It looks like with some clever script-fu and the gimp or imagemagick, or custom perl, or SOMETHING we could actually calculate how to break up the standard debian swirl logo into a bunch of individual pictures to be spread around the umbrella to make one giant swirl.... On Monday 17 May 2004 11:41 am, Eddy Petrisor wrote: > Eddy Petrisor wrote: > > Eddy Petrisor wrote: > >> I have somebody here that might be able to do the umbrella thing > >> discussed a few months ago. > > apprently not... > > the answer was something like: > > Is not possible to print the swirl on the whole umbrella, but OTOH > it can be done on it's panels (I guess this is correct), so we would > need the size of the printed logo on each panel and an aproximate number > of pieces. > this was the bad news... > > I proposed/asked this supplier that if we give two parts of the logo > (left and right) to print them on neighbour panels but with no more than > 5mm (~1/5 inch) vertical mis-alignment and a max of 5mm distance from > the printed (and cut by us) area to the place where the panels are > combined together. So the idea was to still have a prety large logo that > was spread across two panels only... > > I am still waiting for an answer. > > And > > I found another supplier and the price could be lower, but I doubt he > would be able to do the big swirl. I also don't know anything about the > quality of the umbrellas from this second supplier. I will dig into it. > > > Please do not give the answer to this last request yet. > > I am prety sure the price would be lower than the one anounced by > Martin, but I don't want to say this yet. > > > I must say that I am Romania (that is Eastern Europe in case somebody > > doesn't know), so I will think of a method of delivering and payment. > > Eddy > > > PS: > > I met him personally. > The big logo across two panels with the limitations mentioned before (+ > that the logo should be on the lower part of the panels) might be > possible (he was almost sure about this, oposed the first time when he > said that he was not to confident). What would be the prefered variant? > - one logo and the Debian GNU/Linux text on the oposed panels? > (preffered by me and the supplier) > - four logos no text (this stresses the matrial of the umbrella a lot) > - other (explain) > > > The price is about 15-17 euros/piece + the shipment costs (I didn't > thought thoroughly about how this will be done, if it will) > but the minimal pieces/order is much lower than 500 pieces (about 40 is > possible). > > I will get in touch with other supplier and see if I can get a better > deal for all of us.
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