Beast Pieces » 10 x 15 http://www.beastpieces.com Studio On Fire // Design & Letterpress Blog Tue, 31 Jan 2012 18:28:40 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Four Friends Letterpress Business Cards – Pt 2 http://www.beastpieces.com/2009/04/four-friends-letterpress-business-cards-pt-2/ http://www.beastpieces.com/2009/04/four-friends-letterpress-business-cards-pt-2/#comments Tue, 07 Apr 2009 14:15:45 +0000 admin http://www.beastpieces.com/?p=1018 _0018_negative_from_digital_file

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This is part two showing the production of business cards on our Heidelberg Windmill. Be sure and see Part 1 showing the finished cards.

We start with a high resolution film negative. The negative is used to expose the plastic plates. The plates are attached to an aluminum base and placed into the press. The press uses air suction to pick up a sheet of paper on the left side and deliver it into the press for printing. The printed sheets are automatically stacked in the delivery pile on the right side of the press. The press prints only one color at a time. Each addition color is another pass through the press, blind impression is another separate pass as well. Letterpress is labor intensive printing, but oh so worth it.

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Check out some more of the process below. See the image labels for a brief description.

_0018_negative_from_digital_file _0017_negative_in_platemaker _0016_platemaker_exposes_plastic _0015_plastic_plate_after_washout _0014_plate_positioned_on_base _0013_base_placed_in_press _0012_press__running_up_ink _0011_rollers_inking_plate _0010_first_press_sheet _0009_press_running_paper _0008_paper_feeds_into_press _0007_press_sheets_in_delivery _0006_plate_position_marked _0005_plate2_aligned_on_base _0004_plate2_registered_on_press _0003_press_sheet_with_plate2 _0002_ready_for_trimming _0001_sheets_in_paper_cutter _0000_finished_card_stacks ]]> http://www.beastpieces.com/2009/04/four-friends-letterpress-business-cards-pt-2/feed/ 4 The Pen Is Mightier Than The Lube Gun http://www.beastpieces.com/2009/02/the-pen-is-mightier-than-the-lube-gun/ http://www.beastpieces.com/2009/02/the-pen-is-mightier-than-the-lube-gun/#comments Sat, 21 Feb 2009 15:44:04 +0000 admin http://www.beastpieces.com/?p=640 Vintage machines live or die depending on our care of their lubrication needs. Certain areas on the Heidelberg Windmill presses have lots small oil points – like the gripper head and the paper feed. It is all to easy to over oil and end up with drips oozing everywhere, not cool when you are trying to keep your paper clean. One of our best friends to assist in this task is the Precision Pen Oiler. It is perfect for getting a small amount of oil right where you need it. And at under ten bucks, a lube job never cost less.

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