War Stories: Color House Tales

Is this silly? Probably, but it’s worth knowing if you value sleeping soundly at night, rather than standing around after midnight consulting your OAG (Official Airline Guide) to determine when the last flight out of town departs.

The CTP Shuffle

10 p.m., somewhere in the Midwest: the printer just handed me a laser proof of the CTP (computer-to-plate) files that my color house delivered. I check each page, then suddenly stop. “This product isn’t in the catalog,” I say. “It’s in the file you delivered,” the printer replies.