[5721] in APO Printshop
Re: class project - pictures
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Ellen Kranzer)
Wed Apr 22 12:33:23 2009
Date: Wed, 22 Apr 2009 12:32:52 -0400 (EDT)
From: Ellen Kranzer <ccrazy@MIT.EDU>
To: "Leonard H Tower Jr." <tower@alum.MIT.EDU>
cc: Elizabeth de Regt <ederegt@MIT.EDU>, apo-printshop@MIT.EDU
In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.4.64L.0904210114520.25781@biohazard-cafe.mit.edu>
If people want to pursue linoleum block carving, the last time I looked we
had a couple of unused blocks in the shop. They've been there a long time
so they might be more difficult to work with than new blocks.
-- Ellen
On Tue, 21 Apr 2009, Leonard H Tower Jr. wrote:
> 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
> >
>
>
>
