[5534] in APO Printshop
Fwd: Wedding invitations
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Lori Tsuruda)
Sat Jan 17 13:16:38 2009
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Date: Sat, 17 Jan 2009 13:15:13 -0500
From: Lori Tsuruda <lori@pmd.org>
To: apo-printshop@mit.edu
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oops. replied to cat when I meant to reply to the list....
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From: Lori Tsuruda <lori@pmd.org>
Date: Sat, Jan 17, 2009 at 1:14 PM
Subject: Re: Wedding invitations
To: Cat Thu Nguyen Huu <catthu@mit.edu>
The invitation surface should be smooth and not overly glossy,
and there needs to be extra paper, 5-10%.
There may be a tube of brown ink that looks (to me) like
melted, semisweet chocolate. I recall that the cap may require
pliers to remove carefully.
When rubber-based inks are too dried out/tacky, a couple
drops of raw linseed oil worked into them while inking the press
will often return them to a usable state. APO used to have a
small can of raw linseed oil, but it disappeared when all of the
flammable liquids were put into a metal cabinet.
I've tried to find small (quart) containers, but can only seem to
find gallon-sized cans of RAW linseed oil. I sometimes borrow
an ancient can from my landlord, to use as recently as last year.
Wedding jobs typically require multiple setups for invitation,
reply card, reply envelope, and outer envelope and are usually
done by a friend/relative of the bride/groom like a personal gift
given the time required. This is a lot of work to do for a non-
friend/relative, and APO's rates are vastly lower than
PaperSource and other places that offer letterpressing.
--Lori
On Sat, Jan 17, 2009 at 2:38 AM, Cat Thu Nguyen Huu <catthu@mit.edu> wrote:
> To be brief:
>
> 1/ Annie, who'd like us to print her wedding invitations, won't need them
> until mid March. I'm sure there's enough time in between for us to find
> someone to train or to do the job.
>
> 2/ I haven't physically seen the cards ( I have seen pictures of them,
> though) but have a good idea of how big they are, and also took a look at
> what she wants to be printed on it. All I have to say is that the cards are
> small enough for the press shop, and the text is few enough to be printed
> comfortably on it.
>
> 3/ Do we have (darkish) brown ink? Annie said if we don't, she's willing to
> give us money to buy.
>
> 4/ When does the customer have to pay?
>
> 5/ Do we accept donation for the printshop?
>
> Cat
>
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oops. replied to cat when I meant to reply to the list....<br><br><div clas=
s=3D"gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class=
=3D"gmail_sendername">Lori Tsuruda</b> <span dir=3D"ltr"><<a href=3D"mai=
lto:lori@pmd.org">lori@pmd.org</a>></span><br>
Date: Sat, Jan 17, 2009 at 1:14 PM<br>Subject: Re: Wedding invitations<br>T=
o: Cat Thu Nguyen Huu <<a href=3D"mailto:catthu@mit.edu">catthu@mit.edu<=
/a>><br><br><br>The invitation surface should be smooth and not overly g=
lossy, <br>
and there needs to be extra paper, 5-10%.<br><br>There may be a tube of bro=
wn ink that looks (to me) like<br>melted, semisweet chocolate. I recall tha=
t the cap may require<br>
pliers to remove carefully.<br><br>When rubber-based inks are too dried out=
/tacky, a couple <br>drops of raw linseed oil worked into them while inking=
the press<br>will often return them to a usable state. APO used to have a<=
br>
small can of raw linseed oil, but it disappeared when all of the <br>flamma=
ble liquids were put into a metal cabinet.<br>I've tried to find small =
(quart) containers, but can only seem to<br>find gallon-sized cans of RAW l=
inseed oil. I sometimes borrow<br>
an ancient can from my landlord, to use as recently as last year.<br><br>We=
dding jobs typically require multiple setups for invitation,<br>
reply card, reply envelope, and outer envelope and are usually<br>
done by a friend/relative of the bride/groom like a personal gift<br>
given the time required. This is a lot of work to do for a non-<br>
friend/relative, and APO's rates are vastly lower than<br>
PaperSource and other places that offer letterpressing.<br><font color=3D"#=
888888">
<br><br>--Lori</font><div><div></div><div class=3D"Wj3C7c"><br><br><div cla=
ss=3D"gmail_quote">On Sat, Jan 17, 2009 at 2:38 AM, Cat Thu Nguyen Huu <spa=
n dir=3D"ltr"><<a href=3D"mailto:catthu@mit.edu" target=3D"_blank">catth=
u@mit.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, =
204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
To be brief:<br>
<br>
1/ Annie, who'd like us to print her wedding invitations, won't nee=
d them until mid March. I'm sure there's enough time in between for=
us to find someone to train or to do the job.<br>
<br>
2/ I haven't physically seen the cards ( I have seen pictures of them, =
though) but have a good idea of how big they are, and also took a look at w=
hat she wants to be printed on it. All I have to say is that the cards are =
small enough for the press shop, and the text is few enough to be printed c=
omfortably on it.<br>
<br>
3/ Do we have (darkish) brown ink? Annie said if we don't, she's wi=
lling to give us money to buy.<br>
<br>
4/ When does the customer have to pay?<br>
<br>
5/ Do we accept donation for the printshop?<br><font color=3D"#888888">
<br>
Cat<br>
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