Who do you call when
you have a mammoth book project that most printers couldn’t or
wouldn’t touch? You call Copresco,
of course.
To prepare for an international Council on
Legislation, Rotary International had to produce books of proposed legislation
in six languages. The English version alone weighed nine pounds and spanned
1,488 pages. The French, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese and Spanish volumes
ranged from 1,446 to 1,558 pages. Quantities varied widely, from 32 copies in
Korean to 470 English books.
The massive job required a grand total of 1,120,000 impressions, includ-ing printing, collating and three-hole drilling. Finished sets were inserted in ring binders with color-coded covers and spines to differentiate the various languages. Completed books were delivered to Rotary International’s headquarters in Evanston and to the meeting site at the Chicago Marriott Downtown hotel.
Delegates pore over a huge book
of proposed legislation.
The
Council is a legislative body that discusses and votes on proposals to change
Rotary International’s constitution and bylaws.
“The task we have before us is totally unique in
Rotary history,” said Clifford L. Dochterman, chairman of the 2001
policymaking body, as he convened the opening session. “Never before has a
Council been asked to consider the number of proposals you have before
you.”
A total of 523 delegates from 65 countries
pored over a record-setting 631 items during the six-day meeting.
Electronic units speed the
legislative voting process.
“This
type of job is a textbook example for digital on-demand printing,” says
president Steve Johnson. “Short press runs of
large- volume documents are not practical for offset printing. Last minute
changes also create havoc. In the Spanish version, for example, we had to
remove and renumber all the pages from 1253 to 1516—just days before the
delivery deadline,” Steve explained. “That would be a nightmare for a
conventional printer. We solved the problem with a unique approach by utilizing
our variable data printing capabilities to add the new page numbers.
That’s the same method we use to print your name and address on
Overnite Lite,” Steve concluded.
So, when you need help with books and manuals—or
assistance with any digital printing issue—call the company that has the
experience, technical tools and staff to serve you.
Call
Copresco.
TechTopics
No. 15 offers technical tips for transmitting print files via the Internet.
The new bulletin explains the benefits of
File Transfer Protocol (FTP) files transfer and the
pitfalls of e-mail. The use of web browsers and FTP client software are also
evaluated.
As a companion piece, we have completely
updated TechTopics No. 3. The bulletin discusses the importance of compressing
files for Internet transmission.
For a free
TechTopics subscription, complete the form on our
website or e-mail.
UPS has a
new wrinkle. Instead of increasing rates in February, they’ve moved the
effective date to January 7.
The 1.25% fuel surcharge
stays in effect due to market volatility. (Have they checked pump prices
lately?)
Other hikes, including postal rates, are also on
the immediate horizon.
Don’t worry. Nobody in our
business knows more about shipping and distribution than we do. Copresco will
continue to get your jobs delivered on time—at
the best price.
Copresco
will work all the business days in February.
These
include Lincoln’s Birthday, Valentine’s Day, President’s Day,
Washington’s Birthday and Buffalo Bill’s (William Frederick
Cody’s) Birthday, Feb. 26.
We’ll take off
Ground Hog Day, Feb. 2—it’s a Saturday.
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