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Likely true, but that's not the point.

Nothing is so simple that it can't be f**ked up.

Economics plays a large part. Hard to get by on a trainee salary. Add to that wage expectations even when one does reach top operator level. And much of the industry has been dumbed down almost to the point of button pusher. Prices cut to minimum in order to compete means wages follow along the...

I've had shop owners relay to me that they have trouble filling trainee positions such as press feeder. Apparently there's an unwillingness to start at the ground level and work oneself up.

Always a shame to see such programs end. Aren't these small duplicators are pretty much history these days? Would still be useful for teaching the basics of offset I suppose. I operated similar years ago and looking at the video made me realize I could probably still walk in & operate the thing...

re roboburger Just shoot me now. I'll no longer go to McDonalds regardless of how hungry. On a brighter note, I just visited the drug store where there was a line up for the cash. Everyone in line refused to be transferred to the self checkout. It was a proud moment of solidarity.

I've already done that when the person I'm talking to is right before my eyes! Like . . .is this person real?! Last time I was at a drive through fast food joint I wondered to myself, how long before the person inside with a headset is replaced with a bot. Or for that matter, how long before...

Nothing says 'we don't give a rat's ass about your question or your problem' like a company that uses one of those growing more popular by the day Virtual Assistants.

Membership often permits a company to attract the best talent thanks to decent benefits & wages. But that's a different thread.

I (we) would sometimes be queried about union membership by customers. Not just political types either. What ultimately drove the importance of union membership, or not, was the price. Same goes for the use of recycled paper. Customers would be all over the importance of using 100% recycled...

A raise/bonus

Postal requirements aside, I'd be curious as to how one acquires 70-90,000 pennies?!

My 2 cents to the above. When shutting down for the day I always used chrome cleaner and finished with gum arabic. It could take several days of treatment to 'season' your roller.

The simple thing to do would be to also print the border CMYK. If for whatever reason that's not feasible, make the border slightly larger and overprint the spot colour. However that could be a problem if your blue border colour is very light.

I always sent a pdf proof to the customer to make certain it was the correct file version, even when I was sure it was. That in itself often prompted the customer to make a minor change/correction that they hadn't thought of. It also places the onus on the customer.

I'm presuming he means pixelated, as in low resolution raster. Mini rant: I've had many tell me proofs 'don't look right'. Turns out they're looking at what might be a 30" sheet on a bloody telephone screen.

First thing I'd suggest doing is to hire an experienced print manager to oversee setup, equipment & operation.

I second Magnus. Rich black and registration black are 2 entirely different things for different purposes. An automated pre-press properly set up would probably kick registration colour back as an error if you tried piling that much ink onto a sheet. Think taking a dump for 3-4 days without...

Wise decision by the sounds of things. Also by the sounds of things it doesn't sound like you'll have much success getting them to reprint. Re proofs. A proof doesn't come from the same piece of equipment that the final offset print job does. Sure it can be a darn close match. But a $50 home...

Done! Those little power packs for recharging USB devices. You might need one with a bit more storage to power a press. That's after you develop a USB powered printing press.