The question is whether you love the product or the process. If your goal is to produce the highest quality books, PPL is the way to go. I would not regret...
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Bryan Hutcheson
printanarchist
May 1, 2003 3:13 am
Beware of someone who claims they can define what is, or is not, real. There was an article about a letterpress printer in a recent issue of Print. The ...
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Carole Aldrich
caldrich45
May 1, 2003 3:05 am
True, but the folks here aren't exactly lightweights in the letterpress world. Seems like there might be two camps here. The old style group who eschews...
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Phillip Driscoll
phild@...
May 1, 2003 2:08 am
Since you posted this on the Photopolymer discussion list, you know you will receive lots of support. It might be more interesting to see the responses on the...
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L.A. Book Arts, Inc
bookman90035
May 1, 2003 1:13 am
Don't feel bad - I do both: set type by hand, make woodcuts - but also use a plate maker. just finished a 2 color run of 100 Books, 9 spreads 18 forms black...
1428
caldrich45
May 1, 2003 12:43 am
A friend of mine gave me a contact to a local letterpress printer. I visited her today at her shop and came away feeling pretty bad. She does not use polymer...
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Gerald Lange
bielerpr
Apr 30, 2003 12:51 am
The Oak Knoll Fest is celebrating its ten year anniversary this October. This is the largest fine press book fair in North America and the birthplace of the...
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Oak Knoll Books
jlaird2003
Apr 25, 2003 5:52 pm
Remember there is only about one week remaining to take advantage of the Oak Knoll up to 50% Off Sale catalogue pricing. The publishing division 50% Off...
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Gerald Lange
bielerpr
Apr 25, 2003 4:50 pm
Another letterpress group site has opened up on Yahoo. This one is called West Virginia Letterpress http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wvletterpress This follows in...
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Katie Harper
ktnharper
Apr 23, 2003 10:02 pm
I just came from an all-day Adobe seminar. Many of the questions that have been bouncing around on this list were addressed, and I will try to dig through my...
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Gerald Lange
bielerpr
Apr 23, 2003 1:32 pm
Zida Just a note on this. Acrobat 6 on the Mac, which is now available, is not compatible with any OS before OSX. Looks like Adobe is snuggled up in bed with...
1422
Gerald Lange
bielerpr
Apr 23, 2003 12:41 am
Robin Here it is. This is based on our notes. Hopefully this is accurate and won't lead you astray. This is something I'm thinking of adding to _Printing...
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Carole Aldrich
caldrich45
Apr 22, 2003 6:59 pm
Hi All I did assume that since most of you are professionals, that it was understood that photos must be CMYK and have enough resolution, fonts must be...
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Joel Benson
joeleoleol
Apr 22, 2003 4:48 pm
Jim, I recommend you try this stuff called Bull Frog. I've been using it on the bed of my paper cutter, and it is really almost starting to look like new....
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Katie Harper
ktnharper
Apr 22, 2003 4:36 pm
Thanks to all who wrote with suggestions for making negs in the classroom. I did some tests using both laser and ink jet transparencies. The laser ones were...
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Katie Harper
ktnharper
Apr 22, 2003 4:31 pm
Good points on the part of your long suffering imagesetting service, Zida. I have spent a lot of time trying to explain to customers and students that there is...
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Zida Borcich
zidab2002
Apr 22, 2003 4:00 pm
Carole & All, I sent the last few emails to my imagesetting provider and asked if she had any comments to add to the conversation. Here is what she had to say:...
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shockey@...
shockey51
Apr 22, 2003 3:35 pm
The wire-wheel-in-the-drill-motor idea is very valuable. But, you should know that not all wire wheels are created equal. Some are made of very coarse wire and...
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David Goodrich
dlgoodrich2000
Apr 22, 2003 3:12 am
Jim, Most oven cleaner is simply lye (sodium hydroxide) suspended in some sort of gook so it will stay in place and do its work. It is intended for cleaning ...
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InkPotJim@...
inkpotjim
Apr 22, 2003 2:29 am
David, Yes, I think I'm fighting a thin and very compact layer of oxidation. It turns into a marvelous fine red powder when buffed or sanded. My experiance ...
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David Goodrich
dlgoodrich2000
Apr 22, 2003 2:03 am
Jim, What you need to do depends on what problems you are facing: caked-on ink, dried-up grease, rust, etc. I recently cleaned up an old mitering machine by...
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Carole Aldrich
caldrich45
Apr 21, 2003 4:05 pm
Zida I have used Quark for a long time. Quark 4.1 has a free extension that will export pdf files. You do have to own the full version of Acrobat for it to...
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Charles Jones
charlesdjone...
Apr 21, 2003 2:29 pm
These are a few of the techniques we use in the printmaking class. 1. a laser print or copy rubbed with baby oil becomes as transparent as a lot of vellum.] 2....
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Harold Kyle
boxcarpress
Apr 21, 2003 11:41 am
... Quark 5 allows this. I used to open pdfs in Acrobat and save as ps files. Quark 4 can import ps files. This didn't always work, I recall--although I can't...
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Peter Fraterdeus
pfraterdeus
Apr 21, 2003 5:26 am
Hi Zida Hmm. Sorry to say, I haven't used Quark for some years now, so I don't know what the current status is regarding PDF import. I seem to have heard some...
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Zida Borcich
zidab2002
Apr 21, 2003 3:38 am
Dear Peter, Since I am the one who started this discussion, I would like to say YES, please help us get to the bottom of all this. I guess I would like to know...
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Gerald Lange
bielerpr
Apr 20, 2003 1:51 am
Jim I had talked with Xante tech support awhile back and the fellow there stated that translucent material worked better than transparent as well. Refraction...
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InkPotJim@...
inkpotjim
Apr 20, 2003 1:30 am
... Ah yes folks, I have a solution for that from my silkscreening days. Glad to finally not sound like a newbie fishing for basic info on presses, etc... The...
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Jerome Curchod
rigolo65
Apr 20, 2003 1:25 am
Katie, I've just made negs with the process mentioned earlier, with 8 pt type and very thin registration marks. My double printing on inkjet worked perfectly! ...
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Jerome Curchod
rigolo65
Apr 19, 2003 11:47 pm
Katie, Pretty new to it, but I've been experimenting with making negs on my Epson, and here's what I'm doing now: I'm running the transparency TWICE in the ...
