[5536] in APO Printshop
Re: Wedding invitations
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Mitchell E Berger)
Sun Jan 18 01:20:13 2009
To: Cat Thu Nguyen Huu <catthu@MIT.EDU>
cc: apo-printshop@MIT.EDU
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 17 Jan 2009 22:45:53 EST."
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Date: Sun, 18 Jan 2009 01:16:29 -0500
From: Mitchell E Berger <mitchb@MIT.EDU>
If she feels like donating, that's one thing. But in general, I think
we don't need to charge people for buying ink because by the time the
can/tube/whatever of ink has run out, the per-100-impression charges
from all the jobs that used it will have covered the whole thing plus
solvents and rags (essentially all the consumable supplies). Of course,
that sort of falls apart if we buy lots of ink and don't get lots of
jobs and the ink dries out and gets replaced. *shrug*
Mitch
> Just to clarify, although Anne mentioned donations, it was something
> like:
>
> Me: "So, the setup fees of $3.00 is per setup..."
> Anne: "Oh, don't worry, I don't mind, I'll even give donation if you
> accept it."
>
> So it's not like she's excited about giving us donation and is pushing
> us to work out the details, I'm just asking mostly because it's a good
> thing to know.
>
> Anne wants us to print the invitations and the reply cards, that's two
> jobs (I'm thinking, it's perfect for a training and qualifying run)
> and only in one color. Talking about color, I saw a big can label
> "Brown" on the shelf, but could not managed to open it. It looked like
> it hadn't been opened for a really long time. If we want to buy new
> colors, Len and I are working on restocking the printshop soon. My
> question is, in case we end up buying brown ink, even though Anne said
> she's willing to give us money, should we take her money solely on
> that, considering the amount of ink that we're going to use on her
> jobs will be a very small portion of what she buys?
>
> Cat
>
>
> On Jan 17, 2009, at 1:14 PM, Lori Tsuruda wrote:
>
> > 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
> >
> >
