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Title: The simple things
Post by: TCT on April 21, 2014, 10:12:15 PM
Not sure if it drives anyone else crazy when people call ink paint- "what color paint are you gonna put on that shirt".  It is a pet peeve of mine. SO you can imagine how delighted I was this evening when I got home and my 2.5ish year old son said "daddy you got INK on you hand". :D
Title: Re: The simple things
Post by: 3Deep on April 21, 2014, 10:52:29 PM
HA!!!! I remember when I first started screen printing and call a supplier and ask him about ordering some paint...he told me they didn't sell paint they sold ink :o.

Darryl
Title: Re: The simple things
Post by: Inkworks on April 21, 2014, 11:05:06 PM
Yeah the paint/ink thing gets me too. My kids know the difference.
Title: Re: The simple things
Post by: Sbrem on April 23, 2014, 09:38:47 AM
Same here, but my particular one is using DPI for everything, even the big guys doing the teaching, but most know what they mean. Images in Photoshop and scanned images are expressed in Pixels per inch, PPI, halftones are expressed as Lines per inch, LPI, and Laserprinters, inkjet printers, and imagesetters use Dots per inch, DPI.

Steve

ps. we'll leave out Spots per inch...
Title: Re: The simple things
Post by: broadway on April 23, 2014, 01:56:12 PM
Do not forget picas per inch (6 if anyone cares) or silkscreen vs. screenprint
Title: Re: The simple things
Post by: kirkage on April 24, 2014, 09:04:41 AM
I liken the mistake of people saying cardboard boxes instead of corrugated or cement instead of concrete.
Title: Re: The simple things
Post by: Sbrem on April 24, 2014, 10:31:48 AM
Quote from: broadway on April 23, 2014, 01:56:12 PM
Do not forget picas per inch (6 if anyone cares) or silkscreen vs. screenprint

I started screening in '72, and have never used a piece of silk, nor seen one in anyone's shop, so I always correct that one too.

Steve
Title: Re: The simple things
Post by: mk162 on April 24, 2014, 10:56:11 AM
correct, but the entire industry was started by the chinese using silk.  No idea how they got paint to go through it ;)
Title: Re: The simple things
Post by: Sbrem on April 24, 2014, 02:42:05 PM
Quote from: mk162 on April 24, 2014, 10:56:11 AM
correct, but the entire industry was started by the chinese using silk.  No idea how they got paint to go through it ;)

Finely ground pigments no doubt...

Steve
Title: Re: The simple things
Post by: Boldline on April 30, 2014, 02:08:27 PM
I called it "paint" one time when I worked in a screen print shop and the glare I got from the printer was enough to remind me never to say "paint" again! When I read this thread it reminded me of that glare!