Printing business cards
14/07/10 12:23 Filed in: Pellinore Press
Business Cards:
Printing our one color business cards is pretty straightforward. One thing of note is a sort of shortcut packing we discovered. Basically it consists of placing pieces of Scotch tape on the mylar tympan cover to act as packing. The advantage is that it doesn’t require loosening the tympan to place packing beneath, which can often be a rather fiddly job. The disadvantage is that it cannot be used for broad areas or the tape will leave an impression of its edges on the back of the paper. Therefore, it’s mostly useful for lines of type and not woodcuts or the like. This is a shot of the tape on the cylinder, here used for the larger, heavier type, as well as the Torino address lines, which is strange because that font is so fine; it might be a slight manufacturing difference in height, or perhaps the type is worn.
A shot of the form locked-up and inked.
Here are the cards before trimming. We printed on offcuts, thus the 2 different paper colors.
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Printing our one color business cards is pretty straightforward. One thing of note is a sort of shortcut packing we discovered. Basically it consists of placing pieces of Scotch tape on the mylar tympan cover to act as packing. The advantage is that it doesn’t require loosening the tympan to place packing beneath, which can often be a rather fiddly job. The disadvantage is that it cannot be used for broad areas or the tape will leave an impression of its edges on the back of the paper. Therefore, it’s mostly useful for lines of type and not woodcuts or the like. This is a shot of the tape on the cylinder, here used for the larger, heavier type, as well as the Torino address lines, which is strange because that font is so fine; it might be a slight manufacturing difference in height, or perhaps the type is worn.
A shot of the form locked-up and inked.
Here are the cards before trimming. We printed on offcuts, thus the 2 different paper colors.
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