[IAEP] [support-gang] Fwd: [OLPC-SF] OLPC SF 2011 Community Summit - Poster contest

[Samuel Greenfeld]

That's the technical specification of the printer.

I think the more printing-savvy people are wondering things like:

   - What file formats will the printing company accept?
   - Is there going to be a person manipulating what we provide for best
   quality/fit?
   - What are the margins, or can we print to the edges of the 13x19" page?
   - Is submitting the poster on a larger sized template with crop marks
   recommended?
   - Is there a color calibration specification available for the printer?
   - Are there any font licensing restrictions?  (Printers often license
   font sets, and may refuse to print other fonts or substitute alternatives.
   Bitmapping text instead of embedding fonts may or may not be recommended or
   permitted.)

More specific to this event:

   - Are portrait or landscape layouts for posters recommended or required
   for this contest?
   - Are the posters going to be put into a frame which obscures the edges?
   - If there is a problem with a submitted design, what kind of
   response/turnaround-time will be required to solve the issue and still have
   the poster ready for the summit?


Personally, it's unclear if I will personally be producing a poster, as I'm
told everyone should know what OLPC itself is.  I was thinking of making a
poster trying to describe the OLPC Association as compared to the
Foundation, but don't know if that's really necessary.


On Fri, Oct 14, 2011 at 12:13 PM, Bruce Baikie <bruce at green-wifi.org> wrote:

>  Adam,
>
>
> They will be printed with Claria® 6-color ink printer at up to 5760 x 1440
> dpi and ink droplets as small as 1.5 picoliters
>
> Bruce
>
>
>
>  On 10/6/2011 3:40 PM, Samuel Greenfeld wrote:
>
> It may also be a good idea if you can tell us a few details about how the
> posters are going to be printed.
>
> That way if they use images, they can be provided to you with a reasonable
> dpi setting, and we know if we should stick to solid colors/line art or if
> photos will work as well.
>
>
> Yes, clarif very helpful if poss!  I've spoken with 1 volunteer artist who
> is very concerned her artwork will be cut off around the edges, she writes:
>
>     *O**fficial instructions didn't mention bleed, but to play safe I will
> add on a few mm around the edges and hope they cut back to the stated size.
> If the bleed was unnecessary, no matter. If they enlarge it and then cut to
> size (cutting off part of the design), I shall be pissed :-)** I fear
> that's what they will do, though, since they are receiving contributions
> from people not familiar with making posters for print.*
>
>  On Wed, Oct 5, 2011 at 2:20 PM, Sameer Verma <sverma at sfsu.edu> wrote:
>
>> On Tue, Oct 4, 2011 at 11:42 AM, Maryanne Ward <ward.maryanne at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> > How about:
>> >
>> > "All artwork and lettering must be original. Copyrighted material may
>> not be
>> > used without permission."
>> >
>> > That does it: Yes, all is copyrighted automatically here in the US, by
>> the
>> > originator. So if the person is using his/her own work, of course,
>> > "permission" has been granted to oneself.
>> >
>> > Maryanne Ward
>> > Ghana Together
>> >
>>
>>  Thanks. I've modified the line to read:
>>
>> All artwork and lettering must be original. Copyrighted material may
>>  not be used without permission. We request that you make your work
>> available under a shareable license such as Creative Commons or GNU
>> Free Documentation License.
>>
>> which includes the intent of resharing.
>>
>> Bruce,
>> Does that work?
>>
>> Sameer
>>
>> >
>> > -----Original Message-----
>> > From: support-gang-bounces at lists.laptop.org
>> > [mailto:support-gang-bounces at lists.laptop.org] On Behalf Of Bruce
>> Baikie
>> > Sent: Monday, October 03, 2011 8:05 PM
>> > To: Sameer Verma
>> > Cc: iaep; Community Support Volunteers -- who help respond to "help AT
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>> > Subject: Re: [support-gang] [IAEP] Fwd: [OLPC-SF] OLPC SF 2011 Community
>> > Summit - Poster contest
>> >
>> > Yes, The meaning is people should not be using copyrighted material they
>> > do not have permission to use.
>> > Any assistance on better wording would be helpful.
>> >
>> > Bruce
>> >> On Mon, Oct 3, 2011 at 2:59 PM, Kevin Mark<kevin.mark at verizon.net>
>>  wrote:
>> >>> On Mon, Oct 03, 2011 at 11:11:40AM -0700, Cherry Withers wrote:
>> >>>> Rules:
>> >>>>
>> >>>>    . Posters will be 13  x 19  inches in size.
>> >>>>    . Only 1 entry per project.
>> >>>>    . All artwork and lettering must be original. Copyrighted images
>> are
>> > not
>> >>>>      allowed.
>> >>>>    . Entries must be submitted electronically in by 9:00 AM Wednesday
>> > morning
>> >>>>      Pacific Time, October 19th, 2011. Submit entries to:
>> >>>>      poster-submission at green-wifi.org
>> >>>>    . Posters will be also posted to the OLPC SF website during the
>> > summit.
>> >>> The point "Copyrighted images are not allowed" does not quite seem
>> > useful.
>> >>> Every image has an author and that person (at least in the US) get a
>> > copyright
>> >>> on anything they produce. There are images that an individual might
>> own
>> > the
>> >>> copyright to and images they dont. As well as images that you can use
>> in
>> >>> accordance with the license requirements: CC, GPL, PD. So I think that
>> > needs a
>> >>> bit of revision.
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>> >> I agree. I think what Bruce intended is that the images shouldn't be
>> >> restricted for redistribution, although I'll let him confirm. How
>> >> would you word it?
>> >>
>> >> Sameer
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