Images: Behind the scenes at the Paddock Publications printing facility
The distribution floor where numerous publications are sorted with inserts from various advertisers, then moved into position for a publication run.
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Papers loaded with advertisers inserts fly down the conveyor belt heading toward the trucks which will distribute them to the paper boxes and homes.
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After the plates are laser etched in the plate room, pressman Rob Durham adds them to the press for the publication run.
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Senior pressman Bob Streit, who has 40 plus years of experience under his belt, inspects the rolls of newsprint stacked five high and each weighing over a ton, producing 36,000 papers.
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Roll tender Mark Schoepke works with ink-stained hands prepping the roll of newsprint for a press run of the Daily Herald.
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Papers loaded with advertisers inserts fly down the conveyor belt heading toward the trucks which will distribute them to the paper boxes and homes.
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The Daily Herald printing center sits along the Elgin-OHare Expressway in Schaumburg.
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The Daily Herald newspaper rides the rails into the distribution center of the printing center.
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The Daily Herald printing center presses towers over one of the pressmen.
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The Daily Herald front page plate waits to be loaded on the press for publication.
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Pre-press technician Keith Mayeda inspects the newspaper plates after they are laser etched in the plate room.
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Distribution drivers load up with papers zoned for Daily Herald coverage area.
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An emergency stop button is located on every press, shutting off power to the presses in an emergency situation. It has been used in the past, sometimes by accident.
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The distribution floor where numerous publications besides the Daily Herald are sorted with inserts from various advertisers.
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Roll tender Mark Schoepke works in the reel room stripping the newsprint roll of its protective covering. Just one of these rolls can produce 36,000 newspapers.
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The first Daily Herald delivery truck loaded with Daily Herald newspaper leaves the Printing Center at 12:50 a.m.
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Roll tender operator Mark Schoepke uses robots with lasers to move the newsprint rolls into proper alignment for the press run underneath the presses.
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Pressman Bob Streit moves rolls of paper from the rail cars that come in from Canada three times each week to the Daily Herald printing center in Schaumburg.
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Pressman Bob Streit moves rolls of paper from the rail cars that come in from Canada three times each week to the Daily Herald printing center in Schaumburg.
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Pressman John Busch uses a loupe to get a closer look at a newspaper to make sure the register marks are in alignment. Minute changes can be made on the fly as the press continues to roll.
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Pressman Franz Sinkovits inspects the Daily Herald as it rolls off the press for color, registration errors and overall quality.
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Used plates from previous publications wait to be recycled along with the remnants of newsprint rolls at the Daily Herald Printing Center.
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A flury of activity at press time is apparent as the Daily Herald rolls off the press at around 12:30 a.m.
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The Daily Herald newspaper rolls off the press at around 12:30 a.m.
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Roll tender Mark Schoepke works in the reel room feeding the kite up through the presses where it is pulled into the machine, starting the press run for the Daily Herald.
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The Daily Herald newspaper rolls off the press at around 12:30 a.m. as pressmen make adjustments.
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The Daily Herald printing center presses tower over one of the pressmen.
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