Available from P22 is a series of printed chapbooks of selected digital typefaces that they offer. Each of the 32-page chapbooks is printed in an edition of...
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Gerald Lange
bielerpr
Aug 22, 2012 5:03 am
Peter Bruce Members have indicated to me (and perhaps directly to you) that they would like you to keep this live as it is of high interest. Thanks. Gerald...
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Peter Bruce
pcpete100
Aug 22, 2012 7:38 am
Certainly Gerald. Best Wishes pc ________________________________ From: Gerald Lange <Bieler@...> To: PPLetterpress@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, August...
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Rod
rodney_grantham
Aug 22, 2012 8:07 pm
After my post a few days ago about the sample of inkjet film from Trodat, a call to my favorite graphic arts supplier yielded a sample of Bab's Waterproof...
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matt_le247
Aug 23, 2012 1:06 am
There is also a free (opensource) RIP which makes great halftones, GhostScript with GSView <http://pages.cs.wisc.edu/%7Eghost/> . It can I believe be setup to...
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Gerald Lange
bielerpr
Aug 23, 2012 1:16 am
The Frederic W. Goudy Lecture will be given by Mary Kay Duggan at Scripps College on Saturday, September 22, 2012 at 7:00 p.m. It will be in the Scripps...
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Harold Kyle
boxcarpress
Aug 23, 2012 3:12 am
It might be worth mentioning that Ghostscript can't trap, and it has no (open source) libraries to handle trapping. I know you said "basic" and perhaps...
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Dan Selzer
danselzer
Aug 23, 2012 4:54 am
Maybe I don't understand something but I'm still confused at how inkjet negatives (or positives for that matter) can be sharp enough for letterpress use. When...
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Gerald Lange
bielerpr
Aug 23, 2012 7:00 am
Dan From what I have seen you are correct. The specifications of the best inkjet or toner based setups that I know of just barely meet minimal letterpress...
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Michael Phillips
theprinter49...
Aug 23, 2012 7:01 am
thanks Gerald, will mention in newsletter To: PPLetterpress@yahoogroups.com From: Bieler@... Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2012 00:22:32 +0000 Subject: [PPLetterpress]...
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Gerald Lange
bielerpr
Aug 23, 2012 7:03 am
Michael Kitty later sent me this to add, so this seems an opportune moment: Please join us for a lecture given by Japanese fine binder Ohie Toshio at Scripps...
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Peter Fraterdeus
pfraterdeus
Aug 23, 2012 2:42 pm
Wow! Would love to see this material! Thanks to Kitty & Scripps College I'll have to try to get there one day! P •~^~•~*~•~^~•~*~•~^~•~*~• Peter...
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Dan Selzer
danselzer
Aug 23, 2012 2:44 pm
... I am surprised that with the growth of letterpress there hasn't been more regional offerings. I've happily used Boxcar but there are times when I'd like...
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Gerald Lange
bielerpr
Aug 23, 2012 6:04 pm
Dan There are a number of regional firms providing platemaking across the country. Many of them are commercial and unaware of our little niche. On the west...
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Dan Selzer
danselzer
Aug 23, 2012 6:51 pm
Peter Kruty was who I was thinking about but if I remember it was offered as a friendly "hey if you're in a fix and need a plate I can help" kind of way. It's...
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Peter Bruce
pcpete100
Aug 24, 2012 12:26 am
Dear All, hope you guys don't mind another offering on this subject. I don't know if anyone here goes to the Drupa expo held in Germany each year - there's...
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Dan Selzer
danselzer
Aug 24, 2012 12:32 am
... That's the issue though. People are discussing using consumer epson printers like the silkscreen printers are and claiming to be getting quality results,...
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Gerald Lange
bielerpr
Aug 24, 2012 3:14 am
Interesting read passed on by a PPL member: http://www.printmag.com/Article/Death-of-a-Pressman Gerald...
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Gerald Lange
bielerpr
Aug 24, 2012 3:31 am
Hi Peter Just curious about this statement, "When it comes to fine detail for letterpress work, it's not the negatives that hold you back but the limitations...
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Harold Kyle
boxcarpress
Aug 24, 2012 3:59 am
Has someone mentioned what the density of this inkjet black is? I might have missed that. Ink jet transparencies may look pretty sharp but what's the Dmax? ...
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Ed Inman
edinman2001
Aug 24, 2012 5:41 am
I've seen these Xante printers touted as alternatives to silver based film: http://www.xante.com/product-information/computer-to-film/filmmaker-5/ How well...
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Gerald Lange
bielerpr
Aug 24, 2012 6:09 am
Ed We have an Xante at one of the institutions I teach at, along with the filmmaker apparatus. These are not cheap, especially when you figure in maintenance,...
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pcpete100
Aug 24, 2012 11:15 am
Sorry - somehow I deleted a load of these emails so I think I may have missed some comments. Harold, That is the pertinent question - you didn't miss it I...
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Harold Kyle
boxcarpress
Aug 24, 2012 3:38 pm
If it's over 4.0 Dmax then it would be in the right range. We find plate problems result from densities below 4.0 Dmax. Sometimes you can get away with it, but...
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Ian Bristow
ductormanpap...
Aug 24, 2012 4:13 pm
Thanks for that, great read about a hard working man!!!...
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Peter Bruce
pcpete100
Aug 24, 2012 4:31 pm
Harold, Agreed - Folex say the same. I've not had a problem with this film. There is also an ancilliary product, a spray that increases density and gives a...
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PPLetterpress-owner@y...
Aug 25, 2012 6:37 am
Hi Peter Any examples of your printed work? Gerald...
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Barbara Hauser
seagazer1948
Aug 26, 2012 3:40 pm
Thanks, Ian, and thanks, Gerald, for passing that on. I want to take the opportunity to mention that I have discovered a browser extension that has made...
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Eric
parallel_imp
Aug 27, 2012 2:54 pm
... This is the real question: what are people actually doing with these methods? If it is text typography, that would be real progress. But up to now, when...
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Gerald Lange
bielerpr
Aug 29, 2012 7:18 am
Michael Something just surfaced and I was wondering if you could be of assistance. The reason I ask is because The Printer was the only print recorder of what...
