THE VERONA DIARIES – DAY 3
July 1st, 2009 admin07.18am: Floral display on the way to breakfast.
07.54am: Back on press and today’s printing schedule.
08.13am: Printed sheets from yesterday ready to be loaded back into the press (to be printed on reverse).
10.25am: The morning’s second sheet comes off the press for approval (the sixth overall).
11.23am: Double exposure – recycling old sheets.
11.35am: Walk this way.
12.03pm: Preparing the seventh sheet.
12.47pm: Discussions about choice of end papers.
13.17pm: Our first real ‘problem picture’. It seems impossible to match the proofs.
14.10pm: We finally get there after five passes on the press.
14.18pm: Off for a late lunch.
14.33pm: Alessandra treats us at a popular local eatery. Large wine glasses, but we opt for a small bottle!
16.07pm: A new set of plates are installed for the next sheet.
16.47pm: Add Red, Add Yellow and the eighth sheet is approved.
17.58pm: Closely inspecting one of the photographs on the last sheet of the day.
19.14pm: A quick petrol stop then back to Lake Garda for an evening swim.
20.43pm: Cooling off at the end of the day.
March 18th, 2010 at 2:28 am
MAY IT BE BETTER THAN YOU HOPED FOR