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    I am super exhausted and barely slept, because of sensory overload. Spent the whole day and longer in the printing house as I wanted to be there when my book gets printed.

    They didn't tell me, they work in 2 shifts, so I basically spent 15 hours straight there, sniffing lacquer. It was an amazing experience. If you haven't witnessed something like this, you have no idea how much manual work it takes for the printing process. Even though it was my 3rd time, I thought, the machine would basically do stuff by itself.

    And tons of paper went into the trash. Here's some trash poetry. Sheets of paper only showing feet and heels, I found in the trash overlaying just like that.

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    • i loved press passes, especially when i was allowed to work directly with the machine minders. there's s much that can be done at that stage.hans_glib
    • That's true. I trusted the experience of those people. Everyone seemed competent to me.SimonFFM
    • I never go to the printer. That causes unnecessary stress. My files have an ISO color profile, optimal for the type of paper, in consultation with the printer.stewart
    • ...This prevents old-fashioned 'print a bit heavier in black' or 'less heavy yellow' discussions at the machine.stewart
    • You can make business cards of the trashed paper. Or flyers and leave them everywhere you go.stewart
    • I miss this so much. Punching up blacks and adjusting color on press, picking out dust, and standing by massive offset presses at full speed.monospaced
    • @Stewart: My book was profiled, of course, too. But there's 60,000 € investment in this project. It's my baby. So the printing press was the delivery room.SimonFFM
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