Ladies of Letterpress | Christiaan Janssen | Activity https://ladiesofletterpress.com/members/christiaanjanssen/activity/ Activity feed for Christiaan Janssen. Fri, 20 Mar 2026 21:54:16 -0400 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 147735e347ff4038b100ce982604071c Christiaan Janssen replied to the topic Printing for designers in the forum Business Matters https://ladiesofletterpress.com/topic/printing-for-designers/#post-3783 Sun, 13 Apr 2014 05:01:07 -0400 I would charge them for the paper, plates etc at the standard rate (purchase price plus surcharge) and charge the printing hours at a reasonable level. I don’t what how high that might be in the States, but in The Netherlands I explain to letterpress printers that a mechanic for your car would charge about 60?/hour, only for labor. I believe a…[Read more]

]]> b1c466ed5f78d721608c8f9a006fe59b Christiaan Janssen replied to the topic Paper stocks other than lettra in the forum Supplies and Sources https://ladiesofletterpress.com/topic/paper-stocks-other-than-lettra/#post-3271 Fri, 14 Jun 2013 19:07:39 -0400 We use Colorplan from GF Smith very often for letterpress jobs. Comes in 50 shades in 8 substances. It is my understanding that it is now also stocked in the USA.Otherwise check colorplanpapers.comChristiaan Janssen / passion for paper 

]]> 6450b50bf6bbd29a3289e6e8f291b079 Christiaan Janssen replied to the topic Wood Veneer for Invitations in the forum Press Troubleshooting, Tips, and Help https://ladiesofletterpress.com/topic/wood-veneer-for-invitations/#post-3470 Fri, 22 Feb 2013 19:28:08 -0500 It might be a bit late for this purpose, but in Europe we have a paper called Woodside. The frontside looks like wood, the reverse side is a plain light brown kraft. In comes in one size approx 40×28″ and two substances: approx 80t and 145dtc.It can be printed in offset, letterpress, foilprinting and screenprinting, but be aware that the surface…[Read more]

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