T206 Cut

[steve B]

Originally Posted by Craig M

I love this thread and thanks for starting it.

Steve B...you stated that you believe the excess edges were removed first...

In general printing I would concur if there was not info printed in the margin. So my question is, why did ALC print factory # anomalies in the margins of the reverse Sweet Cap 25 and 30's

Thanks,

Craig

I think those would be to identify the sheets while they were in stock at ALC. The cards would most likely have been stored as sheets than cut, packed and shipped as needed.
Probably in batches for the brands that sold well like SC and Piedmont, probably not for brands like Broadleaf and Lenox.

It's much easier to handle a pallet of sheets than large number of small cards. It's also less labor in the event the cards aren't needed.

We did a large job once that was miserable. Magazine size but stiffer book, and very glossy. A handful of 20-25 of them usually slid apart making me drop them. We made 50,000 of the things. The we delivered the first half, an entire van full. The people at the office weren't aware how much space they took up. When we left there was no free space at all in their office. Even lifted ceiling tiles to stack boxes into the open space above. We kept the other 25000 on a pallet in boxes for maybe 6 months. At that point they had decided to pay but not have them delivered. So I spent some time unboxing them all so we could reuse the boxes.

Steve B