The White Falcon - 13.01.1978, Blaðsíða 3

January 13, 1978
White Falcon
Page 3
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Traditionally, the military has been
famous for the volumes of paperwork and
forms it can create. Naval Station
Keflavik and its tenant commands are no
exception.
Every place you look there is some
kind of new form to sign, a new
instruction or some kind of informational
sheet to read. These publications
vary in size and popularity from the
4r x 5" Pocket guide and the telephone
directory to the memo pad used by your
division. There is probably only one
thing most of these publications have in
common and that is that these were
roduced locally at the Naval Station
lrint Shop.
The Print Shop has a staff of eight
people who work an average of 47 hours
a week. This staff produced nearly
8 million units of printed material
during 1977 and expect that they will be
upping that figure to 9 million during
1978.
Producing 8 million pieces of
material is not an easy task. It re-
quires that the presses are running
almost constantly during the workday.
To complicate matters much of the
equipment is old and cranky and requires
a master's touch alone with constant
maintenance to avoid, time consuming
breakdowns. Parts are hard to come by
and slow to arrive so when a press
breaks down they must improvise.
Does the Print Shop do a good job?
You be the judge. You inspect their
work every day; in fact, these very words
are brought to you courtesy of the
Print Shop.
MINDING THE PRESS--(top right) is Lithographer Third Class Michael Cheatham,
(center right) Lithographer First Class Maurice Dufault is placing a recent
edition of the White Falcon in the copy camera to be photographed. The image
Will be transfered to a metal plate used on the press. (Below right) LI1 Dufault
cuts the Entertainment Weekly prior to distribution. (Above) Lithographer Third
Class Michael Cheatham (right) and Lithographer Second Class David Giancola put
a metal printing plate into the press prior to a press run. The Print Shop
expects to produce 9 million printed units by the end of the year. (Below)
Li 1 Dufault checks the negitive for imperfections prior to making the press
plate.
Photos by
PHAN Tommy McDaniel