LETTERS to the editor

Just last week, an operator was asked to reboot the press, and he didn't even know how to shut the power off. Even the equipment manufacturers only brag about productivity gains. When was the last time a press manufacturer announced quality enhancement tools as standard equipment?

Next, to say that we should forget "craft" is wrong. That is exactly why we can't get skilled labor. Who wants to make a career in production at McDonalds? Craft is needed, even in this day of automation, because "individualized and personal skills" will achieve a common goal (standards) faster than non-craftsmen would. Leave alone all of the potential problems in the printing process that a craftsman would easily resolve and an operator would not know where to begin.