RE: Lamination: friend or foe?

[Tom Johnson <johnsont -at- starcutter -dot- com>]

Carolyn Davidson offered a suggestion of a business card holder on the 
cover. That offers the ability to change "ownership" quickly, but lacks 
something if the book in question is a controlled document. Another 
approach might be to slap a plain label on the cover. You could stamp it or 
write on it. Personally, I kind of like the idea of a laminated cover. It 
would work very well for my user base. I'll have to look into that.

On Tuesday, April 04, 2000 10:20 AM, Mark L. Levinson 
[SMTP:markl -at- gilian -dot- com] wrote:

> All else being equal, I've always felt that the cover of
> a manual should accommodate handwriting and rubberstamping,
> in case it's the policy of a company or the desire of an
> individual to display ownership.  (How else do I know if
> that's my copy of the manual on your desk?)  I stated my
> preference for a light color, and our graphic designer left
> at least some of the cover at least somewhat light, but then
> the damn thing got laminated.  Mm, stays nice and clean.
> Clean shmeen, I say.  What if someone wants to write his
> name on it?  As a technical writer I believe that
> aesthetics should always accommodate themselves to usability,
> but this is where I turn to you folks:  Does it happen much
> that people, or companies, like to be able to sign or stamp
> the cover of a manual?
>
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>    Mark L. Levinson - markl -at- gilian -dot- com - Herzlia, Israel
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>

Tom Johnson
Marketing Coordinator/Technical Writer
Elk Rapids Engineering Div., Star Cutter Company

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