TECH PRINTING WILL BE ON HIATUS DURING SPRING BREAK
Last file looked at will be Friday morning 2/27.
Printing will resume Monday 3/9
Room is open during weekday monitored hours.
Printmaking class reservations limiting access will be marked on the on-site calendar.
Printing Tech will be in once a day Monday-Friday to print on the Xerox and Epson. Files uploaded by 9am will be looked at (printed or voucher sent) before noon.
Mondays/Wednesdays - Michael
Tuesdays/Thursdays - Jess
Fridays - Dawn
Payment Shifts: vouchers for Epson printing to be processed during Payment Hours and printing would happen the next day:
Mondays/Wednesdays 11:30am-noon
Tuesdays/Thursdays 1:30pm-2:00pm
Fridays 1:00pm-2:00pm
for an alternate time, contact Dawn Simmons, studio technician
See Dawn for any specialized equipment use or set up appointments
260E Printmaking Digital Studio Equipment
Free access to computers and flatbed scanners during weekday monitored hours.
Transparency printing for Printmaking classes on laser and inkjet printers via OneDrive folders for classes and print tech on duty. See information below.
Large format scanning, vinyl cutter, and copy stand use, see Dawn.
SAVING FILES PRIOR TO UPLOAD
confirm image specs: refer to instructor’s shared specifications for transparency purposes (via class handouts or Canvas) and refer to media information Vellum, Paper, or Accufast media size specs (below). If working in Procreate, do set up/change to RGB color mode (BW, if available) and make sure the resolution is 300dpi or more.
save file as a pdf: PhotoShop pdf and Adobe pdf works. This is to keep fonts, sizes, and other variable settings saved as one image. Multiple layers must be saved as multiple files. Hint: flattened layers and mode change to greyscale or bitmap will keep file size small.
file name includes:
your name (necesssary)
document name (optional)
vellum or paper11x17 or accufast to indicate media (necessary)
registration (optional, otherwise, prints will have no registration marks)
label (optional, specific for color separations)
for example: dawnsimmonsButterflyVellumRegistrationLabel.pdf
UPLOAD FILES TO PRINT TRANSPARENCIES, 11x17 PAPER PRINTOUTS
class folders have been created in OneDrive: shared with the print techs, professor, and classmates; searchable through OneDrive
“to print” folder: upload your file here where it will remain until printed by print tech on duty
“problem” folder: any print that cannot be completed will be put in this folder, and the printing tech will email you.
“waiting for payment” folder: if the file is to be printed on accufast, the print tech will take the file out of the "to print" folder, move it to "waiting for payment" and then email up a "payment voucher" to reference for payment during payment hours. File will be printed during the next print tech shift after payment.
"paid_to_print" folder: after payment, file will be moved here for the print tech to print the next day a print tech is in.
”output_complete” folder: Any completed print job will be moved here.
FILES UPLOADED (OR PAID FOR) BY 9AM EACH WEEKDAY WILL BE PRINTED BY NOON*
vellum transparencies 11x17: Completed output will be placed in students flat file drawer, if found.
paper 11x17: Completed output will be placed in students flat file drawer, if found.
*accufast transparencies: print tech will email "payment voucher" by NOON. Voucher will be documented and paid prior to actual printing of transparency during the next print tech shift. Printed transparency with be placed in student's flat file drawer (make space, keep clean). See the payment shifts listed above.
Vellum and Paper Media Information (free for coursework)
Media Size: tabloid 11x17 only
Maximum file size: 10.5"x16.5", recommended especially to get in registration marks and label; laser printer is set up for borderless printing and will arbitrarily cut off image at perceived edge of the paper
Printer: Xerox Phaser 5550
Free printing: printmaking coursework on paper 11x17 or on vellum screenprint transparencies
Accufast Printing on Inkjet (pay to print)
Media Sizes: available as Accufast film, 17" roll and 24" roll
File size limitation: 16.5” or 23.5” or less in one direction to fit the roll width (17” or 24”)
Printer: Epson SC-T3475
Transparency purpose: larger screenprint, all photo-litho, and all photo-polymer transparencies will be printed on the Epson and will be at cost.
Pricing: media and ink cost will be based on the media length (be aware that media width x length is different from image width x length).
24” accufast: $3.72 per linear foot ($.31 per liner inch)
17” accufast: $2.64 per linear foot ($.24 per liner inch)
Own media: $.02 per square inch of image size for ink cost, testing may need to be done
Payment:
Print Tech will email a payment voucher each weekday morning by noon and move file from "to print" to "waiting for payment" folders
Student will stop by during payment hours (see schedule above) with a credit or debit card, apple pay, or google pay.
File will be marked as paid and be printed during the next print shift.