Digital BW, The Print

Jimbo, It is hard giving people just what they want instead of all the
knowledge we have isn't it?  ; ) 

 

Eric Neilsen

Eric Neilsen Photography

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Dallas, TX 75226

 

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From: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
[mailto:DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of mrjimbo
Sent: Saturday, December 11, 2010 2:16 PM
To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [Digital BW] Re: Blurb and B&W

 

  

Gary ,
I don't know that much about Blurb.. but that'll change soon. But because
I'm new to service houses like Blurb doesn't mean I have not been exposed or
involved in publishing, commercial printing or book making.. 
I have been working with print houses a long time as have many here I'm
sure. One of the biggest things I've learned about working with them is to
learn their equipment and how to talk to it.. I'm in an odd area.. we seem
to have an abundance of graphic designers here.. nice work for home
business's I guess.. Over time you get to see all their work.. Aside from
their technical skills doing their thing.. what you really see is how it's
printed .. a small few always have their stuff look good all the time. That
is certainly not an accident.. 
Anyway .. yes I agree with you that if your after true fine art prints then
Wal-Mart ain't the place to go.. but I think you said you had several
hundred dollars tied up in your widget.. that just doesn't work all the time
and that's a fact of life..

Anyway to sum up.. We have what was sort of the mother ship of all the on
line printing places right out here in ole Montana ... Andrew's "Printing
for Less".. Their a machine, they have rules, they don't like to listen to
what you need that's outside the box (although they say they do) .. Do you
know that places like this relineurize their printers at a certain value..
just knowing that opens a huge quality door. Anyway what I'm trying to say
is these places can do a great job ..you just got to help them do it for
you.. The extra effort just could mean the job that was never gonna happen
....did.. and / or you end up doing something for yourself or others that
would have just not been possible...

Ok everything above was kind of a rant.. but lets turn it around.. maybe
what a better conversation might be is... What can I do or what do I need to
learn such that I can get a higher level of quality from these new low cost
or low volume on line print houses.. Media as we know it is changing so fast
that it's almost scary.. This is not a time to be stuck in our own thinking;
harnessing creativity I feel goes well beyond our own walls.. plus it's
kinda fun if one can figure out or squeeze in working it in. Admittedly a
pain in the ass when doing the ho hum daily stuff that consumes us.. It all
lives in the box man..

A last remark.. promise...LOL.. I havin fun with this I guess.. As an
individual I'm an artist .. I work hard ...no kidding.. so I have to market
and sell my own work.. Then I have another hat .. that's basically about
service to others. Sometimes that one is tough to wear.. Most of the
regulars on this group must figure I'm some kinda goon or something.. My
standards for my own work and where I set my bar get confused sometimes as I
try to give them to others.... That was a tuff learning curve for me as a
person. Still at it in truth... It's just listening. Sometimes people just
want to say something.. they need to do that .. it's a good thing.. The
crime would be to quite the voice over silly standards or rules.. The person
that has something to say and uses Blurb today may move to a totally
different place if their "watered" properly.. Along with the service that we
do.. isn't that our job? 

jimbo








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