Our archive has three VHS documentaries about zines and no working VCR. Here is what we screen instead.
The box was labeled only with a year and a marker drawing of a skull. Inside were about sixty zines, a handful of show flyers, and a letter from someone asking to trade.
Reading it now
We scan everything at 600dpi before anyone reads it, because old toner flakes and staples rust. Then we read the originals once, carefully, and put them in acid-free sleeves.
If something here doesn't work for you, write in. Half of our how-tos have been corrected by readers, and the corrections are always better than the original.
Print nights are pay-what-you-can. The jar covers toner and paper most months, and when it doesn't, we hold a swap and sell the duplicates from the lending shelf.
Ben Achterberg
Is there a way to do this with legal-size paper? That’s all our copier takes.
Ollie Brennan
The pull quote is going on my studio wall.
Ben Achterberg
Thank you for writing this down. It’s the kind of thing people only ever explain in person.
Ines Duarte
Thank you for writing this down. It’s the kind of thing people only ever explain in person.
Rosa Lindqvist
We tried this at our library print night and it worked first time.
Lou Ferreira
Honestly this made me dig out a box of my own old zines.
Pip Calloway
The bit about making the dummy first is so true. I learned that the expensive way.
Pip Calloway
Our copier has the same mood swings. Humidity is the enemy.