rossi@nusc.ARPA (ROSSI J.A.) (08/04/86)
Organization: To Andy Marvick and anyone else not farmilliar with the process of silkscreening. Complexity, # of characters etc. do not account for any appreciable silkscreening costs (providing that whover does the actual printing can meet the constraints of the resolution of the graphics with their equipment). Basically, you can look at silkscreening as a photographic like process where a master is made from photo ready artwork and as many duplicates (positives) can be made by using the plate which is the 'screen'. Therefore, unless we start talking multiple colors, which require the production, alignment, etc of several screens, the cost of making the screen is constant over a wide range of designs. It also should be noted that picture reproduction by silkscreening is tough stuff especially if more than two levels of contrast are needed. It is hard using semi-screens to produce half tone like effects, therefore if any pictures are to be included, they should be ones which actually show something in real white on real black (or any other colors), a good aproximation would be that if it doesn't look correct in monochrome computer graphics (Apple, IBM, ect. on a B&W screen) it won't look right silkscreened. Also Note : The technique used for reproducing color scenes on shirts (not heatpressing !!) is called air-brushing and is generally done in a 1 on 1 type enterprise and is expensive. About the sonar effects. I'm ashamed that the Navy's supposed expert on the subject never even picked up. Don't tell me that everybody in the DC area is going to be in New England over the APA week. John