New on Gwulo: 2023, week 50

Submitted by David on

What's new and updated on the Gwulo website:

 

General


 

Update on the new Gwulo book

On Monday, Suk Woon sent over photos showing that printing was underway. Here's the printing press that would print the new Gwulo books.

 

And here's one of the printing plates being mounted. There are four plates in all, one each for the cyan, magenta, yellow, and black inks (CMYK).

 

After mounting all the plates, the technicians can print sample sheets and make adjustments to get the best results. They check the registrations of the four colours to make sure they are all aligned, to get the sharpest final image. They also tweak the four ink levels to get the printed colours as close as possible to the proof prints we saw in the previous update.

 

 

Once they are satisfied, they set the printer going. I've ordered 1,000 books, so they'll print 1,000 copies of the sheet.

The whole process is repeated another three times for the rest of the sheets that make up the book's pages, and then once more for the book's cover.

On Thursday I saw the results of their work, when Suk Woon gave me copies of all the printed sheets and the cover. Looking good!

 

 

Back at the printing company, the printed sheets were being folded, cut, and sewn into 16-page signatures. Finally they'll glue the signatures into the covers, and trim them to produce the finished books.

The latest estimate from the printer is that they will deliver the books to me on Wednesday, 20 Dec.

Thanks to everyone who has already pre-ordered the new book. If you're still planning to order, I recommend you order before Wednesday, so we can send your book(s) out as soon as the printer delivers: click here to pre-order Volume 5.

 


 

People


 

Places


 

Photos

 

1960s Lockhart Road, by moddsey

 

The Peak- 'O'Hara Tower' - Later the Weather Station? , by Chinarail

 

TOWN OF VICTORIA, c. 1854 (Panorama), by Klaus

 

Kai Tak Temporary Passenger Terminal, by philk

 

Plan of The Peak Residences - 1899, by Chinarail

 

The Eagle's Nest/Hong Kong Hilton 1980, by Klaus

 

1939 Hong Kong The Peninsula Hotel., by Johannastanton

 

Letter to Harry ' Sid' Hale from Sgt. Walter.J.Reilly in Kiangwan POW Camp.Page 1, by Johannastanton

 

Kai Tak airport runway extension over the nullah + the turnaround pad-1956-7, by IDJ

 

Kowloon-Wylie Road-QE hospital + BMH future site, by IDJ

 

Kowloon-Queen Elizabeth hospital-Wylie Road-1962, by IDJ

 

Kowloon-Kings Park area-1962, by IDJ

 

Taikoo reservior rear face of the dam-1952, by IDJ

 

1965 Gasoline station at Waterloo Road, by Klaus

 

Caltex service station-Kowloon-China Mail , by IDJ

 

SOCONY / Shell Central Filling Station, by moddsey

 

"SHELL" PUMP 1926, by Klaus

 

1925 Advertisement - Duro Motor Garage, Nathan Road, by moddsey

 

janet cottrell allan prior c.1957 hk junk harbour, by Gsm381102

 

1909 Panorama of the Peak. Hong Kong, by Klaus

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