Marks to lighten the mood

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johnny_jay

March 29, 2022, 08:10:01 AM Last Edit: March 29, 2022, 08:20:08 AM by johnny_jay
Do you ever change marks to just have fun with it?

Years ago we had to add marks so plates were loaded into the bender the correct way. We decided to have a little fun with it.

Bender points the way into the bender.
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johnny_jay

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March 29, 2022, 08:21:18 AM
I forgot to add, tail end of the plate has Breakfast Club Bender
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Tracy

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March 29, 2022, 09:20:24 AM
your marks are so kind to the press operator!!  ;D

DCurry

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March 29, 2022, 09:36:16 AM
I used to put a picture of a particular pressman we had named Crazy Larry on the plates for his press.

Another one I like to do is to add tiny text to the color bars and wait to see how long it takes for someone to notice. It is often years before I hear about it. I'll put little jokes, puns, or something silly. Just have to make sure that if a customer ever saw it it's nothing too bad.
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March 29, 2022, 10:10:44 AM
I had a customer long ago that wanted a proof of a banner he was ordering for his company. I made a proof in the correct ratio showing how much space his saying would take up. He said he couldn't visualize it. He wanted to see what the grommets would look like in the banner.

I made drawings of grommets with the word "duh" filling the middle.
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johnny_jay

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March 29, 2022, 10:26:41 AM
Quote from: Tracy on March 29, 2022, 09:20:24 AMyour marks are so kind to the press operator!!  ;D
We actually bend the plates in Prepress, but they come in handy when a less experienced person needs to bend plates.

Love these!
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johnny_jay

#6
March 29, 2022, 10:35:15 AM
I did use this once, made it comically big on a press test.
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Joe

#7
March 29, 2022, 10:55:06 AM
Pressman probably got that in register and let everything else go! :rotf:
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#8
March 29, 2022, 12:04:59 PM
Or they were so use to seeing it "yeah good to go"  ;D

I guess we all have experience with some good press ops  ;D

Tracy

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March 29, 2022, 12:06:17 PM
I had a fiasco with a job a couple weeks ago, made me want to make a T-shirt

SHEET SIZE MATTERS  ;D

born2print

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March 29, 2022, 01:19:51 PM
Quote from: DCurry on March 29, 2022, 09:36:16 AMI used to put a picture of a particular pressman we had named Crazy Larry on the plates for his press.

Another one I like to do is to add tiny text to the color bars and wait to see how long it takes for someone to notice. It is often years before I hear about it. I'll put little jokes, puns, or something silly. Just have to make sure that if a customer ever saw it it's nothing too bad.
I knew a Crazy Mike, I wonder if they're related?
Those days are gone forever
I should just let them go but...

madbugger

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March 29, 2022, 02:10:26 PM
Quote from: johnny_jay on March 29, 2022, 10:35:15 AMI did use this once, made it comically big on a press test.
Might file that one for future use. Maybe use it to create havoc once I have moved on. ;D ;D ;D
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johnny_jay

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March 30, 2022, 08:45:02 AM
Enjoy!
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March 30, 2022, 08:45:25 AM
Quote from: born2print on March 29, 2022, 01:19:51 PMI knew a Crazy Mike, I wonder if they're related?
There's no shortage of crazies in printing.
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#14
March 30, 2022, 11:41:45 PM
I did used to put jokes in the plate identifier mark on Preps, but no one ever noticed. At one time I changed the side guides to scratch marks, so it looked like it got mauled by a bear. I had a few other fun marks, but the two owners of that place were so grumpy it didn't last long.

My two favorite pranks of all time were pulling up the M and N on my boss' keyboard and swap them. Also, every day he would "misplace," his cup of coffee. I typically helped with that. Usually I would get on a ladder and put it 12 or more feet high up on a shelf or rafter or something.
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