Craftsmanship

[gordo]

 

[Possumgal]

Well, craft is all well and good, but are fast are you? Can you beat the prices I claim I used to get from my last printer?

 

[MailGuru]

" M'aam, when you say "crafty", you mean like when I quote 70# Cougar Text based on your detailed specs, but, I actually use whatever 70# bulk leftover text I have on hand?"

 

[SheetSqueezer]

When you say "crafty", you mean like when I quote 70# Cougar Text based on your detailed specs, but, I actually use whatever 70# bulk leftover text I have on hand?

No. That’s actually known as being shafty.

 

[Magnus]

Is crafty maybe just another word for "lot's of manual labor"?

 

[gordo]

Maybe this meaning?

craft·y: adjective

1. 1.
   clever at achieving one's aims by indirect or deceitful methods.
   "a crafty crook faked an injury to escape from prison"

 

[MailGuru]

Maybe this meaning?

craft·y: adjective

1. 1.
   clever at achieving one's aims by indirect or deceitful methods.
   "a crafty crook faked an injury to escape from prison"

Origin
Old English cræftig ‘strong, powerful’, later ‘skillful’ (see craft, -y).

 

[SteveSuffRIT]

With today's automation and technology (digital), printing is a manufacturing process, using science, very little "craft" or manual labor left. True in prepress and press, less so in finishing (emboss, stamp) and bindery (cut, fold, stitch).