Jan 21, 2011: History of desktop printing in one book

Undertoad · 01-21-2011, 12:47 PM

No, it's art. French artist Xavier Antin set this up; it's four different desktop printing technologies, lines up so that the output of one printer becomes the input of another printer. In a row, they are a stencil duplicator, a spirit duplicator, a laser printer, and an inkjet printer.

He then did four-color printing and created a book. He had the stencil printer do magenta, the spirit printer do cyan, the laser printer do black and the inkjet printer do yellow.

And that's the art installation. Doesn't look great, but it's kind of amazing that it works at all. Four-color printing was notoriously difficult and expensive before our modern era. If one of the colors is a fraction of an inch off, the whole thing is a bit of a mess. Modern printers can get it right for cheap, only because they manage the process with modern computing.

And maybe that's part of the point here.

installation via neatorama

glatt · 01-21-2011, 12:53 PM

I have a hard time looking past those wooden stands he made. I suppose he was going for a "built by a 10 year old" look.

monster · 01-21-2011, 02:51 PM

I like it. I imagine the fiber will be good for my digestion too

Pete Zicato · 01-21-2011, 03:59 PM

I can see why he used four printers, but dot-matrix printers should have been in there before lasers.

Flint · 01-21-2011, 04:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Pete Zicato

I can see why he used four printers, but dot-matrix printers should have been in there before lasers.

No doubt. I'm looking at a 9 pin impact printer sitting new in the box in my office right now.

zippyt · 01-21-2011, 05:36 PM

Them Okidatas just dont go away do they Flint

01-21-2011, 07:57 PM

He should hookup with the brick BMW guy - I'll bet they hit it off right away.

01-21-2011, 12:47 PM	#1
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Jan 21, 2011: History of desktop printing in one book No, it's art. French artist Xavier Antin set this up; it's four different desktop printing technologies, lines up so that the output of one printer becomes the input of another printer. In a row, they are a stencil duplicator, a spirit duplicator, a laser printer, and an inkjet printer. He then did four-color printing and created a book. He had the stencil printer do magenta, the spirit printer do cyan, the laser printer do black and the inkjet printer do yellow. And that's the art installation. Doesn't look great, but it's kind of amazing that it works at all. Four-color printing was notoriously difficult and expensive before our modern era. If one of the colors is a fraction of an inch off, the whole thing is a bit of a mess. Modern printers can get it right for cheap, only because they manage the process with modern computing. And maybe that's part of the point here. installation via neatorama

01-21-2011, 02:51 PM	#3
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	I like it. I imagine the fiber will be good for my digestion too __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

01-21-2011, 03:59 PM	#4
Pete Zicato Turns out my CRS is a symptom of TMB. Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Chicago suburbs Posts: 2,916	I can see why he used four printers, but dot-matrix printers should have been in there before lasers. __________________ Talk nerdy to me.

01-21-2011, 05:36 PM	#6
zippyt LONG LIVE KING ZIPPY! per Feetz Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Arkansas Posts: 7,661	Them Okidatas just dont go away do they Flint __________________ "Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get. " Brother Dave Gardner

01-21-2011, 12:53 PM	#2
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	I have a hard time looking past those wooden stands he made. I suppose he was going for a "built by a 10 year old" look.

01-21-2011, 07:57 PM	#7
aero geek Guest Posts: n/a	He should hookup with the brick BMW guy - I'll bet they hit it off right away.

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