The Joys of Imposition (Part 1)

Parts & score are due in a couple of days (3 to be exact), so I thought it would be nice to procrastinate a little bit and proclaim my hatred toward Adobe and Kinkos.

Yes, I know these are fightin' words, but I'm sticking with them.

About a month ago I was at my friendly neighborhood FedEx Office (Kinkos) asking one of the employees to convert my letter-sized composition into a letter-sized booklet. I thought I would save money this way because I wouldn't have to pay for the spiral binding, plus I wouldn't have to worry about squeezing a spiral-bound score in a packaging envelope if I were to submit my scores someplace.

She was quite nice and helpful; due to her assistance she pointed out a new charge that would be added.

If you are to ask Kinkos to rearrange the order of the pages to create a magazine or booklet (known as imposition in the printing world), they tag on a $5 fee (?!). The woman asked if I still wanted to go ahead with the project, and I said, yes, well, I don't have the Ad…