On Sat, 6 Aug 2005 at 19:57:12, gwicks wrote:
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>----- Original Message ----- From: "Tony Firshman"
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>Sent: Saturday, August 06, 2005 9:41 AM
>Subject: Re: [ql-users] A4 or A5
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>>>Downloading was thought up some years ago as a way of reducing costs,
>>>and if I remember rightly came from members at an AGM. The magazine is
>>>Quanta's biggest single expense. However savings would only be in
>>>postage and not in printing. Obviously the printer has to make a living
>>>and his only savings would be paper and ink costs,
>> Why? I don't understand the logic. If you print fewer it must cost
>> less. With Quanta's print run (and quality) he is -not- using expensive
>> plates.
>>
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>His wage bill, the biggest cost in most companies, will remain the
>same. As will his other overheads,
Indeed, but applying this logic would mean that evyryone would charge
the same for the manual part of any job. Quanta is not his only
living, and jobs are related also to time taken.
Tony
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