Classic Line Printer Art from the 1960's through 1970's
These are the real line printer art when they were printed on
mainframe/minicomputer impact printers using wide 132 column paper and
piecing them together for the complete picture.
We print these classics out on our mainframe/minicomputer impact printer
just like the originals! These artworks are produced using copies of the
original data files that have survived (amazingly) over time.
What is different about these classic artworks is that the effect is
achieved by overprinting the same line multiple times with different
characters to achieve the proper shading. Whereas the ASCII art that
is common today, does not do any overprinting of the lines giving a
totally different look and feel that is simplistic with no depth or
intensity to the artwork.
These images printout in sections for easy assembly where each section is
multiple contiguous pages containing that part of the image. To assemble,
you align and tape each section together. A section may contain 2,3,4,..,8
pages depending on the image.
Please note that image quality in photos below vary depending on how large
the actual printout is and how far away the camera is to capture it as a whole.
Plus, reduction in large grayscale printouts blends the white space
between characters and rows reducing the final image clarity.
Golden Gate Bridge flyover with a 727 PSA Airlines Jet
Impact printer printed ASCII art featuring a PSA Airlines 727 jet overflying the Golden Gate Bridge.
This is the fancy artwork that uses multiple overstrikes to create the image on multiple sheets of paper that are assembled together.
Actual assembled image size is a HUGE 99-3/4" X 77-1/2" (!) and is the largest we have, printed on the backside of green bar paper like it would have been. This a HUGE printout (over 8 X 6 feet!) using 64 pages of paper!
Images and photos shown are pictures of actual artwork printed and assembled.
Impact printer printed ASCII art featuring the moon.
This is the fancy artwork that uses multiple overstrikes to create the image on multiple sheets of paper that are assembled together.
Actual assembled image size is 59-1/2" X 54-1/2" printed on the backside of green bar paper like it would have been. This a LARGE printout using 25 pages of paper.
Images and photos shown are pictures of actual artwork printed and assembled.
Impact printer printed ASCII art featuring the 1567 "The Peasant Wedding" painting by the Dutch and Flemish Renaissance painter and printmaker Pieter Bruegel the Elder.
This is the fancy artwork that uses multiple overstrikes to create the image on multiple sheets of paper that are assembled together.
Actual assembled image size is 35-1/4" X 49-1/8" printed on the backside of green bar paper like it would have been.
Images and photos shown are pictures of actual artwork printed and assembled.
Impact printer printed ASCII art featuring a boy on the river banks with his boat with a building reflecting in the river, anyone recognize this painting?
This is the fancy artwork that uses multiple overstrikes to create the image on multiple sheets of paper that are assembled together.
Actual assembled image size is 43" X 36-3/8" printed on the backside of green bar paper like it would have been.
Images and photos shown are pictures of actual artwork printed and assembled.
A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte
Impact printer printed ASCII art featuring featuring Georges Seurat's 1884 painting "A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte".
This is the fancy artwork that uses multiple overstrikes to create the image on multiple sheets of paper that are assembled together.
Actual assembled image size is 64-5/8" X 43" printed on the backside of green bar paper like it would have been. This a LARGE printout using 20 pages of paper.
Images and photos shown are pictures of actual artwork printed and assembled.
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