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- detritus0
Just kidding, Gramme - 'ha 'ha'.
That sucks - really, I can just about begin to imagine - but, as Dennis_Moore says - get the bastard scum to do it again - they screwed up, not you.
- gramme0
summary for the ADD crowd: the printer arsed up what would have been a really beautiful print job. In light of the massive cost, we will not reprint.
- detritus0
WHERE IS YOUR GOD NOW?
- Llyod0
summary plz
- Dennis_Moore0
If the printer messed it up, then you should be able to get them to re-print it on their own dime.
- morilla0
yes, it hurts to talk about it.
- skt0
- gramme
So we designed this print campaign for our biggest client. It's a 107 page book and six brochures, all of which come slipcased in a kit. Total beauty piece – gorgeous photos, intricate illustrations, good writing and typography, several different cool papers throughout. My boss and I worked super hard on this over the course of about 4 months, and I spent many late, almost sleepless nights making sure it was as close to perfect as possible. The week before the press check I worked maybe 100 hours. The printer, one of the best in the country, totally dropped the ball on this one. For some reason, the book is about a quarter inch shorter than it should be, so now it's a different size than the accompanying brochures. It now flops around in the slipcase that was engineered for an exact 6 x 9 fit, since the books are too short. This also messes up our layout. The printer also fattened the type waay too much, b/c they were concerned it wouldn't hold up on press. They forgot to fatten type on one page, and it totally looks fine. Some letters are now running into each other. The varnish appears to be tainted, since many photos now look milky, even thought they were crystal clear when we did the press check.
Grrrr...anyone else have bummer print stories like this? It's just a letdown when you work really hard on something that then gets pulled down by production mistakes.