Tis the season for weddings!!

Programs, invitations, RSVP's what a wonderful array of work.
Then again what a chance to ruin some girls wedding.

We get lots and lots of folks who buy the kits to print at home. Then I end up printing them when they can't get them to feed through their home printer. Oh Joy!

I also get the odd emergency fix that some other printer screwed up. Yes we screw up too but not as much as we used to before we got rid of the typesetter who shut off spell check because she didn't like the red squiggly lines under the words. (really)

We have had 5 or six wedding related jobs through in the last two weeks and I get to run some invites and RSVP's in the morning if we get a proof ok'd.

I just love (NOT) running vellums through the ol AB dick. I always tell the victim er customer that there is a chance I could ruin a bunch of them. They always get a scared look, but then I tell them I haven't ruined more than one or two in about ten years....well I know I just jinxed myself... so the next person to bring in vellum to be imprinted beware!!!

My Equipment List

Here goes the list of stuff I have run over the years.
I will probably add to it from time to time as I remember things or learn new stuff. ( yes I can learn new stuff)
On the Speedmasters I was just a feeder but have run tons of process on single color presses.

Duplicators-
AB Dick 360, 9815, 9870 w/t-head
Toko some model or another
Multi 1250, 1850
Hamada 600, 602

Presses
Heidleberg speedmaster 102 (5&2), 79 (4), KORS, S(1)
Hasimoto 1 and 2 color

Letterpress
Heidleberg Windmill
Miehle Vertical
Chandler and Price "snapper"

Folders
Baum various green gobblers up to 32 page, 500DC
MBO w/ x-knife

Misc.
Rossback saddle stitchers
single stitchers
perfect binders
Omega binder
GBC
Velo binder
Color and B&W copiers of various denominations
NuArc horizontal camera
Screen vertical camera
Lots and lots of little bindery and letterpress stuff

Welcome to the new blog.
Pica Pole Blues has been a festering idea for a couple years.
Being underemployed I have the luxury of having my laptop at work and can use it all day when I'm not busy.

Soooo...

I have lots of time to share funny and frustrating stories about my experiences with customers and printing in general.
Sit back and enjoy the ride.
Randy