Strange request.

James_Terrio said:
I take it you work in the printing industry in some capacity. I slung ink for ten years... I still notice little things being out of register or go "hmmm the magenta is a little dull, I'd check the pH..." It drives me batty sometimes :o
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I'm a designer have been since '96, worked in a quick print shop back in the day though doing desktop publishing, typesetting and paste-up, along with some prepress (2 color) and camera maintenance, bindery and delivery, but that feels like a lifetime ago and all the drink in the world wont make it go away;)
So you were a press operator? Since i'm the guy that makes the printer nuts we must do battle;)
ivan
 
I had a letter several years ago from a guy in Germany asking for my brochure. I did not have one, so I made up a single page of nice line drawings and copied it and sent it to him. Actually in its simplicity it was very pleasing (at least I thought so.) (Now that I think about it, remember the old Bannana Republic catalogs that had line drawings instead of photos?) I have never really worked as a graphic artist but I learned the old mechanical paste up stuff from my Dad. (remember when you went from a ruling pen and India ink to that border tape that came on a roll? Golly :)) Nowadays, if you tell a printer you have camera ready art their eyes roll up and they get all flustery. I did tour the R.R. Donnelly plant in Glasgow (KY) last year. They smallish had a process camera stuck in a corner, just in case I guess.
 
Hey Joe, I know that guy too!

I do a fair amount of business with folks who don't use computers.
But not this guy, I sent him photos the first time, then a couple letters
saying to check out my site.
 
IVANKERLEY said:
So you were a press operator? Since i'm the guy that makes the printer nuts we must do battle;)
ivan
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Yeah, I ran both flexo and litho, web- and sheet-fed. I have several tattoos but they're all just paper-cuts that got ink in them :D

Say, are you the *)(^*$* who told that customer we could print yellow ink on black stock in one pass?!? ;)
 
Too kind of you, sir. Most folks think a pressman is a guy who just pushes the start button and reads the newspaper while the job runs. I wish it always like that.

And now that we've totally derailed the thread!!.... :D
 
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