[5720] in APO Printshop
Re: class project - pictures
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Leonard H Tower Jr.)
Tue Apr 21 01:20:20 2009
Date: Tue, 21 Apr 2009 01:17:19 -0400 (EDT)
From: "Leonard H Tower Jr." <tower@alum.MIT.EDU>
To: Elizabeth de Regt <ederegt@MIT.EDU>
cc: apo-printshop@MIT.EDU
In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.4.64L.0904210041090.25781@biohazard-cafe.mit.edu>
liz
i know of no one on/near mit who have done wood or linoleum blocks.
there are alumni far away ...
linoleum blocks also have to be .912 inches high
yiLFS -len
Date: Tue, 21 Apr 2009 00:52:06 -0400 (EDT)
From: Leonard H Tower Jr. <tower@alum.MIT.EDU>
To: Elizabeth de Regt <ederegt@MIT.EDU>
Cc: apo-printshop@MIT.EDU
Subject: Re: class project - pictures
liz:
if they are pictures we have type-ready, you just use them.
other pictures need to be photo-engraved by an outside service.
expensive.
and we have to find a new service (the old one has closed), and can
take @ least a week and probably several
pictures with fine detail, half-toned or not, are hard to print well
in our shop
unless you are willing to hand cut wood. or linoleum. which has some
expense. you have to buy the linoleum @ pearl. if they still stock
it. the shop have linoleum knives, care needs to be taken using them.
wood needs to be very square/co-planer and the right height (.912
inches). we do NOT have wood carving tools, the linoleum knives don't
work on wood. i know of no one who has done either.
yiLFS -len
Date: Tue, 21 Apr 2009 00:19:39 -0400
From: Elizabeth de Regt <ederegt@MIT.EDU>
To: apo-printshop@mit.edu
Subject: Re: class project
also, I was wondering what the process is for adding pictures. Could someone
tell me please?
Liz
On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 11:06 PM, Elizabeth de Regt <ederegt@mit.edu> wrote:
> Hey guys-
> I have a final project in 4.302 that would be super-cool if I could use the
> printshop to do it. But I haven't been trained before and know nothing about
> what is necessary. So I guess my questions are this:
> Is it ok for me to use the printshop for a project, not a service
> thing/another groups' stuff?
> Is there any way I could be trained in the next week or two (ie next
> weekend would be ideal)?
> How much time does a) training and b) a run of something similar to
> I-Banquet but fewer in number of invites take?
> What would it cost me to print stuff?
> Basically, what I'd love to do is learn how to use the printshop in the
> next 2 weeks and use that skill to print 2 or 3 different designs, depending
> on what's feasible, or hallmark-style cards, basically. What do you think
> about this?
> Thanks,
> Liz
>
