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Jared
Joined: 24.01.12
Posts: 3
Sweeeeet! Our infographic has been featured on Lifehacker Australia!
http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2012/01/infographic-explains-commercial-printing/
michellea76
Joined: 29.12.11
Posts: 5
Cool! This infographic just nailed the basic things about printing. I like the "Commercially Printed Documents Need to Bleed" LOL. I also like how the stock comparison is explained for different kinds of printing from business cards, posters and letterhead printing.
http://www.printrunner.com/letterhead.aspx
scotty
Joined: 04.03.10
Posts: 458
Printing in a nushell!
That really does explain it and I never knew toilet paper was 20gsm.
Go figure:)
Dan
Joined: 10.01.10
Posts: 278
There's a big gap between 150 and 250gsm.
Jared
Joined: 24.01.12
Posts: 3
Thanks for the feedback guys!
Dan, That's because we don't have much on offer between 150 and 250, plus we were fighting for space. It's more a graphical indicator of size rather than an actual indicator of availability.
Scotty, guess it depends on how many ply you get too? Be curious to see a difference between what you find in public toilets and the cushy Sorbent stuff, hey?
Cheers!
J
scotty
Joined: 04.03.10
Posts: 458
Posted: 27.01.2012 @ 8.29 PM | Edited: 27.01.2012 @ 8.36 PM
Sorry to take such a low brow slant but I remember this stuff from my youth.
It was used in schools and public toilets and was more like tracing paper than tissue.
I think it was a punishment for not doing a poo at home:)
A bit like wiping your arse on a crisp (chips) packet and the reason that many Brit's are good at "holding it".
Right, info-graphics wasn't it?
Looney
Joined: 30.03.10
Posts: 532
scotty
i remember that god awful stuff too, from school in london, not so much wipe it off as spread it around
do you remember what gsm it was, definitely 2 sided gloss stock though only came in one sheet size, great for banners, xmas paper chains and pretend bandages when playing doctors and nurses
Jared
Joined: 24.01.12
Posts: 3
Posted: 24.01.2012 @ 9.16 AM | Edited: 13.02.2012 @ 11.04 AM
Hey all,
We've just had a new print infographic constructed for our website, thought you might find it interesting. We set out to communicate some of the intricacies of printing a project commercially in a fun and interesting way, that hopefully may give the reader some insight into the fact that printing a project on a big press isn't quite the same as hitting print on their home machine.
http://australianqualityprinting.com.au/print-purchasing-guide
Interested to hear feedback, and also nice to post something up after years of lurking :)
Cheers!
J