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Each week, famed chef together with Michelin Star winner Chef Gordon Ramsay steps out of his ain five-star establishments together with into some of the country's most interesting restaurants to help them plough their businesses around, or unopen their doors forever, inwards the hitting TV present Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares.

Whoa, that's ane of the things that I did during my tenure at Creo/Kodak. Not amongst restaurants though, but amongst printshops. So pace aside Chef Gordon Ramsay - this is where the blanket actually hits the plate every bit revealed inwards some of the conversations I had during those years. (Season 2 tin hold upwards found HERE.)

Chef Gordo to prepress: Do you lot role whatsoever sort of plate curves?
Prepress: Absolutely. We run all our plates dead linear. 50% inwards the file is precisely 50% on the plate.
Chef Gordo to prepress: But you lot run dissimilar concealment frequencies together with sometimes FM screens don't you?
Prepress: Yes. But we're quite proud that no affair what screening nosotros use, our plates are dead accurate linear.
Chef Gordo: Bloody hell!

Chef Gordo to prepress: What are those proofing booth lights?
Prepress: Ah, well, management orders those.
Chef Gordo: OK, hence what are they?
Prepress: I intend they're cool white fluorescents. They mightiness hold upwards warm though.
Chef Gordo: Not D 5000s then?
Prepress: No, I intend management figured these were simply every bit skilful - but much cheaper.
Chef Gordo: Bloody hell!

Chef Gordo to press room: That's a High German press amongst closed loop coloring control, yes?
Press operator: Yeah.
Chef Gordo to prepress: Your Spectro's are from where?
Prepress: The United States of America of course.
Chef Gordo to press operator together with prepress: Do you lot realize that your instruments are railroad train to completely dissimilar standards? It's similar ane division is speaking Euro together with the other U.S.
Prepress to Pressroom: Sh*t! So when nosotros enquire for certainly densities your instruments study dissimilar numbers?
Chef Gordo: Bloody hell!

Chef Gordo: "Oh my Gawd!"
Chef Gordo to prepress: What are the target densities that the pressroom runs to?
Prepress: Uh, well, K: 1.70, C: 1.40, M: 1.40, Y: 1.05 - I think.
Chef Gordo to press room: What are the target densities that you lot run to?
Press room: Let's see, you lot hateful typical? I intend they're nigh K: 1.60, C: 1.30, M: 1.20, Y: 0.90
Chef Gordo: Bloody hell!

Chef Gordo to press room: When was the final fourth dimension you lot calibrated your instruments?
Press room: Well, I'm non sure.
Chef Gordo: Not sure? Where's your calibration target? Your records?
Press room: Well, I'm certainly they're or hence hither somewhere. Frank! Have you lot seen those funny looking coloring patches or hence somewhere?
Frank: Color patches? Gee, I don't remember. Color patches, eh? Hmmm.
Chef Gordo: Bloody hell!

Chef Gordo - Bloody hell! See you lot adjacent time!