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Has Something in the Printing Process Changed?

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CodeBreaker CodeBreaker's picture
Has Something in the Printing Process Changed?
OK, so this is almost entirely directed toward the Posthuman guys, as I doubt one of us plebs are in the know. I am aware that they changed printers after the Catalyst fallout, to the one in Texas (?), but I think this is a more recent change. So, as I have said in earlier posts, my copy of the Third Printing has some warping on the outside margin. This is fine, it isn't so bad that it is annoying. I would prefer that it wasn't there, but after numerous returns I have concluded that it is something to do with the printing/delivery, not just a particular copy. This has been confirmed when I got my copy of Panopticon in the mail today. It has the exact same warping, in the exact same place, on the exact same page style. It only happens on the blue page style. So pages 0-140~ of the Core, and the same in Panopticon. It does *not* occur on the white style page. At all. So I am just wondering if there is something that happens specifically to those pages? Is it just that the moisture in the Scottish lowlands is reacting with the ink? If that is the case, why is it only happening on the margins? I am not really expecting, or wanting, any help regarding the issue (Although if anyone knows how to get rid of page warping/creasing I will buy you a million cookies. My D&D books did the same thing), just curious. I can provide pictures if you want!
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Lord High Munchkin Lord High Munchkin's picture
Re: Has Something in the Printing Process Changed?
It possibly could be that the pages that have warped (or puckered) suffered from differential humidity just prior to binding, so that when combined with the rest those pages were "tied-in" under a different tension. Just a guess... could be wrong.
Kyorou Kyorou's picture
Re: Has Something in the Printing Process Changed?
Well, the copy of the third printing I got from Amazon was seriously warped so I returned it. I'll let you know if the replacement copy has the same problem.
Daniel Hsieh Daniel Hsieh's picture
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I'd be interested to see examples of this warping... mine seems to be fine from what I can tell. Looks basically identical to the pdf. Binding is a little flimsy though and I can see myself being more likely to use the pdf at the gaming table on my laptop than the actual book which I mostly just bought out of support.