08-04-2013, 04:42 PM
(This post was last modified: 09-04-2013, 08:43 AM by Radio Fixer.)
That's it Lawrence. As they said in My Fair Lady "She's got it !!" in this case you said it.
And you cant keep doing that if making say a radio dial or even a colour decal that gets printed by someone for you on an Alpes printer. It’s a development process and you just gotta have a print facility next to you. You must iterate and keep checking, tweaking colours and even sending off variations on the file to be printed as I did (kept the best ones, closest to an original that is). It may cost a bit but Hey! I'm talking hobby and hobbies cost.
Yeah! We are getting skunked on the cost of ink but it’s just the same with Beluga Caviar, price keeps going up and there’s less in the tins !! Still I guess Boris will put that right when he takes over (unless he gets a better offer from the Harlem Globe Trotters, seen the vid?). As for Truffles well they have been off the menu here for some time. As weight for weight they cost more than gold. Fortunately that’s falling so once again soon we might be able to justify putting Truff. Soup back on the menu.
Yes! Paper is important as well as ink. Here’s a front panel done 6 correction (12) or more years ago and still perfect (hence 200 year life is not daft for some of us). It uses Epson best paper (£2 /sheet) in Panorama (A3 long A4 wide). Took a bit of getting right and affixed to a new, nickel plated mild steel panel (old one kept for reference or fall back!).
Oh! and I forgot about the coil boxes I made (end labels as well):
How much are funny fags these days … bet they have gone up and are thinner. Never tried one, could be a new Forum topic.
Keep smiling as you print your money away. Remember its safer than boozing it but in good company not so much fun.
Gary
(08-04-2013, 03:46 PM)pwdrive Wrote: Even so I still think it is marvelous that for under £50 you can scan and print your own documents in the conveinience of your own home instead of having to trawl down to a copy shop with all the incurred costs of that process.
And you cant keep doing that if making say a radio dial or even a colour decal that gets printed by someone for you on an Alpes printer. It’s a development process and you just gotta have a print facility next to you. You must iterate and keep checking, tweaking colours and even sending off variations on the file to be printed as I did (kept the best ones, closest to an original that is). It may cost a bit but Hey! I'm talking hobby and hobbies cost.
Yeah! We are getting skunked on the cost of ink but it’s just the same with Beluga Caviar, price keeps going up and there’s less in the tins !! Still I guess Boris will put that right when he takes over (unless he gets a better offer from the Harlem Globe Trotters, seen the vid?). As for Truffles well they have been off the menu here for some time. As weight for weight they cost more than gold. Fortunately that’s falling so once again soon we might be able to justify putting Truff. Soup back on the menu.
Yes! Paper is important as well as ink. Here’s a front panel done 6 correction (12) or more years ago and still perfect (hence 200 year life is not daft for some of us). It uses Epson best paper (£2 /sheet) in Panorama (A3 long A4 wide). Took a bit of getting right and affixed to a new, nickel plated mild steel panel (old one kept for reference or fall back!).
Oh! and I forgot about the coil boxes I made (end labels as well):
How much are funny fags these days … bet they have gone up and are thinner. Never tried one, could be a new Forum topic.
Keep smiling as you print your money away. Remember its safer than boozing it but in good company not so much fun.
Gary
