From: chrisc@gold.gvg.tek.com (Chris Christensen)
Newsgroups: rec.audio.pro
Subject: Re: Printing cassette J-cards
Date: 2 Oct 92 17:34:11 GMT
Article-I.D.: gold.5354
Organization: Grass Valley Group, Grass Valley, CA

In article <TONYB.92Sep30105303@titania.juliet.ll.mit.edu> 
tonyb@juliet.ll.mit.edu ( Tony Berke ) writes:

>I have print shops cut J cards for me all the time -- and they never
>seem to mind that I didn't buy the stock or do the printing at their
>shop.  They charge about $5.00 to make the cuts, and it takes about 5
>minutes, so why should they care?

>Getting back to the suggestion, the problem with it is that many laser
>and inkjet printers (well, mine, anyway) aren't interested in handling
>4"x4" or 4"x6.5" pieces of paper accurately.  Even if they were, the
>finished cards aren't scored.  I've been getting *really* sick of
>folding them by hand!

That's why I suggested my supplier!  I get tired enough hand labeling,
and hand inserting runs anyway so I don't want to agravate that bu
having to hand fold card stock!

>My graphic designer (ie housemate with an art degree) and I have been
>playing with an idea that would banish my color inkjet to the basement
>forever.  We're having a printer do up a big batch of two-color
>J-Cards on interesting stock with some generic gradient fills, my
>logo, etc, as background.  I'll have these scored and perforated, and
>then use a laser printer to print the song titles, etc for each job.

This sounds like a good idea! For my customers I keep my part of the
picture fairly low key.  I only use the back flap.

I wish I could get the Jcards I use in colored stock, but for the
convience I will wait until my supplier comes out with color.

>Color and non-vanilla stock make a huge difference in the
>professionalism of the finished product, but my poor little DeskJet
>500C takes forever to print the things, the ink cost is huge, and it
>just isn't feasible unless the client is paying for a full-custom job.
>These generic-background color J's will look almost as good, and cost
>next to nothing to print.

I agree that color printed J cards will add to the project but I do
small runs of different types of music, clients, etc.

My intent is to make the tape a product of the  artist and not a
product of my company.

>So Chris, are the pinfeed cards from PolyLine done with MicroPerf or
>something?  How do they look once you've torn them apart?  What flavor
>laser printer do you have that doesn't gag when you feed it 100#
>cardstock ? (I think that's what PolyLine's J Cards are made of, anyway).

The cards are perforated and the edges are not clean cut when I tear
them apart, but they look fine in the case and I can run three cards
through my Packard Bell Laser printer..... I believe the machine is
rated to work with up to #120 via the slot in the back.
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From: martha@hpkslx.mayfield.HP.COM (Martha Weinberg)
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 1992 22:11:56 GMT
Subject: Sound Reinforcement Equipment FORSALE
Organization: HP Response Center Lab