1:100 and 1:200 and even 1:50 variants are pretty rare and typically only on very popular books. They tend to be big ticket items, and a lot of stores probably adjust their orders to qualify. 1:10 and 1:20 variants, on the other hand, are on tons of books every week. They aren't very valuable to stores if there isn't a high demand for them, so they aren't ordering 5 extra books to qualify.
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You are correct to point. They are always going to print more than they have orders for because of damages that need replaced.
Also, as sometimes people report incorrectly, they are not going to print 683 copies. It is more efficient for the printed to print a case of a comic than to stop it mid run. So they print in rounds of 200-250 depending on case size.