Posting netiquette and related concerns. Please make sure your postings fit the scope of this group site (as indicated in the group description): PPLetterpress...
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barb tetenbaum
btetenbaum
Apr 3, 2008 1:32 am
Dear Colleagues, Oregon College of Art & Craft will host 4 exciting workshops given by Dominic Riley from England, Jeanette McGrath from Germany, Walter...
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Eileen Madden
maddene2003
Apr 4, 2008 2:47 pm
There are a few spaces still available for an introductory Letterpress Class, April 19 - 20. Letterpress WOW: Printing in the Wonderful World of Type With...
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Lisa Davidson
lisaxdavidson
Apr 5, 2008 6:18 am
Hi, List, Is it possible to print color separations of photographs on a Vandercook? With transparent ink? I've done inkjets on an Iris printer on Somerset...
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splitflexi
Apr 5, 2008 6:57 am
... CMYK? Umm,... yes, of course it's possible. And, yeah, I think a few folks have tried this... You might say such a job is a basic function of a press like...
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Lisa Davidson
lisaxdavidson
Apr 5, 2008 7:36 am
Hi, Duncan, Well, yes, if it's a proof press it ought to be able to proof -- but I didn't know how much into the color area it was designed to go. I know that...
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Lisa Davidson
lisaxdavidson
Apr 5, 2008 7:45 am
P.S., addendum to this question in the form of another question what is the lifetime of off-the-shelf letterpress ink colors? longer than Epson pigment inks,...
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Peter Fraterdeus
pfraterdeus
Apr 5, 2008 4:31 pm
Hi Lisa There's a lot of info on pigment permanence out there, but CMYK are not likely to be the permanent ones. The permanence of pigment based inks will...
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nagraph1
Apr 5, 2008 6:54 pm
Vandercooks were regularly used for color proofing, and the 2 and 4 color models were made specifically for that, but each color had its own plate. Plates were...
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leorawest
Apr 5, 2008 8:56 pm
My Windmill, red ball edition serial in the 130s, seems to have a suction problem. It sucks up the paper when the suction button is in and out. How do I...
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Elaine Luther
creativetext...
Apr 5, 2008 10:20 pm
Hi guys, I went a little overboard on Ebay and won too many auctions. I have two Epson 3000s, and some new in the box ink. Both were sold as is, on one the...
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Nicholas
hycgelac
Apr 6, 2008 3:13 am
Elaine, Just read your last paragraph. As I'm in Mississippi, I don't see a way to pick them up. Good luck with moving them along. TJ ... ...
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Peter Fraterdeus
pfraterdeus
Apr 6, 2008 5:11 am
... Hi Leora I usually just blow the crud out, and then rinse with a bit of dish-soap and water, then dry. Seems to be fine without any solvent. The press I...
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bookartscenter
Apr 7, 2008 9:13 pm
We hope you will reserve the evening of April 17th to join us in welcoming Martin Antonetti, Curator of Rare Books in the Mortimer Rare Book Room at Smith...
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jekenney1
Apr 7, 2008 11:32 pm
I looked in the archives, but didn't find this addressed much, except for one suggestion to call Cintas. So... how are all of you home printers dealing with...
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thp4444@...
thp4444
Apr 7, 2008 11:38 pm
stored and then taken to a SAFE dump center for hazardous materials -- there's one in Glendale. if you find a service that won't laugh at you when you call,...
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Scott Rubel
scottford1124
Apr 7, 2008 11:57 pm
Throw them away. You live close to enough thrift stores that you don't have to wash them. Washing them in your own washer I don't think is good. Washing them...
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intelligentdawg
Apr 8, 2008 12:05 am
Does anyone know where, in Toronto, I can buy soy based letterpress ink and wash up for the 10x15 Heidelberg press? What are some of the wash ups called? I...
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Gerald Lange
bielerpr
Apr 8, 2008 4:17 am
I'd have to agree. Toss em. California law only requires that they be "dry." And California is kind of tough on just about everything. Far more valuable...
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Steve Robison
robisonsteve
Apr 8, 2008 6:15 am
(This notice is cross posted to several lists do to the general nature of the information. My apologies in advance if you should receive a duplicate message) ...
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Cody L
itsfancylett...
Apr 8, 2008 3:51 pm
Jody, Sorry but I toss them as well. Home depot has a box of painters rags that have a low enough lint content for me to be quite happy using and discarding...
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lemontreepress@...
papernan92067
Apr 8, 2008 4:16 pm
In a message dated 4/8/2008 8:52:27 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, itsfancyletterpress@... writes: Sorry but I toss them as well. It's really not a cost...
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Graham and Kathy
grahamoss
Apr 8, 2008 4:47 pm
What a good idea. If they have so little money value to you that you could throw them away, why not do the decent thing and give them free of charge to a shop...
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nagraph1
Apr 8, 2008 5:19 pm
At least in our area, the commercial laundries will service only their own products, and not some unknown material, such as paint rags that if from Home Depot,...
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Scott Rubel
scottford1124
Apr 8, 2008 6:15 pm
Because then you're burning even more gasoline and wasting your time and wearing out your bearings carting things about. The original poster on this topic is...
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jekenney1
Apr 8, 2008 6:22 pm
Thanks, Fritz and all. My problem with the whole thing is environmental AND cost. I can't afford to throw things "away" if I can help it. But if I can work...
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Sarah Hart
s.shim4278
Apr 8, 2008 6:40 pm
Hi group. I had thought of using a driveline/car service/machine shop as well, but it turns out they have a separate service due to the scrap metals they tend...
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jekenney1
Apr 8, 2008 7:08 pm
Fer cryin' out loud, Scott. I wasn't thinking of using random rags under these circumstances. Of course I'd be using the same rags the service required. I used...
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nagraph1
Apr 8, 2008 7:12 pm
Two considerations on reusing cores. For composition rollers, that is from TarHeel, the casting process uses centering stars and thus the core ends do not need...
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Gary Mordhorst
gary_accucolor
Apr 8, 2008 7:32 pm
A commercial laundry service works by contract, with printers, machine shops and other firms who use shop towels. The contract that I have causes me to pay...
