Re: question about chumblespuzz's overlays

Yes, that is correct, but let me give some details.

I've gone through several printers before settling on my current one. Not
only does he produce the best quality work, he's excited to work on these
projects because of their vid-related nature. (He's not a collector,
though... yet. :)

His printer is a massive machine. It is an ink-jet that prints at 1200 DPI.
It has 14 ink cartridges, two each of dark and light cyan, yellow, magenta
and black. Because it has both light and dark shades of the colors dithering
is greatly reduced. Once laminated, the colors appear pure. Also, the black
is solid. When held up to a light, no light shines through. The black from
other printers I've tried turns gray when held up to the light. Because this
black is so pure I will be able to produce the Tempest marquee on this
equipment.

The vinyl was special ordered just for my CPO work. It has an extra strength
adhesive on it that will allow it to hold fast bent around the top edge. I
don't know what is different about it's printing surface, but of the seven
different vinyls I've tried, this one produces the most solid and vivid
colors.

The laminate is a 5-mil poly-carbonate that is adhered to the vinyl. Most
laminates are attached to the vinyl with just heat. This laminate has a
self-adhesive transparent backing that when heated bonds securely to the
vinyl. Laminates from other printers I've tried separate from the vinyl when
bent around the edge of a control panel. This one is guaranteed from the
manufacturer to not separate, and so far has performed impressively.

The laminate is textured. It is not as textured as the original CPO, but it
is the most textured I have been able to find. It is really quite good. It
feels about as textured as the original CPO on my Tempest machine. If it
wasn't sufficient I wouldn't have gone through with the production. Also,
the laminate's texturing and application process virtually eliminates any
visible dithering of the colors.

I showed them to Rick Goodman this past weekend (you may know him, fellow
collector) and he said these were the best reproductions he had ever seen.
He was basically blown away. Based on what he saw, he's now given me an NOS
Tempest CPO and marquee, Gravitar, Dig Dug, Q*bert, Qix, Chiller, Crossbow,
plus 3 or 4 other CPOs and Gauntlet and Cheyenne side-art to scan and
possibly reproduce. I'm doing the Tempest now because I need them and I'm
tired of waiting for Fab Fan. After that I was planning on doing Gravitar,
but because I don't have a Gravitar myself, if people don't want it I'll
move on to other's some friends or I need. One such CPO is a dedicated Major
Havoc. I would do that out of the pure joy of helping some collectors
restore their machines, as I don't see a tremendous market for them and I
don't need one (although I hope one day I'll have a machine to put it on).
Also, because I pay by size, I think they will be fairly cheap.

Anyway, the point of all this is that I am confident all who ordered a CPO
will be satisfied. And now I'll back up that claim. If you receive it and
are not satisfied with it's quality, you can return it and I'll refund your
full payment. :)

-roy-

p.s. - I just picked up my BW control panel with the CPO installed and
looked at it closely under a light. You will be happy. :)

----- Original Message -----
From: Al Kossow <aek@spies.com>
To: <vectorlist@lists.cc.utexas.edu>
Sent: Thursday, September 02, 1999 6:59 PM
Subject: question about chumblespuzz's overlays

>
> I've looked at the web page, and I'm not quite sure how these
> are being produced. I assume they are ink-jet and not silk screened?
> Printed on the face of the self-ashesive vinyl, then laminated with
> the lexan?
>
>
Received on Thu Sep 2 19:37:40 1999