2.gig.jump.2.go

On Tuesday we went over to Allegra printing…located behind the late and not so great Steve and Barry’s. Todd Oates, the general manager at allegra, gave us the grand tour of their facilities. This guy is super cheerful and has a smile from ear to ear. He was super friendly and willing to answer any questions we had as he marched us through the process of workflow within their business. We started in the main lobby, trailer back trough the design department where he shared with us, knowledge of design processes. He then took us to the digital printing area which was something that we were all slightly familiar with. Then to the off set printing area where we met an amazing fella’ named Jim. Jim was the man! He had printed us out sheets explaining the process of the printer and was so engaged and excited that we were there with him. He opened up the machines to let us take a peek inside and take photos of anything we felt was worthy of documentation. He showed us how to check pms spot colors…which was totally sweet. I even checked my skin just to make sure my pms color was right on. Todd showed us the paddy wagon, which is this old school way to bind sketch pads…this probably being the most interesting tool in the whole damn place. Then.. the most incredible thing happened. They dropped a 2 gig jump drives, coffee mugs, pens, and pencils on everyone to take home. We rolled outta that place with some merch and some knowledge. Good job Leslie. Good  job indeed.