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Glenn Fleishman Jul 11, 2023

Progress report on our printing in Maine at https://glog.glennf.com/blog/2023/7/11/proof-in-the-pressing – talking about how print proofing works in preparation for going on press.

The Proof Is in the Printing

I’m currently in Lewiston, Maine, with Marcin Wichary, the author and designer of Shift Happens . I’ve been his editor and project manager. Having worked with Marcin for years on the text, we shifted into crowdfunding (raising over $750,000) and now into production. After we talked to many printe

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Ellipsis has moved Jul 12, 2023

@glennf Good grief! Is that a Linotronic imagesetter and RIP? I worked with those back in the 90's.

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Glenn Fleishman Jul 12, 2023

@tobiaspatton Yes! I had an office with one of those for about two years when I was working in a university imaging center! I honestly miss it.

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So‑Called Vaughn Jul 12, 2023

@glennf @tobiaspatton I worked with a modest L100*. The damnedest part of setting it up (even in 1989) was finding a LocalTalk dongle for its DB-9 (that and miniDIN 4 to RJ45 cable, the network used PhoneNet).

*so unloved I can’t find a photo online 😮

Exciting times in DTP though. Just a few years prior I was crapping my pant at the opportunity to use a LaserWriter Plus.

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Ellipsis has moved Jul 12, 2023

@vaughnsc @glennf I went on from my job in prepress (imaging film and paper on Linotronics) to working support and later software development at Creo, a company that made platesetters. My 25 year old heart thrilled at the idea of imaging a 32”x48" plate at 3600dpi! Luckily, the RIPs were connected by 100BT, no LocalTalk involved :) Still had to deal with SyQuest drives though…

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Glenn Fleishman

@tobiaspatton @vaughnsc Very cool! This is my first time on a "modern" press check—I did some decades ago and and a hardcover printed in 2013, but did remote proofing. The press we're working with, they can do so many adjustments, including increasing/decreasing colors in one-inch bands across the press, feathering it on either side. It’s a really interactive process.