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Sounds like you're on the right path. I'd add several more cliches though. Be interesting to see an update in a couple years.

Reminds me of a letterhead job we used to print. Paper was ordered trimmed from the wholesaler to 11" x 17", presumably to save time. We ran the letterhead 2 on a sheet. It was always a 50,000 run (100,000 finished). The letterhead was on expensive paper and after printing it had to be foiled...

I'd say their reputation pretty much turned to rubbish after the emissions fiasco.

But the company will provide you with loads of incentive!

Unfortunately it's often the only way to get paid more money. It's a huge failing of many industries (in my opinion). If a person isn't 'promoted' or is but doesn't accept a promotion the mindset is that that person is somehow a failure. As a result people are often 'promoted' to a job they...

Assuming you printed 11 x 17 long grain the grain direction for the final fold to 5.5 x 8.5 would be to your favour. Had you been aware before hand you could have scored each sheet prior to booklet making - down the length of 17". Same idea as you would when cross folding 11 x 17 to fit an...

Use the trial for a month - it's free! I use it 'quite' a bit (see what I did there :) to resize pages. Like when people send business cards on a pdf page the size of a football field (almost). Maybe others will have suggestions that aren't so pricey.

Quite Imposing. It's relative to what you consider 'inexpensive'. There might be a trial, so you can try first.

Pretty much method 2. Gap the rollers for the thickness that will travel through them. It takes awhile to get just right.

Oh. I had thought the OP had the original InDesign files, given by the original designer. Sorry. Personally I prefer to make my own PDF's for press. I get clients who send a low quality PDF's or a single page PDF that can be a huge number of Mb's. Or PDF's with printers marks. I guess they think...

Maybe I'm missing something. If you have InDesign and the original file, and I believe you said you do, make any changes there, throw out the existing PDF and make a new one. Seems pretty straight forward. Nothing else makes sense. You may have to tell your coworker to bug out. If your workload...

Not quite there yet, but it's coming. Side note; I've looked at the Vista Print site a couple times, just out of curiosity. I wouldn't know how to order anything from them. I have over 40 years in this business and they use terminology that's completely foreign to me. Paper described as...

I've seen people with 20 years experience . . . Year 1 repeated, 20 times over.

The industry (many industries) is rife with those willing to take advantage of the knowledge people have accumulated through the years while providing as little as possible compensation. Probably one of the most refreshing things I ever heard was from someone in charge of pre-press at a major...

Company policy. I love when that term is bandied about. Like it's some law that's been carved in concrete and is absolutely not negotiable. An underpaid lackey looks down their nose . . ."but it's our policy." End of discussion. I take immeasurable pleasure in pointing out that whatever this...

My experience with government contracts - both levels of government - is don't expect a windfall. Those that make money are those that wine & dine or otherwise pander to the purchasing agent and therefore land the nicer orders. It happens. Not much different than dealing with a large...

I once had a customer who designed a tri-fold brochure 2 sides in Excel. All considered he did a pretty good job of it too. Probably took him days. Brochures in Word are pretty common. The folds/panels are never remotely near correct. I understand getting panels right can be a problem in Word (I...

Heidelberg Platen.

Anchor rubber band. You could try this place: http://www.sircorubberbands.com/

Can you not just place the pdf into InDesign, add marks there and make a new pdf?