Is It Out of Scope? — Web development
Is creating print-ready assets from web designs out of scope for a web development project?
Yes. Print production isn't a development task at all — it has no code, hosting, or functionality component.
This request occasionally lands on the dev side of an engagement when a client isn't sure which part of the team handles "the graphics."
Is it out of scope?
Yes. Preparing print files is a design-production task — color mode conversion and layout for print — with no development component at all.
Clause typically implicated
Clause typically implicated
Exclusions clause→ — Development engagements exclude print-production work as outside the discipline entirely.
Example contract wording
Example contract wording (illustrative, not legal advice)
Print-ready files aren't something the development scope covers — that's design production work. I can loop in whoever handled the visual design, or point you to a resource for it.
How MarginFlow flags it
MarginFlow flags print-asset requests outside_scope on development contracts, since they fall outside every deliverable category a dev SOW covers.