From: John Horowy (viewcam@wwa.com)
Date: 06/26/01-09:36:04 PM Z
Being in the photographic paper business, I've experienced paper mill
minimum runs that equaled 64 acres of paper. The days of paper manufacturer
reps going door to door with a swatch book of a 100 different surfaces are
over.
That's why little companies need to be da** sure when they produce a run,
that it better sell.
I admired the efforts that Palladio went through. I spoke with Sura
sometime ago and can understand the ups and downs of this business.
All I can say is support these little guys, as they approach these ventures
with their hearts and children's college funds on their sleeves. If you
don't support them, don't complain if and when they are forced to go out of
business.
Best Regards,
John Horowy
Bergger Products, Inc.
At 08:11 AM 6/26/2001 -0400, you wrote:
>Each company will be different, but I know, from interviews, that at Crane
>and Company, the smallest "run" that can be made at their smallest plant is
>10,000 pounds of finished paper. That's a *lot* of photograph size
>sheets....
>
>---Carl
>--
> web site with picture galleries
> and workshop information at:
>
> http://home.earthlink.net/~cweese/
>
>----------
> >From: bmaxey1@juno.com
> >To: alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca
> >Subject: Re: Palladio
> >Date: Tue, Jun 26, 2001, 4:38 AM
> >
>
> >>>These figures are of course a facsimile from memory
> >>>several years later, but the larger firms required something like -- oh
> >>>say 24 million yards/pounds/ or whatever -- for "a making," which (I
> >>>believe) she said they could have eventually used. But there was no way
> >>>>*to test* the to-order paper without that making... ie, the 24 million
> >>>whatevers.
> >
> > 24 MILLION? No offence and I am sure you are relaying what you were told,
> > but think about that number. 24 Million is a huge amount. That is 72
> > million feet. This is far above any minimums I have ever heard of. I
> > think the number quoted is incorrect or someone misunderstood the
> > requirements for the order.
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