[6342] in APO Printshop
Re: where were white vellum biz cards purchased?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Ellen Kranzer)
Thu Apr 14 23:12:22 2011
Date: Thu, 14 Apr 2011 23:12:19 -0400 (EDT)
From: Ellen Kranzer <ccrazy@MIT.EDU>
To: "Leonard H Tower Jr." <tower@alum.mit.edu>
cc: Lori Tsuruda <lori@pmd.org>, apo-printshop-journeyman@mit.edu,
apo-printshop-operators@mit.edu
In-Reply-To: <alpine.DEB.2.00.1104131537380.21204@buzzword-bingo.mit.edu>
Poking around on the net, pre-cut business card stock seems to be next to
impossible to find these days. I found a number of complaints about that
on various letterpress blogs -- lots of documentation about suppliers
going out of business. The current paper supply model for business cards
seems to be get larger sheets and have it cut down. That requires a supplier
who can do custom cutting or having a place you can take it to.
Don't know what LSC has for equipment these days, but if it's the same
paper trimming equipment they had 20 years ago, it can't do an accurate
enough cut. (Tried that once, it had trouble with making something that
small.)
-- Ellen
On Wed, 13 Apr 2011, Leonard H Tower Jr. wrote:
> Bob Slate is closing (BIG LOSS). Only the Porter Square store hasn't
> quite shut it doors yet. They were out of boxed biz cards.
>
> University Stationers a few blocks up Mass Ave is also on my list of
> resources to touch base with. Gail gives a hefty student/MIT
> discount, but wholesale is usually cheaper. She has a large inventory
> of stuff in stock.
>
> My gut saids to order 2,000. We've used quite a few biz cards in the
> last year. Probably worth going back over the log for a more exact
> count.
>
> yiLFS -len
>
> Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2011 10:22:06 -0400
> From: Lori Tsuruda <lori@pmd.org>
> To: apo-printshop-journeyman@mit.edu, apo-printshop-operators@mit.edu
> Subject: Re: where were white vellum biz cards purchased?
>
> Someone (Kristin?) should CALL Paperworks-Allston since not everything is on
> their web site.
>
> Bob Slate stationery store (Harvard Square) used the sell them by the 100
> and by the box of 500.
>
> Imho, given how long card stock sits around in the press shop, I don't
> recommend
> keeping more than 500-1000 b-card stock on hand.
>
> Yilfs,
> Lori
>
> On Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at 11:46 PM, Leonard H. Tower Jr.
> <tower@alum.mit.edu>wrote:
>
> > hi users of biz cards
> >
> > we are into the last 500 of the white vellum business card stock.
> >
> > does any one remember where the Shop brought them from?
> > i didn't find any boxed biz cards on http://www.paperworks.com/
> >
> > there are around 500 of the blue dividers,
> > and around 400 of an off-white almost tan color.
> > IMHO, few people would use the blue or tan for biz cards.
> >
> > thanx either way
> >
> > yiLFS -len
> >
>
>
