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- Gordon Pritchard (a.k.a. gordo)
- Formerly Print Quality Marketing Manager for eleven years at Creo/Kodak. Presented at print technical conferences, trained printers and buyers regarding print quality issues in Europe, N. America, and S.E. Asia. Articles published in trade journals, co-authored TAGA paper on halftone screening, authored BRIDG's guide to halftone screening. Previously Technical Director of Western Canada's largest commercial sheetfed shop. For several years Professor of Digital Graphic Design at Emily Carr University. Former Creative Director at McCann Ericksson Vancouver. Currently looking for opportunities related to the subjects covered in this blog. Contact me at: pritchardgordon @ gmail (dot) com.
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I think you're just misinterpreting what people actually mean by "misprint". No doubt the classical meaning of "misprint" is stronger (printing artifacts due to an error in the printing process), but in plain, modern language it means an error in the output, regardless of whose fault it is.
ReplyDeleteNot everyone is out to get the printer.
I could understand your interpretation if that was all that was reported, but, Time preceded "misprint" by stating: "Even the Post Office didn't pick up on the printing error" rather than: Even the Post Office didn't pick up on the choice of the wrong image. So, methinks "misprint" as far as Time was concerned, indeed means that the printer messed up.
ReplyDelete:-(
While i've never looked into it, I kind of always assumed the treasury dept. printed our stamps. Is this not the case?
ReplyDeleteThe printer prints whatever files it receives. Whoever sent them the wrong file is most likely to blame. Whoever proofed the job (the client) is responsible as well before the final signoff.
ReplyDeleteWhen the post office accidentally "misprints" a stamp the stamp becomes collectible. when the stamp becomes a collectible it doesnt go into service. no service is no cost to the post office. No cost is free money for the post office. This wasnt a misprint.
ReplyDelete@ Ian,
ReplyDeleteUnfortunately the USPS doesn't appear to provide that information on their web site - nor on their stamp sets. The stamps are printed using conventional offset lithography and AM halftone screening so technically there are many printers who would be qualified to print the US stamps.
They would likely just need to meet the security requirements.