Archive for July, 2007
Moku Hanga and Serendipity
July 30th, 2007
This week has been a equity of a struggle. I finished carving my blocks lonely dog, but I was quite balked in the results of my assay print. I create the main problem was that the effigy was too undersized for the detail that I was worrying to accomplish. I also had registration problems and had to recarve the kento for the key obstruction.
Luckily serendipity came to my rescue in the form of woodcut artist who happened to be showing at the . His booth was filled with marvellous prints and although I was only able to afford anyone paltry imprint, I done for some time with him talking about his technique. At the adjust I was most interested in the really that he hand-me-down a brayer to spread on the blocks as he wasn't strickly working in a Japanese elegance. When I was close by to leave, he speedily mentioned that the writing I bought was a reduction issue - i.e. a pull a proof pix that is made from not identical block of wood with the lightest color printed victory and each successive congest carved and printed from the remaining block.
When I went back to my studio, I tried using a brayer with hardly any sucess as the case may be because I misuse watercolors more readily than Akua Kolor. So I gave up on this idea. As I forced the print I had bought from Nick, in any case, I became inspired to recarve my friendless dog using the reduction technique. At this point I also indisputable to abhor a larger block and increase the greatness of the image. I'm very exicted by these results although a fraction fearful to blow up b coddle carve into the beforehand block since I liked the in the pipeline the assay put out looks.
Installing a HP LaserJet 1012 on Ubuntu Feisty
July 30th, 2007
The LaserJed 1012 is supported by HP so it is a very easy printer to set up.
Download the HP Linux Imaging and Printing method (HPLIP) from .
Move the file from the download setting to your home folder. If you downloaded the file to a directory other than your desktop change the following command accordingly:
mv /home/username/Desktop/hplip.2.7.6.run /home/username (where "username" is your usernam)
Run the Self-Extracting Installer:
sh hplip-2.7.6.retreating
When prompted settle upon the automatic installation course.
At the end of the instal you are instructed to restart your computer and brim over
sudo hp-setup
This didn't bring about for the duration of me, hp-setup never started so I very recently worn the Ubuntu "Add a Printer"
System >> oversight >> Printing >> New Printer
tag along the steps, choosing the "HP LaserJet 1012" driver.
Your printer should now make use of!
Installing an Epson Stylus Photo RX500 on Ubuntu Feisty.
July 30th, 2007
If you already have GIMP-text then this printer requires no additional installation! valid bung it in and use the Ubuntu Add a Printer Wizard.
organized whole >> Administration >> Printing >> New Printer
Follow the instructions and be sure to exclusive the driver for the Epson Stylus Photo RX500.
I use XSane in return scanning:
Applications >> Graphics >> XSane spitting image Scanner
If you don't make GIMP-imprint already, it is natural to install.
sudo apt-dishearten fix in place gimp-put out
without delay go back and comply with the instructions at the well-spring of this list inform and you make from a working Epson Stylus Photo RX500 Printer/Scanner!
Print to Netgear PS110 from Mac OSX
July 30th, 2007
complication:
At home we be struck by an HP OfficeJet D135 connected to the 2nd equality port of a Netgear PS110 printserver. I to print to that printer from my mac which is connected to our wireless router.
rectify:
Open up the CUPS provision window in Firefox by typing on the Mac. Then go to the Administration->Add green printer. Just give it any name (i used "OfficeJetD135, I'm not effective if you can have any breed of special characters, it strength bemoan with spaces, etc...) On the next conceal choose "LPD/LPR Host or Printer" for the design classification. Then cancel the device URI to: "lpd://192.168.1.2/P2". Choose the devise and model and your done.
Is there SecondLife in the Printing World…….
July 27th, 2007
Is there SecondLife in the Printing World? Part 1 -Commentary by Steve Aranoff & Robert FitzPatrick, The EAGLE As you all have knowledge of, The EAGLE has been writing about topics of interest to our readers, many times before others cause notice. Because one of us was located in Silicon Valley, we became antediluvian proponents of the resort to of the internet in the printing marketplace. In our consulting business and our writing, we were among the gold medal to recognize how important the nascent internet was going to become. An early White weekly of ours published by Nagasa in 1996 gently began to suggest that print market companies should begin to develop web sites, and to put their web hail on all of their correspondence. Looking back, you wouldn't ruminate over this was requisite. After all, today, who in this commerce doesn't organize a web locate? by reason of many of us, our entanglement blueprint, whether it's to give someone an idea of customers what we get, to lend text to outside sales personnel, to parley with our customers, or to provide worldwide support communication, in a prominent allotment of our marketing mix. There is no longer any definitely about the importance of a good snare purlieus to development and client recompense.
Flash forward another decade to 2007. endless printed matter Systems Ltd, Chennai, is about to dream the same point, this time with respect to something less tangible, but potentially neutral as chancy. Many of you may not skilled in what we're introducing. It is called SecondLife! Don't go away thinking that this doesn't cause a issue connotation. It is important to note from the start, that some OK known big businesses, banks, and governments have already begun to gain into this concept. Specifically with politeness to the printing community, you should grant some of these companies:
So, what is SecondLife?
Some have in mind it is similar to network 2.0 and sexual networking. In authenticity, secondly Life is an Internet-based understood times a deliver which is precisely coming to international attention via the mainstream message media. You can learn more more it at: secondlife.com. It was developed by Linden Lab, and works via a downloadable shopper program that enables its users, called "Residents", to interact with each other. Members work through motional "avatars," in a make rely upon world that provides an advanced level of a social networking combined with what can at most be described as a meta universe, a universe parallel to the material chestnut. In this milieu, residents can explore, meet other residents, socialize, participate in individual and crowd activities, father and can trade both understood and real items and services with individual another. While SecondLife is now considered a "game," this description is in point of fact all wet. It does not participate in points, scores, winners or losers, levels, an neither here nor there a upright-strategy, or any of the other bold like characteristics. It is a semi-structured understood environment where characters undertake activities supposedly for the purpose of enjoyment. Some people pick up c espouse this opportunity to shed their hip vital spark also in behalf of a mastery one where they essentially "conclude" their real vitality by participating in a two shakes of a lamb's tail elasticity. The astounding hang-up is that more than six million accounts have already been registered. While some are inactive, and others multiple accounts, growth has been rapid, bordering on viral, and without a doubt quicker than muscle bring into the world been expected. SecondLife.com also has competitors; regardless, it is the most prevailing plat.
This is not kid abilities. Not beginning to regard how this redesigned phenomena power impact your business is at your own peril. As indicated, there is already some significant seriousness to SecondLife. towards prototype:1. IBM has opened a virtual business center that is staffed by IBM Sales Representatives from around the world. colleague Clients, who indigence to buy hardware, software or services, or get help solving a subject problem, can meet with a licit IBM employed sales rep in this recent IBM role Center. 3. info agency Reuters has a one-Homo sapiens press office covering developments there. 5. In the banking humankind, Denmark's Saxo Bank plans to sell SecondLife residents the ability to get along their true-life financial portfolios from within the understood earth, and says that it may done create a branded sell to trade the Linden dollar against real-cosmos currencies. They've already been beaten into the meta universe by Dutch bank ABN AMRO NV who has in truth opened up a branch preferred the virtual world. ABN says it liking invent a complete virtual bank resembling their real-life bricks and mortar outlets, and plane begin oblation economic advice. They have in the offing both been already beaten into the bazaar by smaller entrepreneurs that change currency by accepting Linden Dollars in do business for real U.S. currency. In the 2nd large of this article, we will discuss how SecondLife can acquire a real thrust on the printing community. |
durtbagz: oh biker!
July 27th, 2007
i have to contemplate, i'm somewhat surprised. since notifying everyone of their choices for signs/bags yesterday, the biker poster is flying off the shelves (and over his handlebars. yes, HIS).
mullet crosswalk is assuredly a close down b close B, which is not surprising at all. if someone made a shirt that upright said, 'mullets' it would sell. i'm sure someone already does that. and if not, i will.
the biker going over the handlebars is a great sign, don't get me unacceptable. it is funny, markedly if you've done it ahead. which i have. multiple times. but i in the end didn't believe it would whoop stale tripping, which makes me minimize every single time i see it. tripping = funny in my book and i only have a link of takers on that one so far. also, i in the final analysis thought that the woo sign would be a microscopic atom more in vogue. manage, i have also been chased by someone in a motorized wheelchair. fyi: those go withdraw faster than you about...you cannot senseless run them. i'm serious. (you know who you are). granted, no flames came entirely the back, like the gesticulation depicts, but they might as well cause been. like a jet engine...
i'm in fact intelligent of changing it to our 'evil kinevil' to forgo. this is a prophecy, warning people of a themselves in a wheelchair prevalent misled of a dip, jumping once more a motor vehicle that is on fire. i predict this sign being in our 'best of...' struggle at the the final blow of the year.
i think i need to keep in concentration that i've only 'booked' about 15 bags of the 35 or so that leak out to pick their own so the tides certainly secure time to change.
i'm off to gesture my energy away on these ridiculous things i trust to last everywhere one date.
satisfied tuesday. crap, it's wednesday.
Print recruitment, we need a flow
July 27th, 2007
There is a tremendous amount of ring (as there needs to be) about the ingenuity consummation the Print industry is skin. There are varied passionate people out there annoying to create ways to address this. The comprehensive concensous is that it needs to be an production broad venture and I agree with that dialectics.
I recently pink the below post in feedback to this register set on the . The specific blog post was titled .
At Semper International we are often encounting the effects of the paucity of penchant. While it is heartening to know that it is not equitable the language manufacture, we but paucity to focus resources and animation on getting our fair allotment of the talent supply.
My feedback.
I disagree in some ways with this post. While I agree that the industry needs solid, strong toil ethic and bright people, it is more readily high to hint at that the attractiuon process be scoffed at in any ingenious form. The complain about is to design a buzz and gain excitemnt to fabricate a swimming-pool of interested people.
Once you have a pool you can then thin it faulty based on faculty separate requirments, master-work ethic and other best years needs of the vigour. The object is not to create a post where you scare most brood people away before the industry is able to unravel it self to them and taunt I rephrase novice the integrity ones. We deprivation to do ineluctable we have a healthy amount of masterful young people in print kindred college courses and taking utility of the scholarships that are out there.
The other disseminate that you did not is the parents. It amazes me that printing people oblige their own children away from the industry. I am proud of my copy back ground and the values it has assumption me. I would not change it for anything. If anyone needs to be recruited to relief its the parents. Your imprint many not be cool to the younger people, but they will sure resonate with the parents. Lets not forget them in this issue or its solutions. This issue not just about the young people coming in, but a multi-tiered near.
Brian Regan
President
Semper International
Printing Jobs
Print to Netgear PS110 using CUPS from Ubuntu manually
July 27th, 2007
Problem:
I have an HP OfficeJet D135 plugged into the another parallel seaport of my Netgear PS110 Printserver (192.168.1.2). I'm using CUPS to print to this printer from Ubuntu. I couldn't services the "printers" gui frontend to add a cups printer. I had to affirm secure that the cognizance URI was faultlessly as below. The /P2 tells cups to avail oneself of the second even off port on the printserver.
influence:
1. Open /etc/cups/printers.conf as radicle by typing "sudo gedit /etc/cups/printers.conf"
2. Add the following lines:
Info OfficeJet-D135
DeviceURI lpd://192.168.1.2/P2
State Idle
Accepting Yes
JobSheets none none
QuotaPeriod 0
PageLimit 0
KLimit 0
3. conserve the file and close it.
4. Restart cups by typing "sudo /etc/init.d/cupsys restart"
5. Print a test page to see if it works. (if it doesn't, give up and abuse windows :)
Web Typography Sucks. What Can We Do About It?
July 25th, 2007
Web typography sucks. It's a in truth. It sucks particularly because web pages are of dubious typographic value, whether you put out them or just read them. The impotence to from your own fonts & proper formatting is infuriating, and almost led me to close down this blog in despair. But I have a solution.
The solution is nothing pint-sized of a late keyboard of XML language for the duration of the show, as well as a varied affable of browser that makes viewing primer easier. No stand for for b/s like Flash, Java, SLL, and all that palaver – if you yen mediocrity, you can manipulate it from Firefox, IE or opera. What I'm talking about is a moronic mark-up language.
What's typography? First, fonts. These secure to be downloadable and I don't trouble how it's done, but people should be masterly to consume the fonts they bought, level pegging if it means that the fonts end up in the hands of people who didn't pay as far as something them. Font piracy is rampant already as it is, so I doubt anything would change. right hand, the picture of verse on the vet must procure complete OpenType support, with no exceptions. This is a bit harder than just article a browser using WPF and hoping that the Microsoft API understands OT properly. It most probably won't. In fact, having dabbled with OT features in WPF, I understand recompense a fact that it's bonny weak.
The alone stew with what I outline is the uptake: how to win over people that PDFs are not the exclusively progressing to deliver printable content? Or dialect mayhap that's the whole point – maybe PDFs are precisely the solution? Hmm, we'll have to wait and see.▪
Installing a Canon Pixma MP460 on Ubuntu Feisty
July 25th, 2007
Here is how I got the Canon Pixma MP460 Printer/Scanner to turn out c advance on Ubuntu Feisty.
Canon does not acquire any Linux drivers due to the fact that the MP460 so we will consume the drivers representing the MP160 instead.
First, download the following files from :
For the Printer:
cnijfilter-garden-variety-2.80-1.i386.rpm
cnifjilter-mp160-2.70-1.i386.rpm
exchange for the Scanner:
scangearmp-common-1.00-1.i386.rpm
scangearmp-mp160-1.00-1.i386.rpm
just now make sure that you have non-native installed (sudo apt-get establish alien)
Now put to use alien to devise .dep packages from the .rpm files you well-founded downloaded. I tried to convert and initiate all in sole step using
sudo immigrant -i --scripts file1.rpm file2.rpm file3.rpm file4.rpm
but this did not work so I had to convert and install them one at a time.
run sure that you are in the at any rate directory as the pigeon-hole. (Example cd /territory/username/Desktop
To alter:
Note: The crave ruin before "scripts" is in fact two uncharitable dashes
sudo non-native cnijfilter-common-2.80-1.i386.rpm --scripts
sudo alien cnifjilter-mp160-2.70-1.i386.rpm --scripts
sudo alien scangearmp-well-known-1.00-1.i386.rpm --scripts
sudo from scangearmp-mp160-1.00-1.i386.rpm --scripts
To install:
sudo dpkg -i cnijfilter-common-2.80-1.i386.deb
sudo dpkg -i cnifjilter-mp160-2.70-1.i386.deb
sudo dpkg -i sudo outlandish scangearmp-frequent-1.00-1.i386.deb
sudo dpkg -i scangearmp-mp160-1.00-1.i386.deb
stylish install libpng3:
sudo apt-get install libpng3
Next fix in place libtiff3:
sudo ln -s /usr/lib/libtiff.so.4 /usr/lib/libtiff.so.3
Restart cups daemon:
sudo /etc/init.d/cupsys restart
Install the printer:
cd /usr/share/cups/model/
sudo lpadmin -p MP160 canonmp160.ppd -v cnij_usb:/dev/usblp0 -E
institute libxml1:
sudo apt-get set up libxml1
At this point the printer should be working! Next is to get the scanner to work. I am using XSane Image Scanner. To get this to work we must install the scanner back-finish.
opening, download the latest model from .
Uncompress the file with:
tar -xvjf mp150-0.13.1.tar.bz2
invest:
make
sudo come to terms install
If this does not work there is more information in the institution section of the README.html record included in the download.
Both the printer and scanner on your Canon Pixma MP460 should now work!