He’s married with two teenage sons, and “most happy in a wetsuit trapezing in a harness!”
What is your nickname?
Jaymac
Why did you get into printing?
My father asked myself and two siblings if we’d like to join the family business in our teens, we all said ‘No!’ After my A Levels he asked me to cover client deliveries for two weeks during the summer. The fascination of seeing a clean sheet come out beautifully printed after travelling through a dirty machine and the smells associated, this got me hooked into the trade
What would be your dream job?
Sailing around the world on a yacht
What is your dream bit of kit?
Heidelberg SBG Cylinder converted for cutting and creasing
What is your favourite film?
Monty Python’s Life of Brian. It still makes me laugh every time I watch it
What is your favourite TV show?
Roy Castle’s Record Breakers (I was on it in 1980 – used in a clip peeling onions to promote the show)
Who or what do you hate the most?
People who take your ideas and use them with another company
Who do you admire most in print?
David Amor, chairman, First Move Direct Marketing, I’ve known him for over 25 years during a different life
What is your favourite album?
Balearic Beats - Vol. 1 - The Album. I’m proud to have been around then, and met a few interesting people
What is your favourite book?
How it works: Printing Processes a Ladybird Book (series 654) I would love to do a modern version of this – offers please!
What is your greatest luxury in life?
Sailing around the Greek Islands for two weeks before we had kids
What is the strangest job you’ve had?
Printed fake £5 notes for a film production company – about £400,000 worth. Stacked these in the office, took a picture and in the early days of email I sent it to a few clients, ‘There is money still in print’
What’s your greatest fear?
Heights – my legs go all wobbly. I tried to climb the Eiffel Tower, walking up one of the legs. I had to almost be carried back down in the lift
Who or what makes you laugh?
Dave Allen. Such a great comedian; I was allowed to watch his shows as a kid
What’s your worst fashion disaster?
Paisley shirt and a matching paisley tie with tartan flares (I was a kid in the 70s)
Who would be your favourite party guests?
The characters from the TV series The Young Ones
What was your childhood obsession?
Playing with matches and burning wood using a magnifying class, also writing my name in Old Norse
What is the worst kind of print?
A poorly finished job, after the poor printer has taken such care putting wet ink on clean paper; measure twice, cut once!
What advice would you give to your teenage self?
Learn to sail at an earlier age
How would you like to be remembered?
My colleagues saying “Oh no, not another Jason job!”
