How did the Creative Juices design factory get started?

It was a bright and shiny January morning in 1981 when I applied for the Creative Juices business license. At least I think it was bright and shiny. If not, it should have been.

I bought my reconditioned blue Compugraphic typesetting machine with matching blue processor. The technology was stunning. You could see a whole line of type whizzing by on the led monitor.

Drafting was the way to go.

A drafting table, Rapidograph ink pens, triangles, T-square, rulers and I was all set to design. There were mylar overlays, veloxes, color separations, and negs. Anyone remember ruby lith? She was expensive and fun to work with. Useful for masking images too.

It was great being one of the elite few who could not only design but produce camera ready artwork. Ah, the days of typsetting and developing film and prints. Remember paste up? And hand inking of forms? Yes, we used rulers and triangles and t-squares. If you were really advanced you had a mechanical drafting machine.

As the years went by the typesetting machine grew more complex and costly. Leasing a Compugraphic typesetting machine was a major undertaking. Those things cost tens of thousands of dollars. More than a car at that time.

Then came the PC.

Apple Computer came into existance and changed my whole world as well as the graphic arts industry.

Check back to see what exciting things happened when the Apple Computer came on the scene and changed the graphic arts field forever. Honest, there will be more details soon.