Reply To: InDesign/Prepress Myths

Just had to join in this, mainly because I have to work with photos that are just too awful — all to do with military history, some are as old as the hills, some would you believe scanned from newspapers and so on. But the publisher seems to think that we should put the photos in because the author wants them there — printed in black and white throughout books. I have learned not to be proud and sometimes I'm forced to 'stretch' an image until it's about 170dpi. Actually it doesn't seem to print any worse than the others — rarely do I get anything of any quality. And the publisher is always in a hurry, especially when there are 3-400 photos/maps to put in a book. Ack! Just thought you'd like to know the sort of work some of us have to do?

And if you don't think this question is impolite, I was wondering if Mike Rankin is old enough to be on this list (:)) because he looks like a handsome young schoolboy … ? Hope I'm not going to get put out into the cold. I'm of the age when the policemen look like children too!

Ann