Author Topic: GMK-electronic make cherry keycap ? (Read 149332 times)

jdcarpe · « **Reply #450 on:** Sun, 02 December 2012, 22:49:38 »

Can't we get blank PBTs from GMK and have imsto do the dyesub printing?

The_Ed · « **Reply #451 on:** Sun, 02 December 2012, 22:58:36 »

Can anyone truly confirm EK used GMK and the exact cherry orangey-red? It sure as hell looks like it to me.

Halverson · « **Reply #452 on:** Sun, 02 December 2012, 23:02:37 »

Quote from: jdcarpe on Sun, 02 December 2012, 22:49:38

Can't we get blank PBTs from GMK and have imsto do the dyesub printing?

This

IvanIvanovich · « **Reply #453 on:** Sun, 02 December 2012, 23:03:45 »

As far as I know they only deal with ABS.

tsangan · « **Reply #454 on:** Sun, 02 December 2012, 23:14:58 »

Quote from: The_Ed on Sun, 02 December 2012, 22:58:36

Can anyone truly confirm EK used GMK and the exact cherry orangey-red? It sure as hell looks like it to me.

You expect people to confirm when it just went on sale today?

Unless you were expecting EK to post a side by side comparison picture here

The_Ed · « **Reply #455 on:** Sun, 02 December 2012, 23:18:40 »

I don't know, maybe EK posts somewhere or something. I don't follow EK like all the CC worshipers. I just wanted to know if anyone knew.

IvanIvanovich · « **Reply #456 on:** Sun, 02 December 2012, 23:26:41 »

Yes, they are GMK keys.

The_Ed · « **Reply #457 on:** Sun, 02 December 2012, 23:34:23 »

Thanks, did GMK or EK confirm that? And what about my second question of whether they were the exact cherry orangey-red? Or do I just have to be patient for that one to be answered?

I ordered 1 a while ago, but I wonder just how many hours it will take before they are sold out. I'm gonna guess 4 more hours arbitrarily.

tsangan · « **Reply #458 on:** Sun, 02 December 2012, 23:41:15 »

Quote from: lysol on Sun, 02 December 2012, 23:26:41

Yes, they are GMK keys.

Or so you think

rainb1ood · « **Reply #459 on:** Sun, 02 December 2012, 23:53:19 »

Quote from: The_Ed on Sun, 02 December 2012, 23:34:23

I wonder just how many hours it will take before they are sold out. I'm gonna guess 4 more hours arbitrarily.

As for now 12:51am EST:
>Only 548 items in stock

The_Ed · « **Reply #460 on:** Mon, 03 December 2012, 00:00:20 »

Where can you see that? I didn't see a stock count, just "IN STOCK"...

asdf · « **Reply #461 on:** Mon, 03 December 2012, 00:03:32 »

Quote from: The_Ed on Mon, 03 December 2012, 00:00:20

Where can you see that? I didn't see a stock count, just "IN STOCK"...

got it from other thread

Quote from: demik on Sun, 02 December 2012, 21:38:16

Quote from: TheQsanity on Sun, 02 December 2012, 21:25:25
I wonder how many are in stock.

when placing your order, add an insane amount like 5000, it'll tell you how many are available.

rainb1ood · « **Reply #462 on:** Mon, 03 December 2012, 00:03:57 »

According to alaricljs from the other thread, change the quantity to a large amount (1000 in my case) then go to checkout

kbdfr · « **Reply #463 on:** Mon, 03 December 2012, 00:54:44 »

Quote from: jil_jil32 on Sun, 02 December 2012, 21:49:45

And this one, don't forget it!

Show Image

It seems to be quite common to not bother about property rights.
1. The logo belongs to Cherry and is protected by copyright law. Reproducing it on a keycap is of course prohibited.
2. The above pic itself, taken and published by sixty, is also protected by copyright law. It is not public domaine unless the author says so.

BiNiaRiS · « **Reply #464 on:** Mon, 03 December 2012, 01:55:17 »

Quote from: kbdfr on Mon, 03 December 2012, 00:54:44

Quote from: jil_jil32 on Sun, 02 December 2012, 21:49:45
And this one, don't forget it!

Show Image

It seems to be quite common to not bother about property rights.
1. The logo belongs to Cherry and is protected by copyright law. Reproducing it on a keycap is of course prohibited.
2. The above pic itself, taken and published by sixty, is also protected by copyright law. It is not public domaine unless the author says so.

If cherry sold the pad printing machinery that included that i'm not sure how that would change it.

And I highly doubt sixty cares whatsoever. If he doesn't want them used, he's say that and ask people to remove their posts.

Alessandro · « **Reply #465 on:** Mon, 03 December 2012, 01:57:46 »

This is a very big, and fantastic step! Very exciting! Going to order 2.

squarebox · « **Reply #466 on:** Mon, 03 December 2012, 02:11:40 »

Quote from: tsangan on Sun, 02 December 2012, 23:41:15

Or so you think

Looks pretty firm to me

Shadovved · « **Reply #467 on:** Mon, 03 December 2012, 02:18:08 »

YAY, its authentic!

And anyway tsangan, you already sold yours, nothing to worry!

kbdfr · « **Reply #468 on:** Mon, 03 December 2012, 03:42:52 »

Quote from: BiNiaRiS on Mon, 03 December 2012, 01:55:17

Quote from: kbdfr on Mon, 03 December 2012, 00:54:44
Quote from: jil_jil32 on Sun, 02 December 2012, 21:49:45
And this one, don't forget it!

[pic]

It seems to be quite common to not bother about property rights.
1. The logo belongs to Cherry and is protected by copyright law. Reproducing it on a keycap is of course prohibited.
2. The above pic itself, taken and published by sixty, is also protected by copyright law. It is not public domaine unless the author says so.

If cherry sold the pad printing machinery that included that i'm not sure how that would change it.

And I highly doubt sixty cares whatsoever. If he doesn't want them used, he's say that and ask people to remove their posts.

The logo itself remains Cherry's property. Of course nobody is allowed to use it (be it made with original tooling or just copied) for commercial purposes without the consent of the copyright owner.

As for sixty's pic, I'm also sure he wouldn't mind at all. On the other hand, he's the one to decide - same as for the Cherry logo. In any case it would have been just fair to mention that it's his pic.

jeroplane · « **Reply #469 on:** Mon, 03 December 2012, 03:57:40 »

Quote from: kbdfr on Mon, 03 December 2012, 03:42:52

Quote from: BiNiaRiS on Mon, 03 December 2012, 01:55:17
Quote from: kbdfr on Mon, 03 December 2012, 00:54:44
Quote from: jil_jil32 on Sun, 02 December 2012, 21:49:45
And this one, don't forget it!

[pic]

It seems to be quite common to not bother about property rights.
1. The logo belongs to Cherry and is protected by copyright law. Reproducing it on a keycap is of course prohibited.
2. The above pic itself, taken and published by sixty, is also protected by copyright law. It is not public domaine unless the author says so.

If cherry sold the pad printing machinery that included that i'm not sure how that would change it.

And I highly doubt sixty cares whatsoever. If he doesn't want them used, he's say that and ask people to remove their posts.

The logo itself remains Cherry's property. Of course nobody is allowed to use it (be it made with original tooling or just copied) for commercial purposes without the consent of the copyright owner.

As for sixty's pic, I'm also sure he wouldn't mind at all. On the other hand, he's the one to decide - same as for the Cherry logo. In any case it would have been just fair to mention that it's his pic.

The Cherry logo has been reproduced on other keycaps countless times without issue. Not to say that it isn't still illegal, but Cherry hasn't sent anyone a C&D yet. It's probably been great for their brand really.

nntnam · « **Reply #470 on:** Mon, 03 December 2012, 04:05:26 »

This is how I feel this morning

...when seeing this pic

hashbaz · « **Reply #471 on:** Mon, 03 December 2012, 04:16:10 »

I doubt that GMK will produce Cherry logo keys for us.

GeorgeK · « **Reply #472 on:** Mon, 03 December 2012, 04:26:43 »

Quote from: nntnam on Mon, 03 December 2012, 04:05:26

This is how I feel this morning

Awesome vid - it is like that isn't it?!

dirge · « **Reply #473 on:** Mon, 03 December 2012, 05:19:50 »

Quote from: hashbaz on Mon, 03 December 2012, 04:16:10

I doubt that GMK will produce Cherry logo keys for us.

Unless Robin or someone from Cherry say it's okay.

fuus · « **Reply #474 on:** Mon, 03 December 2012, 06:50:30 »

Don't know how I feel about EK 'sneaking' in, in front of Lysol and Dan's messages? Unless it was pre-arranged this way? IDK

fruktstund · « **Reply #475 on:** Mon, 03 December 2012, 07:09:52 »

Well since GMK said something about a lead time of 12 weeks (if I recall correctly), EK probably contacted them a while before lysol did.

IvanIvanovich · « **Reply #476 on:** Mon, 03 December 2012, 10:53:49 »

Why do you care as long as the keys are available? I don't. I prefer them being available retail, that means I can do less work

The_Beast · « **Reply #477 on:** Mon, 03 December 2012, 10:55:17 »

Keyboard = waiting for pretty much everything

12 weeks sucks but I've waited for GB much longer than that before that weren't 1/16 as cool as GMK caps will be

OrangeJewce · « **Reply #478 on:** Mon, 03 December 2012, 11:06:12 »

Quote from: fuus on Mon, 03 December 2012, 06:50:30

Don't know how I feel about EK 'sneaking' in, in front of Lysol and Dan's messages? Unless it was pre-arranged this way? IDK

Don't really think that's any of our business tbh. I'm all for transparency, but really there is no reason for EK to disclose such information.

Cheers,

aggiejy · « **Reply #479 on:** Mon, 03 December 2012, 11:10:28 »

Indeed. I hope everyone that has the money and sales platform ready to go calls them. I'm sure they'd be happy to take money, and I'd be happy to buy key caps from whoever does. Separate issue from a group buy.

IvanIvanovich · « **Reply #480 on:** Mon, 03 December 2012, 11:12:24 »

Heard back again from GMK. We need to decide what exactly we want to have made up, and they will give us a quote for that particular order. They have no fixed price, minimum depend on what key sizes and possibly color (in stock color vs custom color). Larger key than 1*1 will have a higher order cost do to machine limitations since they can't make as many key at once.

They also said they can do custom job with new legend, but it is costly, probably more so than SP but they can't give cost without a specifics. I think SP will still remain the choice for small order of novelty cap for the foreseeable future.
Things will start happening, but it may take some time. I am in some talks with what will be offered through retail, so we can focus on things they won't be offering through those channels.

Alessandro · « **Reply #481 on:** Mon, 03 December 2012, 11:13:25 »

Well, red esc has been done. Lets focus on the necessities that most of us are going to want so we can have a solid first order.

IvanIvanovich · « **Reply #482 on:** Mon, 03 December 2012, 11:19:20 »

I think most of the as you put it necessities will be covered through the retail channels. We will be most likely looking at doing things like language packs that won't otherwise be offered as groupbuy.

The_Beast · « **Reply #483 on:** Mon, 03 December 2012, 11:19:45 »

I can't speak for everyone but I think a dolch with a different legend color (purple or orange) or a black on beige with 1.25 and 1.5 mods.

I also think it would be cool to do a RGB set

longweight · « **Reply #484 on:** Mon, 03 December 2012, 11:20:05 »

I would vote for Cherry black on white / beige in ISO / ANSI as the first run to keep it simple. Once that order has gone through we could look at language packs and things like Dolch.

Alessandro · « **Reply #485 on:** Mon, 03 December 2012, 11:23:04 »

RGB will probably be done retail now but different dolch set colours would be very cool. Don't forget original dolch though, loads of people will want that!

alaricljs · « **Reply #486 on:** Mon, 03 December 2012, 11:23:06 »

I would bet that standard color keysets are already on their way to EK, less risk on those.

To be clear, standard being black/white/beige

IvanIvanovich · « **Reply #487 on:** Mon, 03 December 2012, 11:28:28 »

I know RGB is popular, but why don't we do a CMYK set instead to mix it up? As alaric guess, low risk things are likely to be covered by retail. So we will want to go risky

and do the wild stuff, maybe revisit the Miami colorway I proposed awhile back for example? Think outside the basics people.

Alessandro · « **Reply #488 on:** Mon, 03 December 2012, 11:32:14 »

I have a feeling that RGB will be done retail. CMYK sounds pretty cool.

jdcarpe · « **Reply #489 on:** Mon, 03 December 2012, 11:33:17 »

I'm good with Dolch for the first run. Or Dolch with either orange or lime green legends, like the skidata.

If EK is going to be selling standard colors and things like RGB sets, I think we should go with a full set for the first buy. When Cherry replica was finished, I believe Dolch replica was the first slated project.

Alessandro · « **Reply #490 on:** Mon, 03 December 2012, 11:35:19 »

I hope so, I've been wanting a Dolch for ages!

el2k · « **Reply #491 on:** Mon, 03 December 2012, 11:35:54 »

White caps with green legends. smart.

Acetrak · « **Reply #492 on:** Mon, 03 December 2012, 11:36:37 »

Agreed, I think full kits would be the best thing to go for too. Assuming they have the colors available, Dolch would be my first choice. I'm not sure if custom colors as the first buy is a good or bad thing.

tjcaustin · « **Reply #493 on:** Mon, 03 December 2012, 11:38:02 »

http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=37225.new;topicseen#new

<.<

Just sayin'

And I know there were a handful of people that haven't signed up because they didn't want the same WYSE stuff as before.

longweight · « **Reply #494 on:** Mon, 03 December 2012, 11:38:09 »

Dolch would be the best first off run.

IvanIvanovich · « **Reply #495 on:** Mon, 03 December 2012, 11:39:18 »

I'm sure it will be done at some point, I agree it's a nice colorway.

boost · « **Reply #496 on:** Mon, 03 December 2012, 11:41:35 »

Quote from: lysol on Mon, 03 December 2012, 11:39:18

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I'm sure it will be done at some point, I agree it's a nice colorway.

GIMME NOW!!!

Alessandro · « **Reply #497 on:** Mon, 03 December 2012, 11:41:58 »

Lets compile a shortlist, tell me what you want adding:

Standard Dolch
Coloured Dolch (purple is cool)
Blue Olivetti
Green Olivetti

The_Beast · « **Reply #498 on:** Mon, 03 December 2012, 11:54:28 »

Instead of a RGG, how about a "dat purple", a lime green and a lemon yellow set?

Edit: just an fyi, dolch would be my first pick but I'd be down for just about anything that looks decent

absyrd · « **Reply #499 on:** Mon, 03 December 2012, 12:07:27 »

Quote from: boost on Mon, 03 December 2012, 11:41:35

GIMME NOW!!!

No. We want blue. Green is not allowed.

News:

Author Topic: GMK-electronic make cherry keycap ? (Read 149332 times)