naplajoie2000
Active member
Just received worst load of crap I have ever seen come across our desk. It was given to us from a sister company because their press they normally run this thing on was down. It was a PDF file that was obviously generated from MS Word, it was one color, it was a 240 page document.
First thing I noticed was that there were 299 pages in the PDF. Upon further inspection, the problem was that the page footers which included all the folio and common footer text was reflowing to next page followed by a page break. That explained extra pages.
Second, every black text block with ko copy had converted to a rastered 72 dpi image with artifacts surrounding the box. Looked horrible. And if that wasn't bad enough, almost every box had shifted and cut off ko copy. One even shifted columns and overprint a paragraph of black type.
Third, they had numerous font issues where the headers and titles were mixing and matching different typefaces and treatments in the same line of type. The bullets throughout the document were misaligned with the line of copy.
The kicker, after we pointed out the faults, spent a couple hours trying to get someone from sister company to contact their client and notify them of our issues...their response was...PRINT IT, and shut up, we know it's crap, we do it all the time. So, we printed it on a Saturday and charged them overtime.
I feel dirty after that job, I need to take a shower!
First thing I noticed was that there were 299 pages in the PDF. Upon further inspection, the problem was that the page footers which included all the folio and common footer text was reflowing to next page followed by a page break. That explained extra pages.
Second, every black text block with ko copy had converted to a rastered 72 dpi image with artifacts surrounding the box. Looked horrible. And if that wasn't bad enough, almost every box had shifted and cut off ko copy. One even shifted columns and overprint a paragraph of black type.
Third, they had numerous font issues where the headers and titles were mixing and matching different typefaces and treatments in the same line of type. The bullets throughout the document were misaligned with the line of copy.
The kicker, after we pointed out the faults, spent a couple hours trying to get someone from sister company to contact their client and notify them of our issues...their response was...PRINT IT, and shut up, we know it's crap, we do it all the time. So, we printed it on a Saturday and charged them overtime.
I feel dirty after that job, I need to take a shower!
