[5596] in APO Printshop
extra stock
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Leonard H. Tower Jr.)
Wed Feb 4 00:14:07 2009
Date: Wed, 4 Feb 2009 00:13:55 -0500
From: tower@alum.mit.edu (Leonard H. Tower Jr.)
To: apo-printshop@MIT.EDU
Reply-To: tower@alum.mit.edu
hi paper estimators,
here is my rule of thumb about how much extra paper you need to have
for a job (i believe this was talked about recently here)
10% of the number to be delivered or fifty (50),
whichever is higher
you need extra copies for two reasons:
1. misfeeds during the run, due to missing one or more of the guage
pins
with light stock, or large stock, or stock you haven't printed with
before, or you're having a bad day, i've seen the misfeeds go this
high
2. make ready (aka set-up) when you are:
* getting the amount/thickness of bedding correct
* getting the guage pins in the right place
* proofreading the job
if we have scrap pieces of the stock you are using,
you can do most the make ready with it
you can cut paper to the size of stock, where we don't have scrap
copies, and used that for positioning, and maybe for proofing
if we don't have scrap, and the paper is unusual, i've seen a job
need close to 50 set-up copies
yiLFS -len
