War Stories: Press Checks Across America

2. Make it clear that you want to be called to your press check well BEFORE they start saving.

3. Begin each press check by quickly reviewing all sides of all sheets for grossly unacceptable color (like the black shirt described earlier). Immediately point out any fatal color problems. If catalogs are already being saved with the fatal color problem, ask the crew to discard those catalogs. Rather than discarding them, they may put them aside marked for use as bindery waste. This is an acceptable alternative to simply trashing the books.