Turn around time for me depends on the individual job and how busy I already am, a week to two weeks is my usual quote. But as a general rule, I estimate how long it’s going to take me based on previous jobs (factoring things like set up and clean up time and how many prints I can do on average in an hour, time its going to take to make plates and…[Read more]

Thank you for your response!I haven’t even heard about the 6×10 C&Ps. Are they harder to find? As long as I can print wedding invitations, cards and business cards I will be happy.I’ve been printing for about 5 years now, but not on a C&P. I’m used to Vandercooks, but not the stand up presses.

My advice is to start with a 6″x10″ C&P tabletop press and upgrade when you outgrow it.Yes, you can get an impression with a press that size, but only on a very small area. The largest area I’ve gotten an impression with a similar style/size press is about 3″x3″, maybe a bit larger. A 5″x8″ will not be large enough to print wedding invitations.You…[Read more]

Drink coasters would be great!Note cards would be cool if there were no rules except that they had to come with an envelope :-)But I’m interested in anything.Ren

I dont know that we have enough interest to do the entire alphabet. But we could do a different swap, that doesn’t require a set number to be complete! My other ideas:gift tags ** my current favorite idea!note card setsDrink coasters (each does a different drink/beverage recipe or design) Recipe cardsI will think on more ideas.. Any one have an…[Read more]

4-8 depending… Although I end up using a regular piece of card stock that is cut to the size I need. Once everything from color and impression to placement is where I want it to be, I’ll put in the real thing. Still, like Kristy said: too many! 😉

I’d say 7 to 10 business days. I’ve seen as much as 2 to 4 weeks as well. I have a C&P 10×15 and at first it took forever to do things- set up, inking, printing,etc. The longer you work on them, the more proficient you become. If you have items that you want to print for yourself, or to sell, I would time yourself from start to finish and see how…[Read more]

I’ve done that as well- in fact, the job I am working on has both digital (ink jet) and letterpress components. I’ve seen it called a variety of things; I’ve settled on calling it hybrid. It is time consuming and mine was a pain, as I could not for the life of me get it to feed through the rear of my printer, so it took me over and hour and a half…[Read more]

Too many.

i can’t remember where i heard this but shoot adding 10%  more paper per color/layer for proofs. 

Thanks, mine arrived. Gorgeous!

I do combinations of digital printing/letterpress printing. I just finished an eight piece wedding suite with five letterpress pieces and three digital pieces. Well, ink jet pieces. I find that my ink jet can get a close color match and digital Lettra accepts the ink beautifully. It’s pretty time-consuming (I run a page at a time through the rear…[Read more]

thanks for sharing

I would be happy to do more than one letter, too.

I’m fine with doing more than one letter.

The chase rests on the screws.

Thanks everyone!