hmmm....advice anyone?

[graphicsmama]

I'm doing a mailer for one of my clients...however, he has no original artwork for his logo and the company that designed it no longer exists. (I tried to contact them.)

So now I'm having to re-draw his logo. (as is...which I hate but this guy is not going to fork out any money for me to redesign it.) So do I just go ahead and give him a disk with the formats on it? I didn't create the original so I know I don't own the rights to the artwork, but I know there would be a financial advantage to having the logo for future projects he might do. So while I'll keep a copy of it myself, should I just go ahead and give the artwork file to him and charge him an hourly rate for having to re-draw it?

[CkretAjint]

Scan and paste, plain and simple. If he can't keepa copy of his logo for his business obviously he wont care if it prints like crap.... Don't waste you time if he's not paying you to recreate it.

[graphicsmama]

hmmm...okay, I'll do that. I have scanned it in, so I have that part done. :)

[CkretAjint]

Make sure he knows it will look like crap though. Tell him this and have a quote ready to redraw this logo... Maybe you can make a few more bucks on this project. But don't throw your time out the window for free.

[morea]

have the client sign off on the art before going to press, to CYA.

[PrintDriver]

Charge extra for supplying the disk too.

[graphicsmama]

good ideas, thanks :)