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@badsamurai @c_merriweather @cR0w @carbontwelve

I'll tell you what is a really neat map trick (albeit, expensive). If you can find someone with a color plotter, you can take and print a topo map to Tyvek, and convert that Tyvek to an extremely lightweight ground sheet. You then have a combo LARGE SCALE map of where you are going plus a ground sheet, all wrapped up in one. Tyvek is printable, and if you physically roll it a lot (some people throw it through a washer or tumble through a dryer on air setting with shoes or something) it becomes soft like cloth. I heard (fourthhand) this may be used in the US military, in Special Ops or other applications.

#hiking#topo#maps

#LazyWeb
Daughter's coming back from Japan with 100s of photos & is looking for portable photo printer. I've been out of the printing biz for ~20+ years so I'm reaching out here for recs.

From her:
"I'm mainly looking for scrapbooking reasons, so small prints I can print multiple images onto one print(like 2-3 images on a 6"x4")".

Looking for something that could handle sticky-back & possibly archival stock.

Difficulty: No HP #printers if possible

I work with computers all day. After I started processing my 8x10 negs at home, I realized that doing post on my 8x10 was a lot like work. So I decided to try contact printing this week. My chemicals and paper arrived yesterday, but not my contact printer or safelight. So I borrowed same from @bosak and last night, after it got dark (no blackout curtains) I started printing.

This was the neg I started with:

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Hey! I ordered two new frames for my #photos!
Not black but brown and one A4 and one A5 for the Windowsill directly next to my work place.

I think I'll re-print the a5 version a bit smaller 🤔. But the frames are really ace! The printed photos are great. But frames really add another level! 😍

The black frames look very stylish but also quite cool. The brown ones fit excellent to the nature photos.

Good morning friends!
Yesterday two frames arrived and I put the latest #prints into. I was really really pleased by the result! ❤️

Just unfortunately, the peacock is a false print: The right frame is larger than the left. 😭 So I replaced it with an older print from my #pristineWinter collection.

It's really so much different from just looking at #photos on the phone. Totally worth the buy. And a great start into my Saturday 😊

Enjoy!

Ever heard the name Ottmar Mergenthaler?

His late 1800 invention: The #Linotype machine - literally made typesetting many 10x faster, leading to a printing revolution, especially for the newspaper industry.

Really worth watching documentary: youtube.com/watch?v=HUtJO59eKJ8

It for sure played a big role on spreading information and knowledge, accelerating all sorts of innovation. Including everything later becoming digital too.

Thanks Ottmar! #history #printing #typesetting