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September 28, 2010

Hey Mom! Guess what I saw today! (HP Designjet T2300 eMFP)

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Can you say “ePrint&Share”? Somebody at HP had the brilliant idea to take the features of a standard laser MFP (Multi-Function-Printer) and plug it all into a nice wide-format chassis. You may have heard of it, well, my friends, we saw it. Touched it. Caressed it. Along with a few other new releases we can’t talk about yet. This thing prints from a workstation, prints from a jump drive, networks, goes online, and scans. Yes. It scans full 36 x 93.6″ originals.

Here, until we can post our shots from today, (on Oct. 18th- stay tuned) is the HP Designjet T2300 eMFP from their YouTube channel. Really, the possibilities of setting up a bunch of these units all talking to each other redefine online collaboration for construction firms, architects- anyone throwing around huge output. Print it out, web-conference about it, mark it up, then shoot it back to be updated. Very cool stuff!

Gee. I just happened to see this here video from Photokina, too. Hmm. The HP Z6200 Photo printer. Not that I’m sayin’ we saw one today or anything… nah.

More on what the T2300 eMFP is all about, here:

and here:

September 24, 2010

Northeast Museum Directory

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Looking for an interesting weekend museum jaunt?  We were going through some of our listings of museums in Massachusetts, Maine and Rhode Island, and came up with this.  Who know there was so much, tucked away in the nooks and crannies of the New England landscape?

We’re seeing some old friends here- The Peabody Essex, The Griffin Museum of Photography…  but some unexpected gems, too, like The Fitchburg Art Museum- certainly one of the most impressive collections in New England.

Enjoy, and have a great weekend!

Museum Website
Addison Gallery of American Art Phillips Academy www.andover.edu/museums/addison/Pages/default.aspx
American Textile History Museum www.athm.org/
Andover Historical Society Museum www.andoverhistorical.org
Art Complex Museum www.artcomplex.org
Atwood House Museum www.chathamhistoricalsociety.org
Bartlett Museum www.bartlettmuseum.org
Beard and Weil Art Galleries Wheaton College wheatoncollege.edu/Acad/Art/Gallery/
Becket Land Trust Historic Quarry & Forest www.becketlandtrust.org
Berkshire County Historical Society www.mobydick.org
Berkshire Museum www.berkshiremuseum.org
Beverly Historical Society & Museum www.beverlyhistory.org
Boston Children’s Museum www.bostonchildrensmuseum.org
Bostonian Society Old State House Museum www.bostonhistory.org
Cahoon Museum of American Art www.cahoonmuseum.org/
Cantor Gallery College of the Holy Cross www.holycross.edu/cantorartgallery
Cape Cod Maritime Museum www.capecodmaritimemuseum.org/
Cape Cod Museum of Art www.ccmoa.org
Cape Cod Museum of Natural History www.ccmnh.org
Children’s Museum in Easton http://www.childrensmuseumineaston.org
Concord Art Association http://www.concordart.org
Danforth Museum of Art www.danforthmuseum.org
Davis Museum & Cultural Center www.davismuseum.wellesley.edu/
Decordova Museum and Sculpture Park www.decordova.org
Dedham Historical Society www.dedhamhistorical.org
Egan Maritime Institute www.eganmaritime.org/
Emily Dickinson Museum www.emilydickinsonmuseum.org
Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art www.picturebookart.org/
Fairbanks House www.fairbankshouse.org
Falmouth Historical Society www.falmouthhistoricalsociety.org/
Fitchburg Art Museum www.fitchburgartmuseum.org
Forbes House Museum forbeshousemuseum.org/
Fruitlands Museum www.fruitlands.org
Fuller Craft Museum www.fullercraft.org/
George Peabody House Museum http://www.peabodymuseums.org/
Golden Ball Tavern Museum www.goldenballtavern.org/
Gore Place Society www.goreplace.org/
Griffin Museum of Photography www.griffinmuseum.org
Hancock Shaker Village www.hancockshakervillage.org/
Harvard Art Museum www.artmuseums.harvard.edu
Heritage Museums and Gardens heritagemuseumsandgardens.org
Historic Deerfield www.historic-deerfield.org
Historic New England www.historicnewengland.org/
Historical Society of Old Newbury www.newburyhist.org
House of the Seven Gables www.7gables.org/
HRCNE
Hull Lifesaving Museum www.bostonharborheritage.org/
Institute of Contemporary Art www.icaboston.org
Ipswich Historical Society www.ipswichmuseum.org
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum www.gardnermuseum.org
John F. Kennedy Presidential Library & Museum www.jfklibrary.org/
Longyear Museum www.longyear.org/
Lynn Museum & Historical Society www.lynnmuseum.org
Martha’s Vineyard Museum www.mvmuseum.org
Mass Audubon Visual Arts Center www.massaudubon.org/visualarts
Massachusetts Air & Space Museum www.massairspace.org
Mead Art Museum Amherst College www.amherst.edu/museums/mead
MIT List Visual Arts Center listart.mit.edu/
MIT Museum web.mit.edu/museum/
Mount Holyoke College Art Museum www.mtholyoke.edu/offices/artmuseum/
Museum of African American History www.maah.org
Museum of Fine Arts www.mfa.org
Museum of Russian Icons www.museumofrussianicons.org
Museum of Science www.mos.org
Museum of World War II www.museumofworldwarii.com/
Nantucket Historical Association www.nha.org
National EMS Museum Foundation www.emsmuseum.org
Newton History Museum At the Jackson Homestead www.ci.newton.ma.us/jackson
Nichols House Museum www.nicholshousemuseum.org/
Noble & Cooley Center for Historic Preservation www.ncchp.org
Norman Rockwell Museum www.nrm.org/
North Andover Historical Society www.northandoverhistoricalsociety.org
Old Colony Historical Society www.oldcolonyhistoricalsociety.org/
Old Dartmouth Historical Society New Bedford Whaling Museum www.whalingmuseum.org
Old South Meeting House www.oldsouthmeetinghouse.org/default.aspx
Orchard House Home of The Alcotts www.louisamayalcott.org
Paul Revere Memorial Association www.paulreverehouse.org
Peabody Essex Museum www.pem.org
Peabody Historical Society & Museum www.peabodyhistorical.org
Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology www.peabody.harvard.edu
Pilgrim Society & Pilgrim Hall Museum www.pilgrimhall.org
Provincetown Art Association and Museum www.paam.org
Rockport Art Association & Museum of Art www.rockportartassn.org/
Rose Art Museum Brandeis University www.brandeis.edu/rose/
Rowe Historical Society
Sandwich Glass Museum www.sandwichglassmuseum.org
Scottish Rite Masonic Museum and Library www.monh.org
Semitic Museum at Harvard University www.fas.harvard.edu/~semitic/
Shirley-Eustis House Association www.shirleyeustishouse.org
Smith College Botanic Garden www.smith.edu/garden/home.html
Smith College Museum of Art www.smith.edu/artmuseum
South Shore Natural Science Center www.ssnsc.org
Spellman Museum of Stamps & Postal History www.spellman.org
Springfield Museums www.springfieldmuseums.org
Sterling & Francine Clark Art Institute www.clarkart.edu
Tower Hill Botanic Garden Worcester County Horticultural Society www.towerhillbg.org
University Gallery University of Massachusetts www.umass.edu/fac/universitygallery/
Wenham Museum www.wenhammuseum.org/
Whistler House Museum of Art www.whistlerhouse.org/
Whittier Home Association www.essexheritage.org/sites/amesbury_whittier-home.shtml
Willard House and Clock Museum www.willardhouse.org/
Williams College Museum of Art www.wcma.org
Wilmington Town Museum www.wilmingtonma.gov/Pages/WilmingtonMA_Museum/index
Wistariahurst Museum www.wistariahurst.org/
Woods Hole Historical Collection www.woodsholemuseum.org
Worcester Art Museum www.worcesterart.org/
Worcester Historical Museum www.worcesterhistory.org
Barrington Preservation Society
Culinary Arts Museum at Johnson & Wales University www.culinary.org/
David Winton Bell Gallery Brown University www.brown.edu/Facilities/David_Winton_Bell_Gallery/
Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology www.brown.edu/Facilities/Haffenreffer/
Heritage Harbor Museum www.heritageharbor.org/
International Tennis Hall of Fame www.tennisfame.com
Little Compton Historical Society www.littlecompton.org
Museum of Natural History, RWP www.rogerwilliamsparkzoo.org
National Museum of American Illustration www.americanillustration.org
Naval War College Museum www.nwc.navy.mil/museum
New England Wireless and Steam Museum www.newsm.org/
Newport Art Museum www.newportartmuseum.org
Preservation Society of Newport County www.newportmansions.org
Rhode Island Historical Society www.rihs.org
RISD Museum www.risdmuseum.org/
South County Museum Cononchet Farm www.southcountymuseum.org
Abbe Museum www.abbemuseum.org
Bates College Museum of Art www.bates.edu/museum-about.xml
Bowdoin College Museum of Art www.bowdoin.edu/art-museum/
Colby College Museum of Art www.colby.edu/museum
Maine Historical Society www.mainehistory.com
Maine Maritime Museum www.mainemaritimemuseum.org
Maine State Museum www.maine.gov/museum/
Owls Head Transportation Museum www.owlshead.org
Portland Museum of Art www.portlandmuseum.org

(Photo: The Atrium, Peabody Essex Museum)

September 20, 2010

Artist Profile: Joseph Deiss

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It’s not often you can point at a photographer’s work and say it’s truly unique, but that is certainly the case with artist/photographer Joseph Deiss.  He works with a photographic wet process, and the pieces he produces are simply like nothing we’ve ever seen, with a feel that is truly ethereal.  We just scanned four of his most recent works with the Cruse, which he will assemble to create a mural-sized print.

We can only hope to have a chance to see this amazing work on display- hopefully soon!

See more of his work on his site, here: www.josephdeiss.com.

He had some kind words for our work as well:
“Thanks for the compliment…  However I have to say that the 4 panels of the piece you scanned were great! The 17 images in “flora & fauna” were a labor of love that took over 8 years. The latest piece I finished took 7 months.

These new scans from your Cruse scanner is going to save an immense amount of time. Artifacts (in the files of these particular type of photograms) caused by scanning from a “normal” scanner were, I thought, a fact of life. I’m looking at only a few weeks worth of work from your scan!

Ah! Life is good. Many thanks… Joseph”

-Ted Dillard

September 17, 2010

Hasselblad Flex X5 “Virtual Drum” Scanning

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The “Virtual Drum” concept is something that started with the Imacon scanners, and even earlier- if memory serves, the first Imacon FlexTight Precision scanner was a development of an earlier design by a company that Imacon acquired.

It is, however, a great, simple concept. Curve the film as you scan it, so you have a predictable and flat plane of focus, without any cover glass or platen. The scanning workflow is remarkably fast- simply place the film in the magnetic film holders- they come in every imaginable format, including panorama and customizable- place the holder into the magnetic feed clip, and hit Preview. From there, it will make one of the fastest, highest resolution scans possible. Total elapsed time, from pulling the film to putting it back into it’s sleeve, for 4×5 film? About 7 minutes- depending on your speed with the software.

This video, most of which is originally from the Hasselblad site, but with our explanation, shows the system in action.

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