The overall quality grade for March was 91.53, about three quarters of a point behind February’s grade. This would amount to about an A- on the report card.
There were a few down turns from the previous month – photo quality, run time and finish time.
No one item was responsible for the change in photos – fuzzy, over-enlarged, poor toning … it as all over the map, but Don continues to work on the editorial side to address the quality issues. As for post-press run times and finish times, the two bad nights were due to press issues having an effect on post-press. If the press isn’t running, it can’t feed product to the mailroom. On the night of March 13 it was an array of web breaks and on March 23 it was a problem with a sensor in the folder.
There were improved scores in several areas – plate calibration, registration, press defects, ad quality and insertion accuracy. Plate calibration scores improved a lot over March, this despite an overhaul of Line 1 late in the month that messed up calibrations for a couple of days. There was also a significant improvement in graybar scores, which means that overall the color inking improved as it was evenly set to the proper measurements.
The full scoreboard for March is available on the rail to the right.
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