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THE ASTRONOMER Electronic Circular No 1200      1997 May 30 08.34UT
Ed:Guy M Hurst, 16,Westminster Close, Kempshott Rise,  Basingstoke,
Hants, RG22 4PP,England.Telephone/FAX(01256)471074Int:+441256471074
INTERNET: GUY@TAHQ.DEMON.CO.UK             GMH at AST.STAR.RL.AC.UK
WORLD WIDE WEB                    http://www.demon.co.uk/astronomer
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THE ASTRONOMER MAY ISSUE
I have learnt today that several copies of the May issue of
'The Astronomer' have overlapped printing and other defects. Whilst
the few masters held at TA HQ show some pages where the text is
fainter than usual they have not been seriously affected.
Unfortunately the Editor was away when the issue was delivered
due to a family bereavement and a quality check could not be
made before the production member of TA sent it out.

However this situation is wholly unacceptable and I have discussed
this in detail with our printers this morning. It appears that
in the course of printing the A3 double page format the machine
had developed an intermittent 'image shift' problem which has
subsequently been corrected during an engineer service.

They have agreed to re-print the whole issue and pay the postage
for it to be despatched again. If you already have a good copy then
feel free to pass on the spare to a fellow astronomer or a
worthwhile cause.

I am having more discussions with the printers regarding our
aim to improve the quality of printing and ultimately they may
be able to use image files direct from our PC. We in turn will
shortly transfer to Microsoft Word software which will also permit
better layout and other features to be introduced.

I apologise to our readers for the obvious inconvenience caused
and our printers also have asked me to pass on their apologies.

Guy M Hurst