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X-Real-To: stagecraftlist [at] theatrical.net Received: by prxy.net (CommuniGate Pro PIPE 4.2.10) with PIPE id 34786817; Wed, 13 Sep 2006 03:01:44 -0700 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.5 (2006-08-29) on localhost X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.0 required=5.0 tests=ADVANCE_FEE_1,AWL, NO_RECEIVED,NO_RELAYS autolearn=unavailable version=3.1.5 X-ListServer: CommuniGate Pro LIST 4.2.10 List-Unsubscribe: List-ID: Message-ID: From: "Stagecraft" Sender: "Stagecraft" To: "Stagecraft" Precedence: list Subject: Stagecraft Digest #947 Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2006 03:00:39 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" Content-Disposition: inline X-TFF-CGPSA-Version: 1.4 X-prxy-Spam-Filter: Scanned For info, archives & UNSUBSCRIBE, see --------------------------------------------------- Stagecraft Digest, Issue #947 1. Re: Structural design question by "Duane" 2. Re: Handicapped access by Dorian Kelly 3. HP455CA print driver source? by Cosmo Catalano 4. Re: Camera Platform/Riser by "Alf Sauve" 5. Re: HP455CA print driver source? by "Daniel O'Donnell" 6. Boot Guard by BKHAIN [at] aol.com 7. Re: HP455CA print driver source? by "Steven Santos" 8. Re: HP455CA print driver source? by "Jeffrey E. Salzberg" 9. Re: Structural design question by Michael Heinicke 10. Re: OT Domain Mail filters WAS Re: POPfile email filter by SS 11. Re: opera australia by Ford Sellers 12. Re: Hullo's Quotes by Chip Wood 13. Re: freemasonry by "Alan Bryson" 14. Re: Lighting question by Chip Wood 15. Camera Platform/Riser by b Ricie 16. Re: disabled by Mick Alderson 17. Re: Lighting question by Jerry Durand 18. Re: Lighting question by "Idaho Scenic & Rigging" 19. Re: Lighting question by FrankWood95 [at] aol.com 20. Re: Structural design question by "Peter Scheu" 21. Re: Camera Platform/Riser by "Alf Sauve" 22. Re: HP455CA print driver source? by "Tony Deeming" 23. Re: HP455CA print driver source? by Rigger 24. Re: HP455CA print driver source? by "Tony Deeming" 25. Re: Camera Platform/Riser by "Brian Munroe" 26. Re: disabled by "Bill Nelson" 27. Re: HP455CA print driver source? by "Scott E. Henderson" 28. Re: cue lights by "Bill Nelson" 29. Re: [user_group] Re: cue lights by "Jim at TheatreWireless.com" 30. Re: [user_group] Re: cue lights by Jerry Durand 31. Re: disabled by Chip Wood 32. Re: disabled by "Tony Deeming" 33. Re: [user_group] Re: cue lights by "Bill Nelson" 34. Re: cue lights by "Jim at TheatreWireless.com" 35. Re: cue lights by Bruce Purdy 36. Re: cue lights by Rigger 37. Re: Don't forget to remember by Noah Price 38. Re: Don't forget to remember by Herrick Goldman 39. disabled by megironda [at] att.net (Gerry G.) 40. Re: cue lights by "Bill Nelson" 41. Re: OT Domain Mail filters WAS Re: POPfile email filter by "Occy" *** Please update the subject line of your reply to use the subject *** line of the message you are replying to! Please only reply to *** one message subject in each reply. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message-ID: <062f01c6d65e$53e19380$0201a8c0 [at] kc.rr.com> From: "Duane" References: Subject: Re: Structural design question Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2006 06:26:44 -0500 Ah, you just took all the fun of the calculations away from him :>) Boy, that engineer is really concerned about the amount of metal difference between a sheered edge and a rolled edge. Buy the way, did the table indicate the thickness of the plate vs MED? Is it the same for 1/8 as for 3/8?? I do not have that Manual in my library. Might have to get it if it might save me some math. Duane ------------------------------ Message-Id: In-Reply-To: References: Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2006 12:32:11 +0100 From: Dorian Kelly Subject: Re: Handicapped access > > >You seem to have more intelligent administrators than some, and are lucky. > >The point I am always pressing is emergency evacuation. Maybe ADA does not >consider this. But elevators are contra-indicated in emergencies, and often >expressly forbidden. OK, you have loaded your disabled patrons into the >auditorium: how do you get them out in an emergency? > >Frank Wood The new Trafalgar studios London are an excellent example, The building is a conversion from the Brian Rix Whitehall Theatre of blessed memory, but because of the building heritage constraints, little or no provision for the disabled exists. Another woThere are several causes for concern. There are half- width steps in the middle of a flight with no handrails of any kind for several feet where the steps change angle and descend to the stage level. All the entrances and exits are via torturous routes with several level changes in the corridors. As one of the official exits is via a central vomitory at stage level, it is necessary to walk across the stage to get to it. On the recent production of Jane Eyre, the stage finished up littered with debris, including piles of books, which effectively impedes the exist even for the able bodied. Obviously for most of the tour this is not a problem, but this was apparently passed as safe by Westminster Council, as has everything else. My 'walks only with pain' wife had tremendous difficulty in both entering and exiting, not helped by misdirection and lack of decent signage. I dont see how wheelchair users can be evacuated at all even assuming they can be let in in the first place. I have raised these problems with the Ambassador Theatre Group but received unhelpful replies apart from telling me that evacuation takes three minutes. However a fire on the stage would preclude the use of the stage level exit, As there are only two other exits one halfway up the auditorium and the other at the top, both served by the same three foot wide stairwell, this means that at least ten rows have to go up the auditorium to the single exit halfway up, the remaining ten rows who should really go up to the top of the auditorium in order to go through a second three foot wide staircase meeting- guess what - the people from first exit halfway down . I am deeply worried by this. Should heritage constraints override the need for proper access and escape? Should exits paths be allowed to be impeded by stage props? Any ideas? Dorian ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2006 07:56:18 -0400 From: Cosmo Catalano Subject: HP455CA print driver source? Message-id: Does anyone have a source for a print driver for an HP 455CA wide format printer that is compatible with Windows XP? We have a perfectly working "legacy" printer that HP no longer supplies a driver for. Were the person using a Mac it would be a simple matter of using Gimp Print. Is there a similar product for Windows machines? Cosmo ------------------------------ Message-ID: <06e801c6d664$a67c5e80$0300a8c0 [at] ALFOFFICE> Reply-To: "Alf Sauve" From: "Alf Sauve" References:

Subject: Re: Camera Platform/Riser Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2006 08:10:50 -0400 Thank you everyone. I had burned out on search terms. Thanks James for coming up with another variation. Wasn't impressed by the Midwest or Secoa products, at least as shown their website. But the Spider Support products. Cool.....Now if I can just get finance to spring for $5K. Alf ----- Original Message ----- From: "Occy" To: "Stagecraft" Cc: "Alf Sauve" Sent: Tuesday, September 12, 2006 2:01 AM Subject: Re: Camera Platform/Riser > For info, archives & UNSUBSCRIBE, see > --------------------------------------------------- > > Call SECOA 800.328.5519 if your in the USA. Having worked for them, it > right > up their road. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Alf Sauve" > --------------------------------------------------- >> >> Okay, we're getting lazy around here. Actually, we're just getting >> burned >> out. Having spent an intense 8 weeks building out a >> theatre-for-TV-production from practically scratch, I just don't want to >> commission one more project. I just want to buy something prefab. >> >> 3 cameras are located on tripods on the floor. We knew we'd need to >> elevate >> them, but we just haven't had time. I'm looking for something like the >> Wenger Stage Boxes, but I need 3' x 3' by 16-18"H. I'm getting a quote >> on >> Wenger's Versitle Staging, which will do. But I'd love something that >> folds up and has built in wheels. And that I can get this week. >> (Okay, next week.) >> >> I've burned out searching the net. Who else has staging readily >> available >> in 3'x3'? >> >> Thanks, Alf >> Mt Bethel UMC >> >> >> > ------------------------------ In-Reply-To: References: Message-Id: From: "Daniel O'Donnell" Subject: Re: HP455CA print driver source? Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2006 08:16:55 -0400 With the prices on an old computer being so low, you could hook the printer up to a computer running '98 and network it to the XP. On Sep 12, 2006, at 7:56 AM, Cosmo Catalano wrote: > > Does anyone have a source for a print driver for an HP 455CA wide > format printer that is compatible with Windows XP? We have a > perfectly --- Daniel R. O'Donnell dan [at] mystyk.com http://www.mystyk.com ------------------------------ From: BKHAIN [at] aol.com Message-ID: Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2006 08:43:21 EDT Subject: Boot Guard This stuff is not clear, it's a gloopy black. And stinky; I applied it outside. I used it on three pair of boots; an older pair that I had already worn through the leather to the steel cap, another old pair with cracks in the sides and the toes of the new pair. The clean brush in the after pics? I think that's 'marketing'... Ben Hain On 9/11/06, Scott Parker wrote: > For info, archives & UNSUBSCRIBE, see > --------------------------------------------------- > > My question: The photos show a nice clean looking brush in the after > pics. Is this stuff clear? And, if so, what's it really doing to the leather? ------------------------------ From: "Steven Santos" Subject: RE: HP455CA print driver source? Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2006 08:53:59 -0400 Message-ID: In-reply-to: I think this is the driver you are looking for (link will likely wrap, but should all be on one line): http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/SoftwareIndex.jsp?lang=en&c c=us&prodNameId=12690&prodTypeId=18972&prodSeriesId=25253&swLang=8&taskId=13 5&swEnvOID=228 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Steven Santos Director, Simply Circus, Inc. Email: Steven [at] SimplyCircus.com Mail: PO BOX 620753 Newton, MA 02462 Phone: 781-799-4938 eFax: 309-214-0899 Web: www.SimplyCircus.com > -----Original Message----- > From: Stagecraft [mailto:stagecraft [at] theatrical.net]On Behalf Of Cosmo > Catalano > Sent: Tuesday, September 12, 2006 7:56 AM > To: Stagecraft > Subject: HP455CA print driver source? > > > For info, archives & UNSUBSCRIBE, see > --------------------------------------------------- > > Does anyone have a source for a print driver for an HP 455CA wide > format printer that is compatible with Windows XP? We have a > perfectly working "legacy" printer that HP no longer supplies a > driver for. Were the person using a Mac it would be a simple matter > of using Gimp Print. Is there a similar product for Windows machines? > > Cosmo > > > > ------------------------------ Reply-To: From: "Jeffrey E. Salzberg" Subject: RE: HP455CA print driver source? Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2006 09:53:17 -0400 Message-ID: <004b01c6d672$cd5148f0$6501a8c0 [at] Dell> In-Reply-To: > Does anyone have a source for a print driver for an HP 455CA wide > format printer that is compatible with Windows XP? You might be able to use Winline: http://www.winline.com/ ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20060912142354.18155.qmail [at] web82209.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2006 07:23:54 -0700 (PDT) From: Michael Heinicke Subject: Re: Structural design question Cc: peter [at] scheuconsulting.com In-Reply-To: Thanks Peter, That helps a lot! Looks like I should find a copy of the Steel Construction Manual. Mike Heinicke --- Peter Scheu wrote: > This was the best answer I saw from a structural > engineer recently: > > >The minimum distance from the edge of any plate > steel material > >is dependent on the bolt size you intend to install > in the hole. It > >also depends on the condition of the edge of the > plate steel. Pieces > >that are sheared or cut away from other plates have > a higher edge > >distance from the center of the hole to the edge of > the plate than > >edges that are at rolled edges of shapes or rolled > plates. > > >The Manual of Steel Construction 9th edition as > published by the > >American Institute of Steel Construction has a > table for minimum > >edge distances to the center of a "standard holes." > A standard hole > >is one in which the hole diameter is 1/8" larger > than the nominal > >size of the bolt. > > >For 1/2" bolts - 7/8" minimum edge distance from > center of hole > >for 5/8" bolts - 1 1/8" MED > >for 3/4" bolts - 1 1/4" MED > >for 7/8" bolts - 1 1/2" MED > >fpr 1" bolts - 2" MED > > Hope this helps. > > Peter Scheu > > Scheu Consulting Services, Inc. > Syracuse, NY > www.scheuconsulting.com > > ------------------------------ Message-ID: <8231e7ea0609120756xc4a83adidf8dc17de7681f0e [at] mail.gmail.com> Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2006 10:56:25 -0400 From: SS Subject: Re: OT Domain Mail filters WAS Re: POPfile email filter In-Reply-To: References:

> That is strange, I get zero generated from this list or any other lists > that I am on. With this address. I have all the list that I subscribe to on > this address plus 2 stores and one discount airfare. I have another address > like most of you have for surfing and it gets 100+ a day spam that is filter > to junk, that I check once a week just in case the filter was a bit to > tight. You have a Hotmail account and don't get SPAM? How is that possible? I thought that was rule of thumb with Hotmail.... when you sign up you get introductory SPAM as a welcoming gift! -SS TTS-EKU "Anytime four New Yorkers get into a cab together without arguing, a bank robbery has just taken place." ------------------------------ Message-Id: <6.2.5.6.2.20060912105929.03367828 [at] cornell.edu> Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2006 11:03:05 -0400 From: Ford Sellers Subject: Re: opera australia In-Reply-To: References: I don't know anyone at Opera AU, but for the Elevator Breaks...Contact Otis Elevator www.otis.com Unless I'm remembering wrong (entirely likely)...Mr otis invented the break, and did quite a publicity stunt to prove their effectiveness. -Ford At 11:06 PM 9/11/2006, you wrote: >For info, archives & UNSUBSCRIBE, see >--------------------------------------------------- > >Greetings, > >I am a graduate student at San Diego State University looking to >contact the Technical Director of Opera Australia. Does anyone know >who that would be or how to contact them? > >I am also researching elevator brake systems if anyone knows a good >source of material for that. > >Thank you, > >Scott Price > >-- >Scott Price >Theatrical Technician > >3560 6th Ave Unit 8 >San Diego, CA 92103 > >860-670-7815 ************************ Ford H Sellers Master Electrician Cornell University Schwartz Center for the Performing Arts 430 College Avenue Ithaca NY, 14850 (607) 254-2736 office (607) 254-2733 fax ------------------------------ Message-ID: <4506D0F2.5030305 [at] gmail.com> Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2006 08:23:30 -0700 From: Chip Wood Subject: Re: Hullo's Quotes References:

In-Reply-To: Rigger wrote: I don't think my personal > views of politics/religion/sex/any combination of these/&c., complete > with "colorful" language, would be appropriate to their theatrical > "education." > > One of the tenants of my Masonic fraternity is that we don't discuss > politics and religion in the Lodge, as they tend to be divisive topics. > Personally, I think this is good advice for the Rest Of The World. > > "Quick to judge, quick to anger, slow to comprehend... > Ignorance and prejudice and fear walk hand in hand." > --Rush, "Witch Hunt" I thought you weren't going to discuss religion and politics! Chip ------------------------------ Message-id: Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2006 11:32:08 -0400 Subject: re:freemasonry From: "Alan Bryson" " From what little I've experienced personally in assisting with officer installations, Freemasonry and it's related organizations uses "theatre" as a teaching tool extremely well. The talents of our list members and the teachings of Freemasonry would be a good match, IMHO. Kristi" the theatrical aspects, sure. . .but i doubt you'll find discussions about freemasonry, itself. . .i've done extensive research into the theatrical aspects of the initiation ceremonies into various degrees--the scenery, costumes, saltwater dimmers and electrified swords, etc. . .as well as taught myself how the greats like Sossman& Landis (thomas Moses), Great Western Scenic (Don Carlos DuBois) painted the amazing scenery located in the temples. Never once discussed freemasonry with any of the brother masons who allowed us to document the priceless art they still have. Recon those discussions are for the temples and the Masons. Figure this list is for what beers they prefer and if they need a wheelchair lift to their grid to fix their damn leaky roofs. . . alan bryson Technical Director Furman University Theatre Arts Department ------------------------------ Message-ID: <4506D698.7030105 [at] gmail.com> Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2006 08:47:36 -0700 From: Chip Wood Subject: Re: Lighting question References: In-Reply-To: Herrick Goldman wrote: > I'm nitpicking here, but obviously the director has some concept in mind. > He/she wouldn't ask for the effect otherwise. You're being Woodish. :) > Careful about coining new terms. Frank and I aren't related, I don't think. Chip Wood ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20060912160940.21398.qmail [at] web50606.mail.yahoo.com> Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2006 09:09:40 -0700 (PDT) From: b Ricie Subject: Camera Platform/Riser In-Reply-To: Check out the spider support platforms. They are way cool, easy to set up and take down, fold flat for storage and have built in handles for easy transportation. Brian Rice 508-685-0716 b_ricie [at] yahoo.com "Blessed are the cracked: For it is they who let in the light." __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2006 11:16:06 -0500 From: Mick Alderson Subject: Re: disabled Message-id: <6E856982-065C-481E-8981-90D8301DE64F [at] uwosh.edu> Jon Ares responded: >> What if the "toys" they are giving up are less bells >> and whistles widgets than basic needs like a working >> light board, or clear com, or a level stage deck? What >> if it isn't the difference between a 2500 sq ft shop >> and a 2550 sq foot shop, but between having a shop and >> not having one? >> > > FWIW, all persons (abled or not) have to go around and outside to > the new > scene shop at my space. Because it would have been another $10,000 > lift to > have an indoor access to the shop. (They say ADA says (to > paraphrase) there > can't be an easy access for able-bodied, and a less-easy access for > the > less-abled.) Along these lines, the University here just upgraded the rest rooms in the Theatre building to be handicapped accessible, which badly needed doing. But Facilities decided to make EVERY stall, sink and water fountain (or bubbler since this is Wisconsin) wheel chair accessable. The bubblers are a little awkward for everyone else, but we can live with it. HOWEVER, to make room for every stall being accessible, they took out the showers for the actors without consulting with us. All they TOLD us they were doing through many meetings was replacing the original galvanized iron pipes and removing asbestos insulation from the plumbing elbows. Our costumer hit the roof! So NEXT summer they will be ripping out the brand new restrooms near the dressing rooms and putting showers back in again. I doubt they'd have considered such a thing for athletics! MEANWHILE, the Administration has been doggedly ignoring our questions about making the theatre auditorium ADA compliant. We have a continental seating plan, and unfortunately only one row can be accessed by ramp, so we took it on ourselves to permanently remove several seats from each end of that row. That gives us about 4 spaces (not enough), but when a wheelchair is using that space, it means other patrons cannot get by to reach the other seats in the row. I suppose someone will have to sue us before it gets fixed. Mick Alderson TD, Fredric March Theatre University of Wisconsin Oshkosh alderson [at] uwosh.edu ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2006 09:33:06 -0700 From: Jerry Durand Subject: Re: Lighting question In-reply-to: Message-id: <7.0.1.0.0.20060912093239.01f04cd8 [at] interstellar.com> References:

At 08:47 AM 9/12/2006, Chip Wood wrote: >Careful about coining new terms. Frank and I aren't related, I don't think. > >Chip Wood What, you're not a chip off the old block? :) -- Jerry Durand, Durand Interstellar, Inc. www.interstellar.com 219 Oak Wood Way, Los Gatos, California 95032-2523 USA tel: +1 408 356-3886, USA toll free: 1 866 356-3886 Skype: jerrydurand ------------------------------ Message-ID: <002c01c6d689$7e574530$6401a8c0 [at] amd2200> From: "Idaho Scenic & Rigging" References:

Subject: Re: Lighting question Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2006 10:35:43 -0600 now your being Chipish (plausible deniability of possible association) Rob't ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chip Wood" To: "Stagecraft" Sent: Tuesday, September 12, 2006 9:47 AM Subject: Re: Lighting question > For info, archives & UNSUBSCRIBE, see > --------------------------------------------------- > > Herrick Goldman wrote: > > > I'm nitpicking here, but obviously the director has some concept in mind. > > He/she wouldn't ask for the effect otherwise. You're being Woodish. :) > > > > Careful about coining new terms. Frank and I aren't related, I don't think. > > Chip Wood ------------------------------ From: FrankWood95 [at] aol.com Message-ID: <4ad.285c8480.3238423f [at] aol.com> Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2006 13:02:55 EDT Subject: Re: Lighting question In a message dated 12/09/06 16:48:25 GMT Daylight Time, chip.a.wood [at] gmail.com writes: > Careful about coining new terms. Frank and I aren't related, I don't think. > > Chip Wood Not that I am aware. In the 19th century, we were prosperous cutlers in Sheffield. Frank Wood ------------------------------ Reply-To: From: "Peter Scheu" Cc: mheinicke [at] sbcglobal.net ('Michael Heinicke') Subject: RE: Structural design question Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2006 13:59:16 -0400 Organization: Scheu Consulting Services, Inc. Message-ID: In-reply-to: <20060912142354.18155.qmail [at] web82209.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Mike Heinicke wrote: >Thanks Peter, >That helps a lot! >Looks like I should find a copy of the Steel >Construction Manual. You're welcome. Unfortunately the smallest diameter bolt or rivet shown in AISC Table J3.4 is 1/2". Hey, wanna buy my copy? It's a hand-me-down from 1959. But the data in the table is still accurate. But then again... It is a treasured artifact... Peter Scheu Scheu Consulting Services, Inc. Syracuse, NY www.scheuconsulting.com ------------------------------ Subject: RE: Camera Platform/Riser Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2006 14:02:37 -0400 Message-ID: From: "Alf Sauve" Thanks everyone for pointing me to Spider Support. For those who need to know in the future. Spider Support has the coolest portable camera risers.=20 However the price is steep. ~$1,000USD for the unified tripod/op riser. And ~1,600USD for the separate model. A 3'x3' Wenger stage, while not as portable, is about $700 w/ shipping. Now let's just see what finance will go for. Those in Atlanta are with Comcast cable: My new TV show is on 8am Saturdays and 3:30pm Fridays on AIB channel. Sorry not available to those outside Atlanta. It is a full hour live Nickelodeon style contemporary worship service for K-5th grade. It gets edited to 30 minutes for TV. Alf -----Original Message----- From: Stagecraft [mailto:stagecraft [at] theatrical.net] On Behalf Of b Ricie Sent: Tuesday, September 12, 2006 12:10 PM To: Stagecraft Subject: Camera Platform/Riser For info, archives & UNSUBSCRIBE, see --------------------------------------------------- Check out the spider support platforms. They are way cool, easy to set up and take down, fold flat for storage and have built in handles for easy transportation. Brian Rice 508-685-0716 b_ricie [at] yahoo.com "Blessed are the cracked: For it is they who let in the light." __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com=20 ------------------------------ From: "Tony Deeming" Subject: RE: HP455CA print driver source? Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2006 20:18:14 +0100 Message-ID: In-Reply-To: Ummm.... Don't want to appear rude, but you could try asking in a more pertinent newsgroup! This, whilst full of very knowledgeable and helpful types, is really a group for STAGE questions. We do indeed go off-topic occasionally, but this one is really best served by an NG dedicated to PC queries. (Or you could try www.driverguide.com (URL not confirmed)) > -----Original Message----- > From: Stagecraft [mailto:stagecraft [at] theatrical.net]On Behalf Of Cosmo > Catalano > Sent: 12 September 2006 12:56 > To: Stagecraft > Subject: HP455CA print driver source? > > > For info, archives & UNSUBSCRIBE, see > --------------------------------------------------- > > Does anyone have a source for a print driver for an HP 455CA wide > format printer that is compatible with Windows XP? We have a > perfectly working "legacy" printer that HP no longer supplies a > driver for. Were the person using a Mac it would be a simple matter > of using Gimp Print. Is there a similar product for Windows machines? > > Cosmo > > > ------------------------------ Message-Id: In-Reply-To: References: Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2006 15:39:04 -0400 From: Rigger Subject: Re: HP455CA print driver source? At 8:18 PM +0100 9/12/06, Tony Deeming wrote: >Don't want to appear rude, but you could try asking in a more pertinent >newsgroup! >This, whilst full of very knowledgeable and helpful types, is really a group >for STAGE questions. We do indeed go off-topic occasionally, but this one is >really best served by an NG dedicated to PC queries. Seems to me a wide-format printer is called for when printing CAD drawings of light plots 'n' scenery 'n' such... -- Dave Vick rigger [at] tds.net "Cover me in chocolate and throw me to the lesbians!" -- Unknown ------------------------------ From: "Tony Deeming" Subject: RE: HP455CA print driver source? Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2006 20:54:23 +0100 Message-ID: In-Reply-To: Ooookaaay... In which case I'll (maybe) let the OP off..... 8-)) It's just that it wasn't clear that it was in any way stagecraft related, (And tbh, I ain't gonna search the web to check what sorta printer it was!!) 8-)) > -----Original Message----- > From: Stagecraft [mailto:stagecraft [at] theatrical.net]On Behalf Of Rigger > Sent: 12 September 2006 20:39 > To: Stagecraft > Subject: Re: HP455CA print driver source? > > > For info, archives & UNSUBSCRIBE, see > --------------------------------------------------- > > At 8:18 PM +0100 9/12/06, Tony Deeming wrote: > > >Don't want to appear rude, but you could try asking in a more pertinent > >newsgroup! > >This, whilst full of very knowledgeable and helpful types, is > really a group > >for STAGE questions. We do indeed go off-topic occasionally, but > this one is > >really best served by an NG dedicated to PC queries. > > > Seems to me a wide-format printer is called for when printing CAD > drawings of light plots 'n' scenery 'n' such... > > -- > Dave Vick > rigger [at] tds.net > > "Cover me in chocolate and throw me to the lesbians!" > > -- Unknown > ------------------------------ Message-ID: Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2006 16:58:52 -0400 From: "Brian Munroe" Cc: alf.sauve [at] mindspring.com (Alf Sauve) Subject: Re: Camera Platform/Riser In-Reply-To: References:

Take a look at SteelDeck. www.steeldeck.com Brian Munroe bpmunroe [at] gmail.com ------------------------------ Message-ID: <2282.205.215.253.179.1158099188.squirrel [at] webmail.peak.org> In-Reply-To: References: Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2006 15:13:08 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: disabled From: "Bill Nelson" > FWIW, all persons (abled or not) have to go around and outside to the new > scene shop at my space. Because it would have been another $10,000 lift to > have an indoor access to the shop.(They say ADA says (to paraphrase) there > can't be an easy access for able-bodied, and a less-easy access for the > less-abled.) Does this mean that set pieces and scenery must be hauled outdoors and then back in through another door to get it to the stage? If so, it was a very poor decision. Bill ------------------------------ Message-Id: <7.0.1.0.0.20060912181342.03bf8d10 [at] comcast.net> Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2006 18:15:34 -0400 From: "Scott E. Henderson" Subject: Re: HP455CA print driver source? In-Reply-To: References:

I replied to Cosmo off list, and sent him the driver. Scott H. At 03:54 PM 9/12/2006, Tony Deeming wrote: >For info, archives & UNSUBSCRIBE, see >--------------------------------------------------- > >Ooookaaay... >In which case I'll (maybe) let the OP off..... >8-)) >It's just that it wasn't clear that it was in any way stagecraft related, >(And tbh, I ain't gonna search the web to check what sorta printer it was!!) >8-)) > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Stagecraft [mailto:stagecraft [at] theatrical.net]On Behalf Of Rigger > > Sent: 12 September 2006 20:39 > > To: Stagecraft > > Subject: Re: HP455CA print driver source? > > > > > > For info, archives & UNSUBSCRIBE, see > > --------------------------------------------------- > > > > At 8:18 PM +0100 9/12/06, Tony Deeming wrote: > > > > >Don't want to appear rude, but you could try asking in a more pertinent > > >newsgroup! > > >This, whilst full of very knowledgeable and helpful types, is > > really a group > > >for STAGE questions. We do indeed go off-topic occasionally, but > > this one is > > >really best served by an NG dedicated to PC queries. > > > > > > Seems to me a wide-format printer is called for when printing CAD > > drawings of light plots 'n' scenery 'n' such... > > > > -- > > Dave Vick > > rigger [at] tds.net > > > > "Cover me in chocolate and throw me to the lesbians!" > > > > -- Unknown > > ------------------------------ Message-ID: <2387.205.215.253.179.1158103513.squirrel [at] webmail.peak.org> In-Reply-To: References:

Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2006 16:25:13 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: cue lights From: "Bill Nelson" > As one who is, may I suggest blue and green. Much easier on us as red > is often quite dim and hard or impossible to distinguish from green. Red/green cue lights can be handled the same way that traffic lights are handled. Always mount red on top. Just make sure that the lights are intense enough that a colorblind person can tell when they are on. Bill ------------------------------ From: "Jim at TheatreWireless.com" Subject: RE: [user_group] Re: cue lights Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2006 19:49:08 -0400 Message-ID: <004401c6d6c6$09fad520$7f9bfea9 [at] p3m866> In-Reply-To: In pitch black, this may be a problem. It could be difficult to distinguish if a given light is above or below the other light that is off. Jim RC4 > -----Original Message----- > From: Stagecraft [mailto:stagecraft [at] theatrical.net] On Behalf > Of Bill Nelson > Sent: September 12, 2006 7:25 PM > To: Stagecraft > Subject: [user_group] Re: cue lights > > For info, archives & UNSUBSCRIBE, see > > --------------------------------------------------- > > > As one who is, may I suggest blue and green. Much easier > on us as red > > is often quite dim and hard or impossible to distinguish from green. > > Red/green cue lights can be handled the same way that traffic > lights are handled. Always mount red on top. > > Just make sure that the lights are intense enough that a > colorblind person can tell when they are on. > > Bill > > > > ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2006 16:51:15 -0700 From: Jerry Durand Subject: Re: [user_group] Re: cue lights In-reply-to: Message-id: <7.0.1.0.0.20060912165015.01ecb3b0 [at] interstellar.com> References:

At 04:49 PM 9/12/2006, Jim at TheatreWireless.com wrote: >In pitch black, this may be a problem. It could be difficult to distinguish >if a given light is above or below the other light that is off. Both lit all the time, active one flashes until acknowledged, goes out for some period on GO? -- Jerry Durand, Durand Interstellar, Inc. www.interstellar.com 219 Oak Wood Way, Los Gatos, California 95032-2523 USA tel: +1 408 356-3886, USA toll free: 1 866 356-3886 Skype: jerrydurand ------------------------------ Message-ID: <45074B26.6000602 [at] gmail.com> Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2006 17:04:54 -0700 From: Chip Wood Subject: Re: disabled References: In-Reply-To: MissWisc [at] aol.com wrote: >I was scolded for using the > handicapped elevator to move sound gear rather than having 4-6 stagehands muscle it up > and down the stairs. "That elevator may only be used by handicapped people." > I guess I have a little problem with that. When all the bathroom stalls are occupied and there is no handicapped person around, I will use the big stall without any remorse or guilt. If there is an elevator or ramp to the grid or cats and I have to hump heavy gear you can bet I will use it with the same lack of guilt. We recently went on a cruise with my 87 year old mother-in-law who just started using a wheelchair. The staff directed us to the head of every line and I started to wonder why. We didn't pay or tip more, we certainly weren't more handsome or famous. When we got there, we invariably slowed and pushed back the whole line so everybody suffered. Why were we entitled? Must handicapped always have "immediate" access? The ADA requires providing access, not about the timing of that access. Chip ------------------------------ From: "Tony Deeming" Subject: RE: disabled Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2006 01:14:47 +0100 Message-ID: In-Reply-To: This also is a very good and valid point. Like most people, I'm sure, I know and have known many people with disabilities, ranging from wheelchair bound (one of the ex town mayors is one), mentally (my own older sister has Down's syndrome), aurally, visually (I've worked shows with schools in the UK for visually and aurally impaired kids) and with missing limbs (as a teenager two of my regular drinking crowd were the life of any party - one had a full false leg, the other had a prosthetic arm with 3-pronged claw). And to a one, I can think of NONE that I'd call friend that would wish to be treated as anything other than 'normal'. In fact I can think of several with physical impairments who'd bitch quite loudly if you tried to do otherwise! Yes, there are, and always will be, those individuals who feel that society as a whole 'owes' them something for their disability, and great - they MAY be right. But as with EVERY kind of discrimination, be it racial, sexual or religious, or whatever, there is such a thing as REVERSE discrimination. And also going too far to accommodate the one when this might discriminate against the many. /Rant over - sorry!/ > -----Original Message----- > From: Stagecraft [mailto:stagecraft [at] theatrical.net]On Behalf Of Chip > Wood > Sent: 13 September 2006 01:05 > To: Stagecraft > Subject: Re: disabled > > We recently went on a cruise with my 87 year old mother-in-law who just > started using a wheelchair. The staff directed us to the head of every > line and I started to wonder why. We didn't pay or tip more, we > certainly weren't more handsome or famous. When we got there, we > invariably slowed and pushed back the whole line so everybody suffered. > Why were we entitled? Must handicapped always have "immediate" > access? The ADA requires providing access, not about the timing of that > access. > > Chip > ------------------------------ Message-ID: <2575.205.215.253.179.1158106541.squirrel [at] webmail.peak.org> In-Reply-To: References:

Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2006 17:15:41 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: [user_group] Re: cue lights From: "Bill Nelson" At 04:49 PM 9/12/2006, Jim at TheatreWireless.com wrote: >In pitch black, this may be a problem. It could be difficult to > distinguish >if a given light is above or below the other light that is off. There should be dim safety lights backstage that provide sufficient illumination. If not, have them both on dimly all the time, then flash/pulse the active light to give the cue. Bill ------------------------------ From: "Jim at TheatreWireless.com" Subject: Re: cue lights Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2006 21:26:05 -0400 Message-ID: <004b01c6d6d3$95803a10$7f9bfea9 [at] p3m866> In-Reply-To: > Both lit all the time, active one flashes until acknowledged, > goes out for some period on GO? Although more difficult to construct, perhaps shapes? Some of the traffic lights in Quebec are not only red/amber/green, they are also square/triangle/circle (I can't recall which color is which shape). Jim RC4 ------------------------------ In-Reply-To: References:

Message-Id: <5196942F-EAF0-47CC-B420-79DE5EA4FB8E [at] rochester.rr.com> From: Bruce Purdy Subject: Re: cue lights Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2006 22:56:28 -0400 On 12 Sep 2006, at 19:25, Bill Nelson wrote: > Red/green cue lights can be handled the same way that traffic > lights are > handled. Always mount red on top. Not ALWAYS Bill! Take a look at Tipperary Hill in Syracuse NY: http://cny-signals.tripod.com/en/syracuse/tipperary_hill.htm Bruce ____________________ Bruce Purdy Technical Director Smith Opera House ------------------------------ Message-Id: In-Reply-To: References:

Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2006 23:09:51 -0400 From: Rigger Subject: Re: cue lights At 10:56 PM -0400 9/12/06, Bruce Purdy wrote: >> Red/green cue lights can be handled the same way that traffic lights are >> handled. Always mount red on top. > > Not ALWAYS Bill! Take a look at Tipperary Hill in Syracuse NY: > http://cny-signals.tripod.com/en/syracuse/tipperary_hill.htm This is, of course, to say nothing of all the municipalities that have horizontal traffic lights... -- Dave Vick rigger [at] tds.net "Dip me in chocolate and throw me to the lesbians!" -- Unknown ------------------------------ In-Reply-To: References: Message-Id: <024EA7BB-6CE6-4116-BFB4-6A2FAA82B67E [at] theprices.net> From: Noah Price Subject: Re: Don't forget to remember Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2006 20:55:51 -0700 On Sep 10, 2006, at 9:43 AM, Herrick Goldman wrote: > Hey folks. Sometime in the next 36 hours, walk by your local > Police, Fire, > EMS station and shake a hand and tell them "thank you". I'm a bit late, but you can also see Herrick's first hand account and pictures on the Stagecraft site: http://stagecraft.theprices.net/gallery/wtc/ Noah ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2006 00:07:10 -0400 Subject: Re: Don't forget to remember From: Herrick Goldman Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <10969862.1158119827984.JavaMail.root [at] m41> Now stop that! I actually took the link of my site. But decided I'd put it back sometime soon. It just seems dated. (which is weird) On 9/12/06 11:55 PM, "Noah Price" wrote: > > I'm a bit late, but you can also see Herrick's first hand account and > pictures on the Stagecraft site: -- Herrick Goldman Lighting Designer, NYC www.HGLightingDesign.com 917-797-3624 "To the scores of silent alchemists who wreak their joy in darkness and in light bringing magic to life, we bow most humbly. "-CDS ------------------------------ From: megironda [at] att.net (Gerry G.) Subject: disabled Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2006 04:21:37 +0000 Message-Id: <091320060421.4321.45078751000052C0000010E121602806510E0B02019D07090A03 [at] att.net> > > We recently went on a cruise with my 87 year old mother-in-law who just > started using a wheelchair. The staff directed us to the head of every > line and I started to wonder why. We didn't pay or tip more, we > certainly weren't more handsome or famous. When we got there, we > invariably slowed and pushed back the whole line so everybody suffered. > Why were we entitled? Must handicapped always have "immediate" > access? The ADA requires providing access, not about the timing of that > access. > > Chip Mom was in a wheelchair for 20 years till she passed. We took her to Ireland which was slowly but surely adapting ADA practices. The surprise was at the airport (New York & Shannon) They announced pre board for passengers with children & disabilities. Went down the hall , got to the aircraft hatch and the Pilot or possibly co-pilot asked us to please wait. Boarded all the other passengers and then invited us to board. Punchline was Front Desk is trying to be as accomodating as possible; flight crew knows better, the plane is being fueled while on the tarmac and universal safety procedures prohibit boarding strollers and wheelchairs while an aircraft is being fueled in case of fueling mishap. On the return trip we told them we should wait ; Oh No we board children and handicapped first, got to the plane , please wait..... Can't argue with good intentions, a few more years it'll finally be sorted out. Now if we ever get rid of the bogus handicapped placards in the USA that will be a feat!! ------------------------------ Message-ID: <1054.205.215.253.62.1158124326.squirrel [at] webmail.peak.org> In-Reply-To: References:

Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2006 22:12:06 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: cue lights From: "Bill Nelson" >>> Red/green cue lights can be handled the same way that traffic lights >>> are handled. Always mount red on top. >> >> Not ALWAYS Bill! Take a look at Tipperary Hill in Syracuse NY: >> http://cny-signals.tripod.com/en/syracuse/tipperary_hill.htm Yes, I am aware of Tipperary Hill (and a few other places) where the Irish invert the signals faster than the city can correct them. > This is, of course, to say nothing of all the municipalities that > have horizontal traffic lights... Even given such variations, most places have red on top (at least in the US). On the other hand, as long as you are consistent in how the cue lights are mounted, it does not matter. All that is necessary is that all the lights are visible and that the intensity differences are obvious - even to the totally color blind. Bill ------------------------------ Message-ID: From: "Occy" References:

Subject: Re: OT Domain Mail filters WAS Re: POPfile email filter Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2006 22:21:32 -0700 That was my thought too! This account gets no spam maybe 1 a month if I am lucky. Now TheOccy get 100-200 a day on hotmail but that's been going down a lot recently. Now my "professional" account on msn it self with no other screen name on it is now starting to get 5 a day which the filter does catch, hard to explain. But I think the trick is only receive text messages. ----- Original Message ----- From: "SS" > --------------------------------------------------- > > You have a Hotmail account and don't get SPAM? How is that possible? > I thought that was rule of thumb with Hotmail.... > when you sign up you get introductory SPAM as a welcoming gift! > > > -SS > TTS-EKU > "Anytime four New Yorkers get into a cab together without arguing, a > bank robbery has just taken place." > ------------------------------ End of Stagecraft Digest #947 *****************************