Mammoth Jobs Meet Impossible Deadlines: January 1999 Overnight Lite

Fast shuffles for the IRS...

Mammoth Jobs Meet Impossible Deadlines

Who can the Internal Revenue Service rely on when they have impossible publishing deadlines? Copies Overnight, of course.
Last November, we completed a 2.4 million impressions run in five days, including a Saturday and Sunday. The job comprised 30,000 copies of an 80-page, collated manual with vellum bristol cover...tape-bound inline on the Docutech. The books were three-hole drilled and drop shipped to 18 IRS locations by courier, truck and air freight.
Last month, the IRS called with another impossible mission. Here are the details:

The Assignment

In five working days, two books had to be printed, collated, three-hole drilled, shrink-wrapped and shipped to 14 locations. One of the books was a 534-page training manual; the other a 988-page volume. The total run: 1.8 million impressions.

Seamless Integration

QuarkXPress book files were converted to Adobe's Portable Document Format (PDF) and sent via the Internet to Copies Overnight's FTP site on December 3. The files were then seamlessly transferred through our digital network and imaged on our Docutechs.
The job ran on all three shifts December 3 to 8, consuming 4 1/2 tons of paper in the process. The use of pre-drilled, three-hole paper and inline Docutech collating saved valuable production time by eliminating additional finishing operations.

On Time...Every Time

Copies of both books began shipping December 8—the fourth working day—to 14 IRS offices around the country. Deliveries were made on time to all locations via RPS and commercial freight carriers.

Just Routine

Many printers wouldn't touch projects like these because of the time factor and delivery logistics. Copies Overnight, however, actively pursues these large, challenging jobs. They're routine for us because we have the professional staff and technical tools to accomplish tasks that are impossible for others. That's why we can guarantee 250,000 impressions the next business day for each customer...with no rush charges.
So when you need looseleaf or bound documents in a hurry, you know where to call. Call Copies Overnight.

Suffering From AcronymPhobia?

Do terms like PDF and FTP make your head swim a bit?
Don't fret. A couple of years ago most people didn't know the difference between HTTP and HBO.
This discussion may help your AcronymPhobia:
PDF is a very user-friendly page description language, based on PostScript, that's ready to print. It provides the digital equivalent of camera-ready artwork with some editing capabilities. Files are automatically "preflighted" to identify missing fonts and graphics so you can make the necessary changes before transmission.
Documents can be created in any application on either a Mac or PC. Some experts believe PDF will be the file standard for document publishing in the near future.
FTP—which stands for File Transfer Protocol—allows you to transfer files from one computer to another over the Internet.
Copies Overnight's FTP site is the best way for you to send us your digital files for Docutech printing. It's extremely fast and convenient. Just point your FTP client software to our anonymous site and upload your files.
The July and September issues of Copies Overnight Lite contain details of electronic files transmission.

Workaholics Anonymous

Following our workaholic tradition, Copies Overnight will work all remaining business days in January through March. These include Martin Luther King's Birthday, Ground Hog Day, Lincoln's Birthday, President's Day, New Moon Day, Ash Wednesday and Washington's Birthday.
We'll take St. Valentine's Day off (it's a Sunday) but will work on Casimir Pulaski Day, March 1.

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