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Message 1
From: "bobcatpath # 207me.com"
Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2011 15:52:20 GMT
Subject: [Baren 44213] specks in printing/drying times
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the best way i have found for SEEING any type of spec on the inked block
is to site my printing area right in front of a window
so that the light casts itself onto the block
by tilting my head to the side i can instantly see if anything is there

i dry my prints on a clothesline
near a wood stove if i want to speed it up

VAN SON commercial printers oil ink black- dries over night without any heat
colors take a few days

i have never had any sticking together in shipping
as long as no ink comes off on your finger-it's dry
gillyin

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Message 2
From: "bobcatpath # 207me.com"
Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2011 16:15:30 GMT
Subject: [Baren 44214] suggestion for shipping 100 small prints
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here's a weird idea i have gotten for shipping my 100 small prints

there is an Italian candy that comes in a cardboard box
which is 8 x 10' on the outside
and 7 x 9 " on the inside
the depth of the inside is 7/8"

looks like one could stack four piles of 25
with just a small strip of packing in between

i have been using these to hold small prints that are waiting to be matted
keeps them clean on my work table
the whole kitten=kaboodle will fit in a flat mailer

the name of the candy is TORRONE- almond honey nougat
it's a bright blue box with the name FERRARA in a gold seal on the front
there are also eighteen 2 1/4 x 1 3/8" boxes inside the big box
which hold the nougats-as we called them

my father always gave us one on sunday afternoons
the little boxes also make great KAZOOS
and the candy even taste good :-)

your local italian grocer should likely carry them

i post this to the whole group as 100 are in exchange 50

gillyin gatto

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Message 3
From: Barbara Mason
Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2011 16:44:08 GMT
Subject: [Baren 44215] Re: Minimum dry time prior to shipping?
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It is unlikely the ink will rub off it there is no movement over the top of the print. If you are concerned you can build a little lip around the edge of the print...but I don't think you will need to do so.
The correct way to ship a few pieces of paper or prints is to wrap them in glassine or interleaving, tape that parcel to a piece of cardboard or mat board or foam core and then sandwich this taped package between two other pieces of cardboard...I usually use foam core for the first sandwich and then cover with cardboard...there has never been a problem with this method. The issue starts when there is a large stack because paper is heavy and if not really contained it will slide around.. When shipping the Benefit prints for the exhibitions in Michigan, Minnesota and South Africa, I had each print in a clear bag, then sandwiched this stack (very slippery stack) between two pieces of foam core. I then put this sandwich in a box with bubble wrap.
I think it all arrived in good shape to all locations.
My best
Barbara

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Message 4
From: jcu
Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2011 16:54:45 GMT
Subject: [Baren 44216] Re: Minimum dry time prior to shipping?
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Hello,

Does anyone have a copy of Emilion's pdf for kitchen litho in english?
I can't find it on my server?

Thank you so much,
joan

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Message 5
From: Gayle Wohlken
Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2011 17:00:13 GMT
Subject: [Baren 44217] Re: suggestion for shipping 100 small prints
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People are finding interesting ways to ship their tiny prints. I've received three sets now and have them collated already. I received one set in a soft mailer, and they got here okay, maybe one tiny corner a little bent on one of them, but they traveled far and are in good shape. I received two sets in sturdy very small mailing boxes and they got here fine, too. The candy box sounds like a delicious way to enjoy the project before getting down to mailing. Maybe yours will smell like chocolate, Gillyin. :-) I discovered that very thick paper requires that the prints be put in two stacks for mailing, but the thinner papers seem to do fine in one stack.

~Gayle

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Message 6
From: Sharri LaPierre
Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2011 17:12:15 GMT
Subject: [Baren 44218] Re: Minimum dry time prior to shipping?
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There is also the issue of the ink sticking to the glassine, if
shipped too wet. If the ink hasn't dried enough to ship at the end of
two weeks, you have the ink on way too thick. Especially when
printing more than one color, the ink needs to be in thin layers. I
do not recommend cobalt dryer - it is nasty, a carcinogen, and can
ruin expensive rollers. The oven or the top of the dryer are much
preferred!

I worked assembling a portfolio once and a well known NW printmaker
had sent her prints in when they were still wet. Almost every one was
stuck to the glassine and not usable. We had to postpone the
portfolio until we could get a substitute for her work.

Cheers ~
Sharri

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Message 7
From: Darrell Madis
Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2011 18:44:48 GMT
Subject: [Baren 44219] Re: Minimum dry time prior to shipping?
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It was here: http://www.art-emilion.fr/fichiers/handbookv_1_2.pdf
but looks like it isn't any more.
I saved a copy I can email to you if you want


Madis Arts

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Message 8
From: Gayle Wohlken
Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2011 18:51:14 GMT
Subject: [Baren 44220] Try this link for the handbook for kitchen litography
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http://www.art-emilion.fr/fichiers/handbook-v_1_2.pdf Notice the hypen after the word, "handbook" rather than an underscore. See if that makes a difference. I was able to get there.

~Gayle Wohlken

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