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Chromalin proofs (mid 80's) - or going back even further (late 60's to mid 7o's) - Ozalid proofs anyone? Or typescales and copyfitting tables . . .

I sometimes use this - "We do three kinds of job - Good, Quick and Cheap. You can have any two:- If it's Good and Quick it won't be Cheap; if it's Cheap and Quick it won't be Good; and if it's Good and Cheap it won't be Quick". Rarely fails to focus the customer's attention. Alastair

This thread timing is Spooky - I've recently lost my main litho/digital supplier (liquidation) and yesterday was looking at a new one who has a new Ricoh ProC5100. I had them run a sample of a job that was previously done on a Xerox docutech. I habitually output PDF/X4 using Europe Prepress 3...

How much for "Quite funny"

I also will not "rent" software from Adobe. I bought CS6 and it still does everything I need. (but then I'm still using XP on my main production machine, I'm a founder member of the 'If it ain't broke . . ' club.) I tried the trial ID CC on a W7 laptop - not enough to tempt me, the speed factor...

Another consideration is that every time an image goes through a lens it degrades slightly, the degree of degradation depends on how good the lens is /aperture used.

I've been told that this is could be symptomatic of cylinder bushes getting hot and seizing hence the cool down period. What's the condition of the oil tanks, and also when was the oil last changed?

Reminded me of this - An Infinite Number Of Monkeys - Bob Newhart - YouTube

. . . or as Steve Jobs said “You can’t just ask customers what they want and then try to give that to them. By the time you get it built, they’ll want something new.” which I always translated as "Don't ask the customer what he wants - tell them what they're going to have".

Be careful with this - I occasionally have to do this type of job and people like very heavy weight cards - 400gsm up to 600 or even 700gsm. Fiding a laser that has the thermal output to fuse the toner onto the card may be a problem, and physically feeding the stock can be difficult. Most of...

Although I'm a designer and usually a print customer, I occasionally run pre-press for one of our local litho houses, and I am horrified at some of the submitted files from 'proper' professional companies - brochures done in 6 year old versions of freehand, mono laser 'proofs', no bleed, no trim...

I've had this but from the other direction, I had supplied a locked PDF catalogue proof to a customer who then went into administration (leaving my bill unpaid :mad:) and were bought out by another company. Some time later I got a call from a printer who'd been asked to make alterations to the...

I think that part of the problem is that graphic design is now a much 'bigger' job - ie the scope has broadened hugely. 30 years ago a designer and copywriter would work together and produce visuals with magic markers. Then the job would go to a photographer, mechanical artworker (possibly via...

Everyone with a computer and some graphics software thinks they are professional designers. I call it the helicopter syndrome - anyone can go out and buy a helicopter, but not many can actually fly one. As an aside on the design education matter, a few years ago I decided to go for a part time...