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    Gen Z CtP

    And put this at the end of the buffet line: https://smile.amazon.com/dp/B08BYX99BN/
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    Paper Triage

    A chunk of my job is buying printing. When I put an annual project out for quotes this year, the RFQ sent to vendors we haven't used before included a requirement that the vendor be able to document having paper ON HAND if the order was placed. I've never had to do that before, in _mumblemumble_...
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    Cushioning Paper Void Filler Replacement for Plastic Pillows

    "Traditional" :LOL: plastic-based fill pillows? Geez, I am old. Even foam packing peanuts look like a modern innovation to me. With changes in the publishing world, there are no longer enough sources to generate the ultimate reusable/recyclable fill: yesterday's newspaper. Question about this...
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    A-Way

    Wishing you the best of luck, Gordo -- a condition for which likelihood is greatly increased by good planning, and you're good at that.
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    Poll: Switching to Affinity?

    Our newspaper workflow depends on a plug-in for InDesign that's not available for Affinity Publisher, so we're not looking to leave that one Adobe product. In the process of looking at Affinity products to replace Illustrator and Photoshop; not seeing an alternative to Acrobat. Dropping the...
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    Fonts in "safety" area

    Arrrgh! You are so right. But even after explaining patiently then escalating to your exact language ... next job does it again.
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    Adobe Performance...

    I encourage EVERYBODY to switch to Affinity, because our newspaper production workflow depends on a plug-in that's only available for InDesign (DocsFlow -- it's wonderful brilliant beautiful) and the developers won't build an Affinity version until there are enough users out there to pay the...
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    Acrobat image compression

    Dov! Have you retired? Pursued "other opportunities"? I do hope you will continue to frequent these boards -- I learn so much whenever we hear from you.
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    Print Sales

    Years ago I quoted based on a tiered hourly rate depending on the the customer. The Mama rate: She already paid a long time ago for anything she wants. The Cousin rate: Discounted for clients easy to work with, whose business I want to keep. The Regular rate: For new clients with good...
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    You know you're old when . . .

    Oh heavens yes, I remember. I'm glad most of it is just a memory. No more working until 3 a.m. to get the newspaper ready to go to press! But I do miss the smell of ink and developer.
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    Sticker Manufacturers

    Daniel Label is a sizable company in Arkansas (south-central US) that produces for customers all over the country. I've been buying stickers from them for 30 years and they were well known even 30 years ago. Good folks. Here's the contact info: Daniel Label Printing Co. Daniel Label Printing...

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