Presschecks
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- mayo
Talked to someone at a place i used to intern at. He said that the boss is not letting them go on presschecks and hasn't for over a year now. The boss expects everything to be perfect and if the stuff comes back wrong, he calls the printer and yells at them over the phone and gets part of the cost taken off.
Is it becoming more common to not go on presschecks? I couldn't stop going, but do printers get annoyed if you do? like you don't trust them to do their jobs correctly?
- shotoshi0
I never ever get the cost taken off for fuck ups - I make the cunts do it again!
- johndiggity0
printers love to show off their shit and are usually more than happy to have you on a press check. most of the one's i have been to, the printers want you to be 1000% satisfied.
- mayo0
DUCK! we've got a live one!
- mayo0
so they don't mind if i grab the loup and check out areas or anything like that? i always get the feeling their eyes are rolling or they're mimicking me when i'm not looking.
- johndiggity0
they hand me the loop when i go.
- Point50
I've always wanted to go on press checks. I have never gotten the chance to. At the first company I worked at, I was a peon so I had to stay at the office and toil, then a year later I went into multimedia, then a year after that I freelanced illo's and web design for 2 years, then flyer design, and now I'm designing here (mtg. company). Would I even know what to look for? Most jobs I do are just plain old "get it done... cheap" jobs...
- meter0
yes, all the people at the printer think you're a picky, vain fag and yes they make fun of you when you leave. but who cares, do you want it right or not? fuck em.
- mayo0
okay. so long as i know press checks are still the norm, then i don't feel bad.
thanks fellas
- shotoshi0
meter, damn right! who cares what they think - job has to be right. I've had one CD replication company offer me the run for free but even then I declined!
Has to fucking right otherwise what is the point?
- MLVR0
Always go to press checks. Just amateurs who don't. Sucks when you're printing 40.000 of whatever and something is wrong no matter who's fault it is.
- -sputnik-0
i wouldn't print out a whole catalogue without having a press check...no way.
we fly from colorado to pennsylvania for that...it is still standard.
loupe it up!
- ricstultz0
Im a package designer at a print house... it pisses everyone off when designers dont show up for press checks... and its even worse when they complain about mistakes they made and we were suppose to catch... we will only reprint if the customer pays for it.
Gotta do press checks, otherwise its your ass not the printers.
I sit somewhere in the middle.