John Stanley wrote: I haven't followed the entire colour-printing thread and so my comments may be rather oblique but it does occur to me that many publications could be produced with an edition online or on CD-ROM. They could have more colour illustration at magnifiable resolution than is economic with traditional methods. Many (?-most) readers could print off appropriate sections to file far more compactly than metres of shelf-space taken up by conventional journals/magazines.Advertisers could have 'active' publicity that needn't involve more than mouse-clicks for enquiries! Some articles (keys and indices for example) could make use of digital technology and open up a whole new world of innovative publication. ************************* While it is true that colour printing costs have come down to an extent and other factors have risen in price (wages, paper and inks) since I was editor of "Orchids Australia" not so long ago, the idea of electronic publishing has some flaws. People seem to think that because a blank disc costs very little that something published on CD should be cheap. All the work in preparing a magazine for example for whatever method of publication is not lessened. Then after the costs are added in for publishing (disc printing, duplication etc) it still mounts up. The one big drawback that I can see with publishing on a CD is that photographs will not be the same colour when viewed on different computer monitors, or printed out on paper - due to monitor and printer manufacturer differences, and personal settings. At least publishing on paper, everyone gets the same reproduction.
With the help of our printers, "Orchids Australia" is now run on a full colour printing press which prints the CMYK runs on one pass of the paper through the press (that's cyan, magenta, yellow and black inks) which has helped reduce our costs. When I was editor, the layout had to be done in sets of 8 pages, and half these were printed two-colour because the four-colour process was just beyond our means. Now technology has advanced so much it is cheaper to run on one press. Colin Hamilton Webmaster Australian Orchid Council/"OrchidsAustralia" Rockhampton, Qld. Australia www.orchidsaustralia.com _______________________________________________ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids
