Keenspace Sampler Volume 1 -- Printing and Distribution

Post by **STrRedWolf** » Mon Feb 21, 2005 8:14 pm

And to the front page it goes!

Stucifer_the_maligned · Mon Feb 21, 2005 11:01 pm

i'm having a dickens of a time actually DOWNLOADING this. it opens up in IE, but the acrobat window won't let me save it for some reason. damn it all! i actually wasn't cut out of it too!

Caduceus · Post by **Caduceus** » Mon Feb 21, 2005 11:04 pm

Try right-clicking the link and choosing save as instead of just normally clicking it.

Stucifer_the_maligned · Mon Feb 21, 2005 11:11 pm

okay got it! this one http://stripedb.freeshell.org/keenspace ... preads.pdf saves as an html file, and it happened to be the ONE that i tried to save. yes, people, i'm that good.

Stucifer_the_maligned · Mon Feb 21, 2005 11:38 pm

okay gang. i've got a few megabytes free on my campus webspace, so i'll host this stuff for a while. as long as it's not expected to be there four or five months from now, then all is well.
here it be!
http://portfolio.iu.edu/harrisj/keenspa ... preads.pdf

BOMC · Post by **BOMC** » Tue Feb 22, 2005 7:34 am

Damn, I am sad I missed out on this.... next time, i guess. Still, I will try to distribute a few copies around my Uni.

Ida · Post by **Ida** » Tue Feb 22, 2005 1:12 pm

Wow, it's finally there. Amazing. I actually planned to take some copies to J-popcon, but since that one is long gone (and we won't have any conventions around here before next November), I'll start out by distributing some to my friends. Once I get a new black printer patron, that is.

[AlmightyPyro] · Post by **[AlmightyPyro]** » Tue Feb 22, 2005 2:19 pm

MAN! Why do I always miss these things?! This really sucks, even though I haven't put anything on here in forever, I love this Idea! I think I might see if I mom will let me use there school copier.

[AlmightyPyro] · Post by **[AlmightyPyro]** » Tue Feb 22, 2005 2:22 pm

EDIT: DAMN!! A Double Post!!!

Go ahead, kill me.

Phact0rri · Post by **Phact0rri** » Tue Feb 22, 2005 4:01 pm

there's some bookstores around town that sell a bit of comics so I'm gonna try there, and probably the comic store by campus.

if all else fails, I'll be putting a stack on merc tables at every show they will allow me to.

War · Post by **War** » Tue Feb 22, 2005 4:10 pm

For the purpose of doing this kind of stuff (and because I needed a new b/w printer anyway) I got myself this printer:

http://dabs.com/uk/channels/hardware/pr ... klinx=308W

Essentially the same model as faub's. But with built-in duplex unit, because I'm darned lazy. Having seen the final product I'm pretty enthused about doing some more. Either a proper anthology or an organised jam.

Faub · Post by **Faub** » Tue Feb 22, 2005 4:35 pm

Sorry about J-popcon, Ida. Hopefully the next one will go faster. I'll start submissions for that one in March.

You know, Ida. You have 26 pages of comic already made. You CAN print up a minicomic of that and take it with you to J-popcon in November. 8)

Faub · Post by **Faub** » Wed Feb 23, 2005 10:24 pm

Okay, this thread gets posts about how you distributed Volume 1 and the problems you found. Please post comments about Volume 2 in the OTHER thread. Thanks 8)

McDuffies · Post by **McDuffies** » Wed Feb 23, 2005 10:40 pm

My main problem is that printing a colour cover will obviously skin by back, that is, cost as much as the rest.

Chibiartstudios · Post by **Chibiartstudios** » Thu Feb 24, 2005 12:34 am

Just out of curiosity what size paper should I use for this? 8.5x11 folded in half or a larger size that you can buy to make something closer to a normal comic book?

Faub · Post by **Faub** » Thu Feb 24, 2005 6:22 pm

It was meant for people with limited resources so print it on 8.5x11.

If you can't do color, it DOES look okay B&W but you should really consider a different quality of paper so it's cover-like. The only problem with a B&W cover is that at 300 dpi you can see the jaggies in the K logo on top and around the text. The inside pages will look better in some cases than the cover.

Also, Kinkos charges $0.99 for a color copy. The page trimmers are free to anyone who wants to use them. Stapling costs $0.10 per staple and the book can be folded and stapled for $0.25. They're ripping you off with the folding and stapling but the color copies is ABOUT what you'll find most places. I got really lucky with MU charging $0.50.

Still, at $0.03 per B&W copy (again MU pricing), printing a cover costs more than printing the rest of the book. I have a price quote from Sir Speedy Printing (a professional printer) 100 color copies for $120.70 or about $1.21 per color copy. Color is expensive. That's why we're only doing a color cover and B&W pages.

I sent an email to Jennie Breeden. She was willing to print up some copies for her trip to megacon and freaked about the color too.

Hartchamber · Post by **Hartchamber** » Fri Feb 25, 2005 11:38 am

hey, here's another mirror. would have gotten it up sooner.but my dsl keeps spazzing out.
http://www.desolationangeltango.com/kee ... preads.pdf
yeah, the color's expensive, i checked at the office depot close towhere i work at. and they're 89 cents up to 100 copies, then 79 cents after that and then that's just the front/back cover. they dont see it as being 4/1 cover but a 4/4 cover. so it cost another 89 cents to print the back side of the spread. looking at these numbers, makes me think that comixpress is really a good deal. i'm planning on doing a b/w cover version to give out as freebie at our store. and also at momocon. i'll post my numbers as soon as i get things solidified

Faceless · Post by **Faceless** » Sat Feb 26, 2005 12:53 pm

I come back from a month of not being on Keenspace to find the Sampler done, time to use all my paper up printing copies.

Then, it's off to Another World. Well, Forbidden Planet now (damn take-overs).

MoonlightRequiem · Post by **MoonlightRequiem** » Sun Feb 27, 2005 7:45 pm

I've passed the copy I recieved around quite a bit. I think it's time for me to pass it on. I'll leave it somewhere around a bookstore I go to.

IVstudios · Post by **IVstudios** » Thu Mar 10, 2005 9:15 am

I just got a few copies printed off at the Kinko's near my house. They were $4.00 each so I could only afford to print off 5 for now. I'll try to get some more done when I have more money. For now I'll just pass the one's I have around to people I know and such. They really are awesome though!