Are you only doing prepress at work? Or...?

[Ear]

The only manual labor I do these days, and it is welcome, is loading the trays for the Platesetter. It runs its self but has 5 cassettes of various size plates. The Heatset web plates are 24"x38"ish, 12mil and 50 to a pack, which is around 50 pounds. Good to get out of the chair and lift some stuff.

[andyfest]

We are a separate operation from the production plant where the presses, diecutters and gluers are located, and we are a long way from any large urban centres, so we have to be pretty self-sufficient here. Besides prepress work and proofing, we do everything else required from our own computer maintenance and office cleaning, to unloading plates and chemistry from the delivery truck.

[pspdfppdfxhd]

 packaging artwork, design, typesetting,  layouy, scanning, color management, vdp programming, post office software expert, platemaker, color corrector, image manipulation, poster maker, post office software wizard, and advisor to all the tech lacking pre dementia old bastards who work here.

theres a lot more i do  but  its late and time  to go to bed. to take on a whole lotta  new crap tommorrow 

[pspdfppdfxhd]

  oh, sorry, mentioned post office software expert 2X, its late, and  , sorry

[delooch]

holy fuck you mean some of you only have one job? 

[Made in Taiwan]

Thanks for your response everybody, really glad to read that some of you are in the same situation as me. There are some good points that I can comfirm directly:

did no one tell you that being in "Prepress" is in fact all of those duties plus:
Be the rececptionist   --> small shop, no reception
truck driver  --> yes, but our truck is a small scooter only, just enough to carry two A3-size boxes
folder operator  --> my boss doesn't like to spend money, so folding is done by hand, luckily it's not a lot
cutter operator  --> ditto
network specialist  --> still trying to gain more knowledge about this
scheduling guy  --> we are not too busy, so we don't have a schedule
CSR  --> the most hated part of my job 
food delivery  --> usually done by my boss and his wife
cut the grass  --> only cement around our shop, nothing left to cut
sweep the floors  --> mostly done by boss's wife
clean the bathroom  --> see above
make the coffee  --> no coffee drinkers in da house
fry up some bacon
make drinks  --> go to 7-11 and buy

too many to list actually.

You forgot the most important one - be the one to take the blame for everything that goes wrong.
--> Yeah, this is the most important part of my job, too. 

But I need to mention again, that I really don't mind doing things aside of prepress, though some things are bothering, like doing CSR crap. But sitting in front of the computer the entire day would let me become rusty. 
Taken as a whole, there are worse jobs out there, and after all I'm paid for working and not for playing with the computer or whatever. 

[born2print]

"make the coffee  --> no coffee drinkers in da house"
 

[Farabomb]

You sure you work in prepress?

 

The coffee maker is 2 feet away from me just in case I have a flare and I can't walk. Like today.

[Ear]

I'm trying to get a Redbull case placed in one of the break rooms. I AM THE GREAT CORNHOLIO! 

[DigiCorn]

I'm trying to get a Redbull case placed in one of the break rooms. I AM THE GREAT CORNHOLIO! 

No. I am.

[Ear]

[DigiCorn]

  that was perfect!

[Farabomb]

I used to know the rep for NNJ. He was one of my subaru shop customers. Not sure if he still works for them though.

He did drop off 2 cases the weekend we swapped the WRX driveline into my DD. Don't think it would have gotten done in a weekend without the bull.

[Made in Taiwan]

You sure you work in prepress?

 

The coffee maker is 2 feet away from me just in case I have a flare and I can't walk. Like today.

Ya, one part of my job is doing prepress, but I work in Taiwan, the vast majority of people here are tea drinkers. And if they are not drinking tea or water, they are brewing some nasty smelling healthy stuff. Since I'm addicted to Cola, I still stand out from the crowd.

Swapping the drivetrain sounds cool... Have been auto tech myself many moons ago, during a time, that I didn't know Taiwan and prepress even exists. I know the WRX, it's a nice piece of a car, but what's a DD?

[Farabomb]

DD is shorthand for daily driver. I took a modified WRX motor and driveline and swapped it in. Went from a 160 hp grandma car to a 300+ transmission destroyer. My side job is working on subarus and racing them. Sadly that last time that car was out we spun out the motor so it now has to be rebuilt.

Now the coffee thing makes sense. I only do a cup of coffee a day normally. No need to be too amped up here as most of the time it's hurry up and wait.