Grunt graphics is just a term for doing the mind numbing and uncreative. Cut and dried work that is needed in any project.  I would approach this as a work for hire situation and charge by the hour a rate that would be the equivalent of being hired as an employee.  I would expect they are looking for cheep help at a university press.  If they want a per piece price, give them four levels, Simple, Moderate, Complex, and very complex, but you make the call on which goes in which category.

Britt

margaretnelson wrote:

Does anyone out there recognize the term, Grunt Graphics?  I'm doing some work for an author who's being published by a university press, and their graphics specialist added a postscript to his latest email, asking whether I do "grunt graphics" and if so what my rates are.  It seems to have to do with redoing existing figures in a different format or file form than the original.  Does anyone know any more about this, or about what is an appropriate rate -- if i even want to do it...?
Thanks! Margy