There are 2 messages in this issue.

Topics in today's digest:

      1. Dick Blick's catalogue.
           From: "Art Glass" <art.glass@xxxxxx.xxxx
      2. Wishlist #271 (Was: Large Image Output.)
           From: "Art Glass" <art.glass@xxxxxx.xxxx


_______________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________

Message: 1
   Date: Tue, 29 Jun 1999 17:37:03 +0100
   From: "Art Glass" <art.glass@xxxxxx.xxxx
Subject: Dick Blick's catalogue.

Far as I know, Dick Blick has outlets all over the US, they do all kind of
art supplies and equipment.

In fact I just did a search and here ya go Evie...

Contact Info for...

Company Dick Blick Art Materials
Listing ID 644
Web http://www.dickblick.com
Phone 800 447-8192
Fax 800 621-8293
Email info@dickblick.com
Mail Dick Blick Art Materials, P.O. Box 1267, Galesburg, IL 61402-1267 USA


HTH,

Paul


-----Original Message-----

snip>>>>>

<< There should also be something in the Dick Blick
catalogue, too. >>

I am not fimiliar with this catalog,  could I have more info. please?
Evie

<<<<<snap



_______________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________

Message: 2
   Date: Tue, 29 Jun 1999 17:37:09 +0100
   From: "Art Glass" <art.glass@xxxxxx.xxxx
Subject: Wishlist #271 (Was: Large Image Output.)

Thanks for your ideas Roderick,

I've put a similar question to various litho and screenprinters lists.

Most replies suggested looking around for a second-hand process camera, like
how so many litho & screenprinters now either have affordable access to an
imagesetter or their volume of work makes outsourcing to a service bureau
financially viable.  So nowadays, they are throwing away their old kit like
a man with no arms.

I had to laugh when one of these guys told me about an ancient Klimsch
camera he'd bought for $200 -when he got it home and tried to set it up, he
discovered his front room wasn't big enough!  But I digress...

A process camera puts another variable in the image chain, compounding any
defects as the process of making a stencil continues.  The operator still
has to put the camera-ready art in front of the camera, to produce the image
on film, to *then* shoot the stencil.

It would be really neat to be able to have an affordable option of
outputting direct from the screen to film; 300 dpi would be quite sufficient
for line-art, 600 for half-tones would be even better.

Ah well, only 115 days till my birthday, who knows what I'll get?!

Bye for now,

just Paul



Original message follows:

snip>>>

Paul,

Unless you can afford to buy an image setter ($50,000 USD) you would
most likely need to go to someone who has one.  Here at Rayzist we print
films 13.5" x 42"  (343mm x 1067mm) for larger widths we out source to a
company that has a larger image setter.  You will most likely find
companies in the phone book under the heading of "Desktop Publishing
and Service Bureaus."  This type of service can get quite expensive.

>  What I was wondering was, if you needed to output an image larger than
>  say, A4 or Letter size, how would you do it? I can output a vector image
>  to a plotter and cut the image in rubylith, but what would you do if the
>  image was a 500mm x 500mm halftone?

<<<<<snap