When: Jan 23, 2010, Saturday,  3 pm to 5 pm
 
Where: Pritchard Hall, SMCC Main Building. No RSVP needed.
 
With a tour of SMCC's printing press and more!
 

http://www.usscouts.org/mb/mb122.asp

Home Work to complete the Merit Badge (can be done before or after the class, if done before, be prepared to explain your decisions, see below):

3) Design a printed piece (flier, T-shirt, program, form, etc.) and produce it. Explain your decisions for the typeface or typefaces you use and the way you arrange the elements in your design. Explain which printing process is best suited for printing your design. If desktop publishing is available, identify what hardware and software would be appropriate for outputting your design

4) Produce the design you created for requirement 3 using one of the following printing processes:

   1.
         1. Offset lithography
            Make a layout and  produce a plate using a process approved by your counselor. Run the plate and print at least 50 copies.
         2. Screen  printing
            Make a hand-cut or photographic stencil and attach it to a screen that you have prepared. Mask the screen and print at least 20 copies.
         3. Electronic/digital printing
            Using both text and graphics, create  a layout in electronic form, download it to the press or printer, and run 50 copies.
         4. Relief printing
            Prepare a layout or set the necessary type. Make a plate or lock up the form. Use this to print 50 copies.
 

Tip: (For info to put on a flier, you can use up coming Troop events that can be found at
 http://home.earthlink.net/~basargent/a-troop.html)