4 Aug
2005
4 Aug
'05
2:08 p.m.
On Thursday 04 August 2005 15:46, Paul Koning wrote:
Digital *printing* (which is what I said above) doesn't. Well, at least
the last time I checked, my Color LaserJet didn't look or sound much
like a printing press. :)
Ask Hans for an explanation, I'm just (trying to) repeat what he
explained in his talk at the VCF/Midwest. I may have gotten a detail
or two wrong.
Pat
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>>>> "Patrick" == Patrick Finnegan <pat at
computer-refuge.org> writes:
>
> From my understanding, Hans could have made the calendars much
> cheaper
Patrick> if he had wanted to make some concessions in getting the
Patrick> calendars made. As it is, the pictures were taken with a
Patrick> very high quality digital camera (to satisfy Tony, high
Patrick> quality relative to what digital cameras can do ;), and he
Patrick> had actual lithographic plates made for printing the
Patrick> calendars, instead of having them digitally printed.
Huh?
Digital presses use offset, too. And "lithographic plates" (offset
printing plates) these days are made by digital processes.