Already it's a bad day...
Mar. 4th, 2006 09:01 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
redneckgaijin6:30 AM - Wake up from a nightmare involving the house being on fire. When roughly 50% of your abode is a 1970s era 14X80 trailer home, fire is a major concern; doubly so if you deal in paper goods like, for example, comics.
6:32 Notice computer has turned itself on, again, and read email.
6:33 Discover that there has been a major glitch in Bootleg #14, caused by failure to double-check -resolution- of certain pages, which although more than adequate (!) if shot at 300 DPI were for some reason saved at 600 DPI, and thus printed with an inch margin to left and right of image and closer to two inches margin on top and bottom.
6:34 Realize that, since you waived proofs, you have nothing with which to extract either a reprint or a refund from the printer. Odds on this, of course, are doubtful considering the error can reasonably be blamed on printer not providing proper files to work from.
6:35 Consider the cost of proofs (roughly 10% on top of regular print bill), then consider method of delivering proofs and results based on past experience. (Proofs for Milkmaid #1, in 1998 were sent by mail, arriving at the WLP offices with orders that failure to return written approval of proofs on date X, else the print would be cancelled. Since the proofs arrived at 4 PM on date X minus one day, this necessitated a rush trip of fifty miles to the nearest FedEx to send a morning-delivery approval, with no actual time to read the proofs, which resulted in the entire first print run of Milkmaid #1 having two pages reversed.
6:36 Consider that the printer has the publisher both coming and going, yet has the undeniable advantage of being by far the cheapest comics printer in the business.
6:37 Realizing that absolutely goddamn nothing can be done about the whole situation, try (and fail) to go back to sleep.
6:32 Notice computer has turned itself on, again, and read email.
6:33 Discover that there has been a major glitch in Bootleg #14, caused by failure to double-check -resolution- of certain pages, which although more than adequate (!) if shot at 300 DPI were for some reason saved at 600 DPI, and thus printed with an inch margin to left and right of image and closer to two inches margin on top and bottom.
6:34 Realize that, since you waived proofs, you have nothing with which to extract either a reprint or a refund from the printer. Odds on this, of course, are doubtful considering the error can reasonably be blamed on printer not providing proper files to work from.
6:35 Consider the cost of proofs (roughly 10% on top of regular print bill), then consider method of delivering proofs and results based on past experience. (Proofs for Milkmaid #1, in 1998 were sent by mail, arriving at the WLP offices with orders that failure to return written approval of proofs on date X, else the print would be cancelled. Since the proofs arrived at 4 PM on date X minus one day, this necessitated a rush trip of fifty miles to the nearest FedEx to send a morning-delivery approval, with no actual time to read the proofs, which resulted in the entire first print run of Milkmaid #1 having two pages reversed.
6:36 Consider that the printer has the publisher both coming and going, yet has the undeniable advantage of being by far the cheapest comics printer in the business.
6:37 Realizing that absolutely goddamn nothing can be done about the whole situation, try (and fail) to go back to sleep.
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Date: 2006-03-06 10:54 pm (UTC)I am -pretty- sure the reason for the power-ups is due to these facts:
(1) There is only one grounded outlet in the room, out of five or six
(2) It's on the opposite side of the room from the desk, which means I have to use extension cord
(3) There's way, way, WAY too much stuff on that outlet, BECAUSE it's the only grounded outlet
What's ironic is that the computer I got to replace this one, with its possibly damaged, definitely questionable power unit, had ITS power supply conk out while this one, the older one, is still going...