11 Dec
2011
11 Dec
'11
11:06 p.m.
On 12/11/11 10:55 AM, "Chuck Guzis" <cclist at sydex.com> wrote:
On 11 Dec 2011 at 0:15, jim s wrote:
If you are doing 4-color printing on a one color press then registration
will always be a problem. I trained on and ran an AB-Dick 9820 (not 100%
sure on the model number) offset press and especially the faster you ran it,
the more likely you were going to have registration issues.
Also if you were not completely accurate with the placement of your
negatives on the printing plate you could mess up your registration there
also :(
I never noticed a problem with the ink smearing.
Well, it was only one issue of ME that did that--and I dropped a note
to Bill and was sent a replacement copy. Apparently, the uniformity
of a press run was, er, variable?
WEG's name popped into my awareness a couple of months ago after a
report of salmonella-tainted cantaloupe originating in Rocky Ford, CO
hit the national news (killed about 13 people). The town name rang a
bell, and eventually led to WEG and his Rocky Ford Printing
operation.
If you subscribed to ME around 1995, what you got was a blow-by-blow-
as-it-happens narrative of Bill and his Press. I recall that he
drafted his father into the effort.
ENTCON is still held in Denver, but Bill apparently hasn't shown his
face at one for about 5 years.
In some ways, Bill at his best reminded me a lot of "Mr. Tinaja"--
Don Lancaster, who was a regular contributor to ME. (BTW, if you've
never heard of Don, visit his website at tinaja.com--it's a treasure
trove of stuff).
I have no idea of what Mr. Gates is doing nowadays.
--Chuck