The Devil and the Virus

We've got an old saying in Greece -maybe people have it in other countries as well- that says that there is a devil in every printshop, meaning that there are countless things that can go wrong.

Funny or not, I'm feeling that in order to be a printer you've got to have religious feelings: they are forced into us, and there is a certain amount of give-and-take with a higher deity when we are setting up a job. Are my prayers going to be answered, I ask myself time and again? is it going to work? is there a God above? What NOW? Is there a secret cord that David played to please the Lord?

Am I being sarcastic? Kind of!

Has anyone heard of having a malicious virus hitting the press? It CAN happen if your windows 2000 server is connected to a network. I guess, I could pose this question in reverse order, asking what is the least likely cause of press downtime. A damn virus! Presses connected to a network need Spyware and Virus protection I guess.

So be warned my fellow printers: don't put your pin in your press, and don't pay your bills online through the press console, and first and foremost, don't visit adult content sites between the scans.

-D