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Issue 6, March 2000.  News & information for GOCCOclub members

Thank you for the excellent feedback and comments we have received, helping us update our newsletter with more craft and more printing ideas - less product technical data & Internet information!

This is the first stage, next issue will be even better as we answer many of the questions we have received and include more craft and projects for the GOCCO.

Postal Subscriptions are due for renewal You MUST renew before 31st May ‘00 (not applicable to Members receiving GOCCOclub E-news)

GOCCOclub News has been very successful and it’s time for us to update our records & the massive database of members - but we need to confirm your details and wish to keep sending you FREE GOCCO information - so contact us NOW - don’t wait, contact your supplier, pick up the phone, fax, post or e-mail RIGHT NOW before you finish this newsletter.

Your Comments

‘I took my B6 out of the box and couldn’t remember how to use the machine, but thank you for your kind letter in response to my questions, you solved my problems and now I’m printing my designs and making cards. The new manual is excellent and the Training CD is a great idea with videos I can watch again and again’ - Mrs T. Norgenson QLD

‘Thank you for all the great information I receive, can you explain what else the Stamp Kit can do other than print fabric?Mrs P. Aldham SA

‘I didn’t want to waste Print Lamps making a bad screen and I want to know how I can get a better photocopy - Thank you for your assistance and the easy to understand information.’ Mr R. Tobbinson NSW

GOCCO INK TEST - What colour do you really get when printing on dark paper?

‘I would like to share some test results I ran on all the colours RISO manufactures and found that there are 4 classes of Opacity. Highly Opaque, Semi Opaque, Translucent and Transparent. The black paper stock used was Acid Free bond paper purchased at Sam’s (Local Stationer).’

HIGHLY OPAQUE - Excellent coverage. No evidence of black paper colour beneath the ink.

  • Gold
  • Silver
  • Bronze
  • Pearl Blue
  • Pearl Red
  • Pearl Green

SEMI OPAQUE - Good coverage, but somewhat muted colour, design holds its own.

  • White
  • Black - got lost due to the same value paper. Would work on a dark grey beautifully.
  • Indigo Blue
  • Fluorescent Orange - Fluorescent quality is lost, and appears as plain orange
  • Fluorescent Pink - Fluorescent quality is lost, and appears as plain red
  • Fluorescent Green - Fluorescent quality is lost, and appears as plain green
  • Fluorescent Purple - Fluorescent quality is lost, and appears as plain purple
 TRANSLUCENT - Not recommended for printing on Dark values.
  • Burgundy
  • Teal
  • Indigo Blue
  • Standard Blue
  • Standard Red
  • Standard Green
  • Standard Brown
  • Standard Yellow

Totally Transparent - Not recommended for printing on Dark values.

  • Watercolour ‘Baby’ Blue
  • Watercolour ‘Shell’ Pink
  • Watercolour ‘Apple’ Green
  • Watercolour ‘Camel’ Brown
  • Watercolour ‘Lemon’ Yellow
  • Watercolour ‘Moon’ Gray
  • Process Colours (Magenta, Cyan, Yellow set) - These colours were not actually tested, however, they must be transparent in order to print process colours.

 

‘If you really need the Semi Opaque, Translucent colours to POP in your design, add some Standard white. It makes colours lighter in value, and also makes them more opaque. Better yet, add a little of the Highly Opaque colours, and you will add some opacity as well.’

This excellent information was received from -

Angie Vangaris
AV Graphics
P.O. Box 2362
Coppell, TX 75019 - USA
E-mail: angiev@idt.net

Note: We have a limited amount of printed samples (on both white & black
paperstocks) for $2 (US)

Keep these results - next time you print on a dark card you will already know what colours are best, and those to avoid.

SMALL WORKS – BIG SUCCESS

by June Francis

In March, 1999, "Riverdance" came to the Derwent Entertainment Centre, Hobart. The Lettering Arts Guild, Tasmania put on an exhibition of "Celtic Art" – some 35 works of calligraphy and Celtic decoration were on display in the foyer. The members also made cards for sale in packs or singly, but I decided to make "bookmarks" – much to everyone’s surprise.

Naturally, the cards and bookmarks were all made with PRINT GOCCO, using dark dramatic coloured card and printed with beautiful pearl colours. At $1 each, the bookmarks proved very popular and I sold 265.

The left over bookmarks I gave away as GOCCO samples at workshops and demonstrations, so nothing was wasted. The artwork came from a copyright-free Dover Books Publication on Celtic Art – see example below.

Download this pictureClick picture & follow link to download area. You can then download the picture (or right mouse click and save picture as on your computer) @ 300dpi scan. These ones are only 72 and are not recommended for artwork.

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PRINT GOCCO and Other Supplies Required

  • 2 x B6 HM Masters – 3 designs on each screen
  • 4 x print lamps
  • coloured card – 21cm long x 5cm wide – card "Canson Keay Kolour" (available from your local art supplies shop
  • A small amount of all of the HM pearl ink colours

June Francis is a calligrapher and artist living in Howrah, Tasmania. She has been a PRINT GOCCO distributor and enthusiast for many years and holds regular demonstrations & workshops, which are always popular. Her contact details are phone/fax: 03 6244 3992.

June’s article illustrates a simple yet unusual & cost-effective fund-raising idea suitable for many schools and organisations.

HANDY HINTS

We often receive handy hints & ideas from our readers and would like to share them with you.

We invite all GOCCOclub members to submit a useful tip or interesting/unusual GOCCO related piece – just a sentence or two. First 15 received/ published each issue will receive a tube of HM ink – colour of your choice. Here are some bits and pieces already received.

 When mixing ink to obtain a special shade or colour, always start with the light colours first and add the darker colours a little at a time.

Elizabeth Harris NSW

Keep in mind that Stamp Inks for Cloth are fairly fast drying so always prepare the materials to be printed on before actually applying the ink to the master.

Mrs Heather Bigg, NSW

What’s great about the Tube Wringer? Not only is it excellent for getting the last of the ink out of a tube, it is also a brilliant card crinkler. We used plain business cards in various colours and, by winding through the wringer, made corrugated card which we either cut or punched into our desired shape.

AM & TM Distributors. QLD

UNDERSTANDING THE BASICS

by June Fox

June Fox has been a PRINT GOCCO user since 1990 and has a wealth of information on its many different uses. June would like to share some simple hints that will assist us avoid mistakes, which waste costly bulbs and masters. June also believes that if you feel confident about the basics, you will be more enthusiastic to try different applications.

Storing Screens and Masters

Artwork Preparation

The First GOLDEN RULE for a perfect print is to start with a perfect piece of artwork which has been photocopied in a plain paper copier photocopy machine. Alternatively, if you wish to trace or draw something with a RISO pen or a pencil that has carbon in it, you don’t need to photocopy. If your artwork was done on an offset or laser printer, then you don’t need to photocopy and you don’t need to use the blue filter, but you should follow the Artwork Clean-Up Procedure. (**Not sure how to do this??? – contact your local dealer or the GOCCOclub.)

The Second GOLDEN RULE is you can either photocopy your design OR draw your design with a RISO pen but do not touch up a photocopy with the RISO pen and think that you can go ahead and flash your screen. You must photocopy your artwork again if you do this. The reason for this is that the RISO pen does not need a filter to flash the artwork, but a photocopy does. The two mediums are not compatible.

The Third GOLDEN RULE is that after you "white out" any flaws that you don’t want in your artwork, you must photocopy it again. The reason for this is that most of the time the whiteout leaves a raised or lumpy area, thus causing poor contact with your screen and artwork. One way to avoid this is to use a correcting roller such as Pelikan Roll Fix (available from stationery shops) instead of whiteout, as it dries flat and instantly.

The above may sound a little time consuming, but really only takes a few minutes and will ensure you have perfect artwork every time. June will share more of her hints on inking your screen and cleaning your master in later issues. Keep the above as a handy reference page.

June is located in Hervey Bay - she is more than happy to assist and supply any PRINT GOCCO users in her area and offers a mail order service. Her contact details are: Mail Order Treasures – phone/fax +61 (07) 4128 0888 - e-mail support@mailordertreasures.com.au

PURCHASING PRINT GOCCO SUPPLIES

Do you have difficulties purchasing PRINT GOCCO products? Are you unsure who your local distributor is? If the answer is YES, contact the GOCCOclub and we will provide details of a distributor in your area who will be able to supply all of your PRINT GOCCO requirements.

Next Issue - Available 25th June 2000

Feature an interesting craft project – a coordinated wooden place mat and cloth napkin setting decorated with Stamp Kit for Cloth along with lots of helpful and interesting GOCCO information.

The new GST Catalogue will also be available to GOCCOclub members - with details of the NEW PRINT GOCCO Kits available 1/7/00.