CathieH
Well-known member
Hi there.
I'm Cathie H. and I joined this group a couple of months ago, asking questions right off the bat. So I thought it was about time to introduce myself.
I've been in the graphic design/marketing/communications/commercial art/printing fields for over 30 years and at one time was a the manager of a pre-press shop, where we output film for printers, as well as plates, etc. We also had a Xerox Docucolor and did small print jobs for our customers as well. That company turned completely to print, the ower realizing how the offset printing field was dying and making a living outputting film wasn't going to cut it. That's when I really started getting my hands dirty into prepress. I was always very knowledgeable with Quark, InDesign, Photoshop and Illustrator, so that fit in well with what we were doing. As soon as we became a printshop, my boss turned into a...well...printshop owner - the really, really bad kind, and I was told daily how stupid I was and that all prepress should only take two hours a day. I left.
Got a great job as a graphic designer with a big company that moved to Florida and was laid off in 2009. I was unemployed for two years, and two years to the day from when I was laid off, I started at the job I am now - copy center operator for a company I worked for 11 years ago. They hired me to come in and change everything - use new technology, streamline, bring in new work from inside the company, etc. I love this job and I believe I'll just retire from here. I've got a great big beautiful workspace that overlooks a golf course with big windows on two of the three walls (the third wall being my paper shelving), a new KM C6501, an old KM 1050 (that the guy I replaced hated but I love - what a workhorse), a cube and my boss is so hands-off that I sometimes only see her two or three times a week. But she's there when I need her and is great.
So, that's my story. Sorry if I left out anything important - I just felt it was time I introduced myself since it looks like I'm gonna stay a while.
Take care!
Cathie
I'm Cathie H. and I joined this group a couple of months ago, asking questions right off the bat. So I thought it was about time to introduce myself.
I've been in the graphic design/marketing/communications/commercial art/printing fields for over 30 years and at one time was a the manager of a pre-press shop, where we output film for printers, as well as plates, etc. We also had a Xerox Docucolor and did small print jobs for our customers as well. That company turned completely to print, the ower realizing how the offset printing field was dying and making a living outputting film wasn't going to cut it. That's when I really started getting my hands dirty into prepress. I was always very knowledgeable with Quark, InDesign, Photoshop and Illustrator, so that fit in well with what we were doing. As soon as we became a printshop, my boss turned into a...well...printshop owner - the really, really bad kind, and I was told daily how stupid I was and that all prepress should only take two hours a day. I left.
Got a great job as a graphic designer with a big company that moved to Florida and was laid off in 2009. I was unemployed for two years, and two years to the day from when I was laid off, I started at the job I am now - copy center operator for a company I worked for 11 years ago. They hired me to come in and change everything - use new technology, streamline, bring in new work from inside the company, etc. I love this job and I believe I'll just retire from here. I've got a great big beautiful workspace that overlooks a golf course with big windows on two of the three walls (the third wall being my paper shelving), a new KM C6501, an old KM 1050 (that the guy I replaced hated but I love - what a workhorse), a cube and my boss is so hands-off that I sometimes only see her two or three times a week. But she's there when I need her and is great.
So, that's my story. Sorry if I left out anything important - I just felt it was time I introduced myself since it looks like I'm gonna stay a while.
Take care!
Cathie
