RE: Reproduction Updates.

I always thought that the image was silk screened directly to
the back of the tempered glass ? I have wondered how difficult
it would be, once the screen has been made, to do this 'at home'
for my Asteroids & other cocktails. A friend used to work for a
T-shirt / Frisbee company and the way he explained, it sounded
like it could almost be done at the hobby level, but I have not
looked into silk screening technology as of yet.

Todd Miller, MCSE LAN Analyst
Ron Weber and Associates
103 E. State Street, Mason City, IA 50401
(515)423-4293/(515)423-4594 FAX
http://www.telethinking.com

        -----Original Message-----
        From: Peter McDermott [SMTP:pmcdermott@pmcdermott.com]
        Sent: Friday, March 19, 1999 3:10 PM
        To: vectorlist@mcfeeley.cc.utexas.edu
        Subject: Re: Reproduction Updates.

        So what's the general process for getting this done? Scan,
        painstakingly convert to Illustrator by tracing the scan,
generate an
        output file, go to silkscreen shop, and then pay $x to print the
        silkscreen?

        I'm interested in this for my Tempest cocktail. For the benefit
of
        those who don't know, the Tempest cocktail (as well as the Space
Duel
        cocktail, I'd think) has its' artwork printed onto a piece of
clear,
        adhesive plastic which is then applied to the back of the
tabletop
        glass. The problem with this arrangement is that the decal has
started
        'flaking' around the edge of the glass due to age/exposure. I
think
        this is common with these cocktails.

        I'm not sure of the practicality of printing the Tempest artwork
onto a
        piece of cardboard ala Ms. Pac-Man, but it might be work if it
were
        printed onto a piece of clear, non adhesive, plastic.

        Is lexan a clear plastic? Also, is a 'die cut' when they cut
these
        things to some shape you define?

        -Peter

        Clay Cowgill wrote:
>
> > How do you get overlays printed? It sounds like you are
making a huge
> > bitmap on a computer with the talk about fonts. What
program are you
> > using? So if I wanted to make my own reproduction overlay,
what would
> > I
> > need to do? The art is not a problem, since I work as an
artist for a
> > video game company here in San Diego and I use Photoshop
> > extensively...but
> > what is the next step? Where can I get a bitmap turned into
an
> > adhesive
> > overlay for $35?? One other thing I would like to do is get
a
> > thin cardboard replacement for the Space Duel cocktail
silkscreened
> > glass
> > artwork made, like the ones they sell for Ms. Pac-Man
cocktails.
> >
> When we do screen printing everything is usually vector-based
(like
> Adobe Illustrator) and not bitmap based (like Photoshop).
Colors are
> usually specified by something like Pantone for particular
areas of the
> image, but that depends a lot on the particular company doing
the work.
>
> The MultiPac marquee for example is seven color (double-hit on
black).
> Additional shades are produced by half-toning in the screens.
>
> We've done large bitmap outputs though too (usually delivered
in a Jaz
> cartridge 'cause they're several hundred megabytes depending
on
> resolution and DPI) which were then adhesive bonded to a lexan
material.
> Die cuts can be pretty expensive, so we tend to keep things
rectangular
> as much as possible. They look really nice-- don't know how
durable in
> the long run though...
>
> -Clay
Received on Fri Mar 19 15:27:44 1999