[Ubuntu Toronto] Ubuntu Posters Available!

[Cody Somerville]

When you get the high-res digital copy, can I get a copy so I can print some
off down here in New Brunswick?

Thanks,

Cody A.W. Somerville

On 11/10/06, Dave Sullivan <dave at dave-sullivan.com> wrote:
>
> Indeed, I agree... however, this is just a test run, and someone had
> already printed them, so why not support the cause? If they're popular,
> then sure, I'll get my hands on the high-res digital copy and print a
> bunch off for marketing and/or distribution purposes. These posters were
> printed by another Ubuntu user/member of the marketing team who is
> putting the profits into other Ubuntu projects and donating the rest to
> Ubuntu, so I felt that by purchasing them from him, I was supporting the
> cause.
>
> Anyhow... you're right though. If these are popular, I'll look into
> local printing. I'm sure I can get them cheaper than $1.50.
>
>
> On Fri, 2006-11-10 at 01:45 -0500, Evan Leibovitch wrote:
> > Etienne Goyer wrote:
> > > Where have you bought those ?  I remember the thread where this was
> > > discussed, but lost the coordinates of the guy who did them.
> > >
> > > I would take 20 right away !
> > >
> > Not to be a stick in the mud, but...
> >
> > After this stock is exhausted, perhaps it would be better on an ongoing
> > basis to have a good quality digital version on hand for printing as
> needed.
> >
> > Posters are expensive to ship (where did these come from? South Africa?
> > The UK?) and difficult to ship safely whether rolled or flat. If it
> > costs $1.50 each to recover the cost of shipping, then it's better to
> > print them here if we can find local printers that can do it for less
> > than that.
> >
> > Of course any Staples or Kinkos can do colour copies on the spot, but
> > they don't publish prices online. One that I did find was from the
> > University of Calgary (http://www.ucalgary.ca/printing/ccprice.html),
> > which quotes $1.20 for tabloid size (11*17, or 12*17 which is close to
> > A3). Certainly the shops in the GTA can meet or better that. Most will
> > print off a digital file; I've done that more than once myself. And also
> > consider that the price starts dropping with any quantity, and
> > turnaround time can be as fast as "while you wait".
> >
> > Certainly there's something to be said for having an "original"; but if
> > the purpose is using them for marketing rather than keeping, the goal
> > would be to keep costs down in the future. And I can't see how importing
> > them would be less expensive than printing them locally, unless the
> > quantities are big and done in the developing world.
> >
> > - Evan
> >
> >
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