Finally went to the printing museum

[jingram058]

Very cool.

Imagine having a press like that, a sheet of old, period cardboard, and some period, non-fluoresce inks. You could have the printer's plates made, and make a sheet of t206 Wagners, indistinguishable from the very few currently existing cards. The experts would examine them, deem them unquestionably authentic and wonder in amazement where a previously unknown hoard of Wagners came from.

Far easier and better (no paradoxes to work around) than time travel.

[brianp-beme]

This board is lucky to have Steve around to dig into the printing process, because it will help us all understand how our cards were created.

I also think Steve and Net54 is lucky that there aren't a bunch of other printers/former printers to constantly debate him about printing intricacies as some of the lawyers on here do over the intricacies of the law.


Brian (I am qualified to state this, as I have a brother who is a lawyer, and I took a semester of print shop in junior high school. Indeed, I still have a business card that I printed up that indicates that I am a "Professional Pro")

[JollyElm]

Who needs the museum?
Slip into Frank's DMs and invite him out to chug a few (local reference) Samuel Adams with you and spill his guts!!

As all card collectors know, why waste money on a silly museum entrance fee when you can put it towards some good-time brewskis with a new pal instead??
You'll make Francis very happy indeed!! (Just a guess, but probably true??)

[steve B]

Originally Posted by JollyElm

Who needs the museum?
Slip into Frank's DMs and invite him out to chug a few (local reference) Samuel Adams with you and spill his guts!!

As all card collectors know, why waste money on a silly museum entrance fee when you can put it towards some good-time brewskis with a new pal instead??
You'll make Francis very happy indeed!! (Just a guess, but probably true??)

I'd be fine either way.
The museum is cool, and I like to support cool places when I can.

[steve B]

Originally Posted by brianp-beme

This board is lucky to have Steve around to dig into the printing process, because it will help us all understand how our cards were created.

I also think Steve and Net54 is lucky that there aren't a bunch of other printers/former printers to constantly debate him about printing intricacies as some of the lawyers on here do over the intricacies of the law.


Brian (I am qualified to state this, as I have a brother who is a lawyer, and I took a semester of print shop in junior high school. Indeed, I still have a business card that I printed up that indicates that I am a "Professional Pro")

There are other printers or former printers here, some with much more experience. For better or worse, I just have a bit of a way with machines and understanding them, and explaining what's going on and why.

I also put much of what I write in language some think is vague. Heck, it's over 100 years since this stuff was done, nobody around back then is even alive anymore. All any of us can do is look at the objects and old industry journals and books and try to interpret what we see. Maybe, probably and possibly give me a lot of wiggle room for the occasional "well S*** I was wrong. Hopefully I have few of those moments. Or that they're caused by better looking up of stuff.