Danielle, Thanks so much – I ended up having to fly out of Des Moines but really appreciate your offer! See you in Iowa!B. 

I’ll be driving right by the Cedar Rapids airport on my way home Saturday (I live about 20 miles east of Cedar Rapids). As long as I don’t buy all the things at the Printer’s Fair, I should have plenty of room for another passenger if you decide to fly through Cedar Rapids. 

As far as I know the big ones are all in New York or Atlanta, or on the west coast. You might look up the American Made show and see if they are having one closer to you. 

I might have a lead for you; if you email me I’ll send you the info!

Hey Meghan,I can only answer a couple of these as I am fairly new to the Heidelberg myself.  I have not used it for foiling, however I do believe the foil attachment can be added and removed for standard printing.  I have used it for die cutting and scoring, which is really easy to set up.  You just put the die or the scoring metal (not te…[Read more]

I work at a print shop and have a greeting card company.  I get my supplies from the same place we buy paper.  The larger paper companies carry boxes of different sizes and other packaging supplies.  I’m not sure of what companies you have up north, but you could check with your local printer to see where they get supplies.  You might need an acc…[Read more]

Thanks for this Ashley, I was hoping to get all board, no plastic…. I ended up making a template, but it’s impractical making my own. The quantities I need don’t make sense for custom….I’ll keep looking.

I get my packaging supplies from clearbags.com. I’ve been very happy with the shipping time and quality.

Thank you, Kseniya!

No worries! If you hover over the pdf, a menu at the bottom will appear with a symbol to download the .pdf that looks like a sheet with an arrow. If you download the .pdf and open it on your PC, you’ll be able to zoom to your heart’s content. I’ll add a note to that effect on the page!

Can you help me out? I am Mrs. Magoo. I can’t read the conference schedule (the page with the colored bars) because the type is too small. It fuzzes out when I zoom in. 🙁 

Hi Emily,(I’m a bit cofused, since I don’t think C&P made a 9×13 platen.) The designation comes from the size measured on the inside of the chase. I’m betting it is either a 10×15, or 8×12. Either one is a fine machine, and I’ve owned both and loved them. I’m assuming it is a hand-fed and not automatic, right? OK—oiling it is very important, and…[Read more]

Hi Camille,Thank you so much for your response!!  The press came with a ton of stuff, including a bunch of furniture.  I will take a look and see if the chase irons were included!  Thanks again!Best,Loly

Thank you again, that’s good advice! I’ll give it a try.

Yes. The counter actually tends to slip into place, not out of it, as long as it hasn’t been forcibly shifted. On jobs with combo dies, where I’m foiling and embossing at the same time, the integrity of the counter is critical, and I’ve used floating makeready then. I also buy two counters for those jobs, because they’re cheap when the die is…[Read more]

Hi David, Thank you, yes, the job is done & gone but I’m still going to question movement/shift if I place anything UNDER the counter. Are you sure just tape would not cause any movement?

I’m sure this is moot by now, but I’ve done lots of embossing, so I thought I’d chime in. I often use a floating makeready, but I like to use a small piece of tympan paper for the base, because it’s strong and stable. Tape down all four edges securely before you stick the counter-die to it, and then slit one edge so you can slide small pieces of…[Read more]

Hi Loly,Congratulations on your new Kelsey! You don’t really need quoins and a key, because Kelsey designed their chases to be used with: Chase Irons – Two flat steel bars that are placed inside the chase and used to prevent chase screws from damaging furniture (wood blocking). They are not used with quoins. You will need six chase screws also. A…[Read more]

Puzzling through this and based on my own experience, which really is limited to a couple of V-36 Verticals and a Kelly “B”.  The closest I’ve come to running a Heidelberg was running several KORD and KOR presses. Keeping that in mind——it seems to me that the cyliinder gear and the bed gear are fixed relative to one another. With all the…[Read more]