this is what the economist's west coast contract printing shop considers acceptable to ship to its paying customers (click for a fullsized view). this is only the worst of this lousy print shop. i've been constantly getting copies of the magazine that have entire pages rendered ineligible by smeared ink or pages that are out of order or not even attached to the rest of the magazine. the incompetence of this print shop is astounding ...i've respectfully requested a new copy ...
