Staying Ship Shape

"A ship is not very ideal for printing," he notes. Chemicals slosh around in the plate processor while the Queen Mary 2 is at sea, making it hard to ascertain their optimum levels, Neugebauer says. And paper handling can also be a real problem. A moist, tropical environment may be great for a vacationer, but it can cause havoc when the paper stock is then used in the much cooler and dryer print shop located deep in the bowels of the ship.