How many T206s to a row? (revisited I'm sure)

[teetwoohsix]

Nice thread Erick !!

You all bring up some great points.

Ted- are the 19 inch wide tracks adjustable on those presses? I'm just wondering about the printers having to be creative enough (not that they weren't) to have to print the T206 sheets and the tobacco packs all within the same 19 inch width.

I'm sure Steve would know the answer, but I can't help but think that they could adjust the width of the tracks. Maybe I'm wrong.

Great stuff guys !!

Sincerely, Clayton

[t206hound]

Two quick questions, and once answered I may have some more...

Originally Posted by atx840

There could have been a repeated row of 12341234123412341 for certain key players or 1231231231231234. There might have been columns with only one player, or maybe 3+.

What is the feasibility that there were multiple stones/plates for each player as Chris is suggesting? There would have to be multiples for each color pass, obviously. Honestly, I don't even know how they are made (acid?).

Originally Posted by tedzan

Erick
Although, we have not seen such a sheet of T206's, there exists an uncut cardboard sheet (19-inch by 33-inch) of PIEDMONT cigarette packs that lends credence to
the press track width of 19 inches.

The article that Wonka linked to stated that the sheet was 17x33... is this the one you are referring to Ted?

[tedzan]

Originally Posted by t206hound

The article that Wonka linked to stated that the sheet was 17x33... is this the one you are referring to Ted?

Erick

That is the picture I was referring to....Thanks John for posting the link to it.

If you examine the top border of this PIEDMONT cigarette pack sheet, it has been hand cut. The cigarette packs along that edge of
this sheet are cut short approx. 2 inches.

I conclude that this sheet was 19 inches wide, based on an original cardboard print of a PIEDMONT advertising poster on display at
an Antique shop in Paradise, Pennsylvania (that I saw several years ago).

This poster's dimensions were exactly 19 inches x 22 inches (it was a factory cut piece). Unfortunately, it had been sold, otherwise
I would have bought it.

Furthermore, I have seen some original American Lithographic colorful lithographic advertising posters (non-sports) of varying sizes.
Invariably, a common aspect of these posters is a dimension that is 19 inches.


TED Z

[Craig M]

For example a max sheet size of 26 x 32 would have a max print size of 21 x 27.

Next:

27 x 39 - 22 x 34
29 x 43 - 24 x 38

and so forth