Footprint is a worker co-operative based at Cornerstone
Resource Centre, Chapeltown, Leeds. Footprint was set up in July
2000 to provide printing services to the highest possible ethical and
environmental standards.
Our membership consists of three part-time members, each working about
15 hours a week. All members are directors of the company. We offer
membership to all trained workers and everyone gets the same rate of
pay.
We currently use three printing presses:
- A Riso RZ970E. 600 dpi A3 digital duplicator with capacity to print
using black, green and red ink
- A Riso RP3700. 600 dpi digital duplictor which can only print in
black
- Konica Minolta bizhub 250p. Full colour A3+ laser printer.
We no longer use the machine on the right - we breathed a huge sigh
of relief and pensioned off the AB Dick 385 offset lithograph when we
bought the Konica. This means that any work printed on paper larger
than 301x425mm or any colour print jobs longer than 500 impressions
are contracted out to other printers.
The opportunity to buy the AB Dick was the catalyst for setting up
Footprint and all our work was printed on it for several years until
we bought the Risos. However, it involved hours spent in the cellar
inhaling toxic fumes, getting covered in ink & solvents and battling
to get decent copy out of an ancient piece of kit. It simply wasn't
worth the aggro. It's still in our cellar though, since we built the
door in after it arrived - we might actually pay you to take it away
if you want it!
List of Equipment Used by Footprint
Risograph GR3770
Risograph RP3700
Risograph RZ970E
PS7R Rip
SC7700 Rip
Konica Minolta Bizhub 250p (full colour laser printer)
Tally T9020 (A3 mono laser printer)
Hewlett Packard 5000n (A3 mono laser printer)
3 PC's
1 Apple Mac
EBA Multicut 10/550E (SRA2 Powered Guillotine)
10 Station A3 collator (Horizon QC-P10)
Morgana Kwikfold Booklet maker
Broken Rexel folding machine
Big Ruler
Cash Box
A couple of Biros, some sellotape and 3 staple-remover.
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Last Updated ( Saturday, 12 January 2008 )
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