Storage Solutions: Filing Cabinets?

[Georg R. Baumann]

Greetings,

I am wondering about storing prints that are not matted and/or framed yet. How do you guys do it?

I saw a filing Cabinet at Ikea for A3, but surely there must be larger Versions as well.

If you lay them flat, what do you put inbetween to protect the print. Or do you have a different solution for storage of prints?

Thanks!

 

[Kathy Rappaport]

George - I'd love to see the Ikea filing cabinet - do you have a link?

Right now I am storing images in some cardboard that they arrive in from the lab that I use for printing.

 

[Nill Toulme]

This unit looks like it might be really nice for that purpose, if you have the room for it:

It matches this one, which many of us (including yours truly) use as a printer stand for big printers like the Epson 4800:

I like that one so much I bought two of them. My Rotatrim cutter sits on top of the second one at a nice working height, and most of my camera gear lives in the drawers.

Nill
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www.toulme.net

 

[Georg R. Baumann]

Sure thing Kathy, but it is IKEA Belfast, not sure whether they have the same in the US, designed for A2

http://www.ikea.com/gb/en/catalog/products/30104322

I am wondering, there must be some higher quality gear specialised for picture storage, I guess I talk to the Chester Beatty in Dublin, they will know!

 

[Georg R. Baumann]

ohhh, they are quite nice in deed Nill! That belfast thing is butt ugly compared!

What max printsize do you store there? What do you put between the prints, and how many do you staple onto eachother max?

 

[Nill Toulme]

I don't use mine for prints; in fact I hardly store prints at all. I print 'em and ship 'em. ;-)

You can probably roughly calculate the drawer sizes from the specs on the links.

Nill
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www.toulme.net

 

[Kathy Rappaport]

This is what I was thinking

http://www.draftingsteals.com/file-flat-mayline-5-drawer.html

Something like this would be nice - however, I am sticking with my cardboard. It came with the prints and these files are pricey. The Ikea ugly one is at least reasonable. Rather spend money on advertising for clients these days.

 

[Georg R. Baumann]

Whops they are pricey! Think I take the dimensions and have a chat with a carpenter instead.

 

[Georg R. Baumann]

I don't use mine for prints; in fact I hardly store prints at all. I print 'em and ship 'em. ;-)

Hehehe, well that is handy Nill!

I must operate slightly different and run pre production cycles regulary, hence the storage issue.