[6007] in APO Printshop
Re: Printing Press...
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Elizabeth Power!)
Thu Apr 15 22:03:35 2010
Date: Thu, 15 Apr 2010 22:03:29 -0400
From: "Elizabeth Power!" <epower@MIT.EDU>
To: "Leonard H Tower Jr." <tower@alum.mit.edu>
CC: apo-printshop@mit.edu, apo@mit.edu
In-Reply-To: <alpine.DEB.2.00.1004152100510.8676@mass-toolpike.mit.edu>
whoops...
wallis@moebiustrip.org
On 4/15/2010 9:35 PM, Leonard H Tower Jr. wrote:
> epower
>
> do you have jillian's email address?
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> press-ops
>
> * please, if anyone else wants to reply, please do
>
> if i see a need, i'll add on to other's replies
>
> please ask her what model and make of press she has, etc.
> including a web site...
>
> * she may have found
> http://www.mit.edu/~apo/printing/
> on her own
>
> you can also point her at
> http://web.mit.edu/apo/www/printing/PressShop/PressShop/biba.med.tufts.edu/%257Ealan/Old/Press/
> which is a draft of a replacement for http://www.mit.edu/~apo/printing/
> that Alan Meisler did
>
> http://web.mit.edu/apo/www/printing/PressShop/PressShop/
> contains some of the files that have been used to manage the press.
> might want to move stuff from here to this web directory
> /mit/apo/PressShop/
> i don't think there are any secrets in /mit/apo/PressShop/,
> but it be wise to check before moving each file
>
> * the policies etc. from the early decades are all on paper.
> if someone wants to scan them in ...
>
> * we ran the shop with a master/apprentice setup for the first few
> decades, but it go that changed over time
>
> * true press masters should be able to assembly, repair, and
> reassemble their presses (i can, zok and asp probably still can).
> but we would never qualify journeymen, if we required that
>
> it also really takes a hoist to disassemble the large press
> (though i have yet to disassemble a large press that way ; - )
>
> yiLFS -len http://www.art.net/~tower/
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>
> Date: Thu, 15 Apr 2010 19:19:18 -0400
> From: Elizabeth Power!<epower@MIT.EDU>
> To: apo-printshop@mit.edu
> Cc: apo@mit.edu
> Subject: Re: Printing Press...
>
> fyi
>
> On 4/13/2010 5:00 PM, Jillian Wallis wrote:
> > Hi!
> >
> > I run a printing press at UCLA and just had a quick question about what
> > make and model press you folks have. I saw it once, roughly 15 years ago
> > when my sister was in APO at MIT, but my knowledge of presses was
> > lacking at the time, so I had no idea of how to mentally classify it.
> >
> > Also if you have a copy of your policies for press usage that would be
> > super-helpful. We are trying to figure out how to have a working press
> > community that proliferates knowledge through a master-apprentice model,
> > and I heard rumor that you can qualify to be a master by being able to
> > pull apart and reassemble your press. If we can get to that level of
> > awesomeness, nothing will stop us!
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > Jillian
>
