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Gate ran 10:34

Rulebook v7 · 4 Aug

58 rules in force · 46 of them measured or read, 6 raised by a model, 6 on a person’s checklist.

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As of 10:34 · the period does not apply here

The eight things the law puts on a bag of coffee, and where each one comes from. Six are set from the product record and never typed; two exist only on the artwork. This page is both sides of that comparison.

Bags in the record

Product record

7

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Every one of them needs all eight

Fields the law requires

Brand rulebook

8

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6 from the product record, 2 from the artwork

The record cannot fill

Product record

2

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Both on one lot, opened last week

Labels at the gate

The gate

2

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Blocked on a record

Computed

1

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Not on a design. No amount of artwork fixes it

The label at the gate

The artwork on the left with what the book found marked on it, and on the right every field the law requires, beside the record it is supposed to be set from.

250 g labelThe label printer · outsideThe gate
  • Roasted coffee
  • 250 g ℮
  • Brazil and Colombia
  • Lot HB-2608
Harbor Lane

seasonal-sticker-die1.ai

Label · 250 g bag · round 2 · waiting 20 h 29 m on production

Nothing on this file has a place on the artwork.

FieldIn the product recordOn the artworkState
Name of the foodFood labelling regulation · mandatory particularsHouse Blend 250 gHouse Blend 250 gFrom the record
IngredientsFood labelling regulation · mandatory particularsRoasted coffeeRoasted coffeeFrom the record
Net quantityFood labelling regulation · mandatory particulars250 g ℮250 g ℮From the record
OriginFood labelling regulation · mandatory particularsBrazil and ColombiaBrazil and ColombiaFrom the record
Importer and addressFood labelling regulation · mandatory particularsHarbor Lane Coffee, 14 Dock RoadHarbor Lane Coffee, 14 Dock RoadFrom the record
Storage and best beforeFood labelling regulation · mandatory particularsKeep sealed, cool and dry. Best within three months of roasting.Keep sealed, cool and dry. Best within three months of roasting.From the record
Lot markFood labelling regulation · traceabilitythe record has no opinion about this oneHB-2608Set on the artwork
Allergen statementFood labelling regulation · allergensthe record has no opinion about this onePacked on a line that also runs flavoured lotsSet on the artwork

What the book found on this one

Numbered where the finding has a place on the artwork; the rest are properties of the whole file.

  • Only the lockups in the book

    Checklist

    Confirm the lockup is one of the three in the book

    Wordmark, stacked, and the roundel. A designer who needs a fourth arrangement asks for one rather than making one at four in the afternoon.

    On the checklistBrand Book p. 5 · lockups

  • Spot colours named, and only the ones we buy

    Checklist

    Confirm the separations are the four we buy and nothing else

    A spot colour invented in the file becomes a fifth plate and an invoice nobody approved.

    On the checklistPrinter's specification · separations

  • No light type set to overprint

    Checklist

    Confirm nothing light is set to overprint

    White set to overprint disappears on press. It is invisible on screen and in the proof, and obvious on the pallet.

    On the checklistPrinter's specification · overprint

  • Die-line on its own layer, and not printed

    Checklist

    Confirm the die-line is on its own layer and set not to print

    A die-line left in the artwork prints as a thin magenta rectangle around the label, on every bag.

    On the checklistPrinter's specification · die-lines

  • Real weights, never faux bold or slanted

    Checklist

    Confirm the weights are real rather than outlined or sheared

    The families ship the weights. A bold made by outlining and a slant made by shearing both look like what they are, at size, on paper.

    On the checklistBrand Book p. 19 · weights

Every bag we print

Whether each product record could fill a label this morning. Five of these have no label job open, so what is shown for them is the record alone.

Product record
ProductLotFrom the recordAt the gateStateRecord updated
Autumn Blend 250 gHL-BL-AUT-250Blend4 of 6autumn-blend-label-v3.pdfBlocked on the record9 Sep
Kenya AA 250 gHL-SO-KEN-250Single lot6 of 6nothing openThe record can fill it18 Jun
Decaf Colombia 250 gHL-SO-DEC-250Single lot6 of 6nothing openThe record can fill it2 May
House Blend 250 gHL-BL-EV-250Blend6 of 6seasonal-sticker-die1.aiThe record can fill it14 Feb
Espresso Blend 250 gHL-BL-ESP-250Blend6 of 6nothing openThe record can fill it14 Feb
Ethiopia Yirgacheffe 250 gHL-SO-ETH-250Single lot6 of 6nothing openThe record can fill it22 Apr
Colombia Huila 250 gHL-SO-COL-250Single lot6 of 6nothing openThe record can fill it22 Apr

A bag whose record is complete is not a bag whose label is right — it is a bag whose label can be set without anybody typing. The artwork still has to carry the lot mark and the allergen line, and those are checked when there is artwork to check.

Every value on a label here is read out of the product record at the moment the artwork is laid out, which is the only way a recipe that changes in the record changes on the next bag rather than on the next bag somebody remembers. Where the record is empty, the job waits. A machine that invents a plausible origin is worse than a machine that stops.

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