https://ladiesofletterpress.com/members/michaelseitz/activity/ Activity feed for Michael Seitz. Fri, 17 Apr 2026 18:31:01 -0400 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 1918e0897760058b4dedd8357d467822 https://ladiesofletterpress.com/topic/what-kind-of-platen-press-and-some-questions/#post-3715 Mon, 13 Jan 2014 00:53:22 -0500 Perhaps the more important question to ask is what am I interested in printing/think I can make a living printing.  Are you looking at wedding/stationery?  Broadsides/posters?  Business cards etc??Surprised your friends didn’t gush about Vandercooks, since that seems to be a very popular press.  The FAG is the Swiss version of the Van…[Read more]

]]> 12ce8dcaf6c745cf556ac73939611fd1 https://ladiesofletterpress.com/topic/proofs/#post-3506 Mon, 01 Jul 2013 16:26:49 -0400 A lot would depend on your composition imposition process.  If you are running polymer and working with a digital front end, then digital proofs should be more than sufficient.  However, on a high end job, or using a “new” brand of paper/ink/plate, proofs would be valuable in evaluating results in house, or to spec with customers.  If you ou…[Read more]

]]> dd2b3239a8b8c83e1c4f68751b2c1887 https://ladiesofletterpress.com/topic/job-spec-sheet/#post-3499 Mon, 04 Feb 2013 22:29:54 -0500 In most production shops, a sheet such as this would be printed on an envelope, so there’s a handy place to keep samples, art, revisions, proofs and whatever other stuff winds needing to be with the job for future reference.  Mine are printed on 6 x 9 inch envelopes, and while needing to have a few revisions (customer info), here is a sample of…[Read more]

]]> 2a31ec034343a56696a99bd75f9e299b https://ladiesofletterpress.com/topic/ink-disappears-and-reappears-on-c-and-p/#post-2958 Mon, 30 Apr 2012 23:25:09 -0400 Actually, a flat spot on a Morgan Expansion truck would merely have the roller ride harder on the form.  A flat spot on a roller (caused by leaving the rollers on the ink disk) will cause complete non-inking that does move around.  I changed out a roller with a flat spot and it vastly improved things–now to get rid of the other roller that has a…[Read more]

]]> 2d73efbda013e23838cd57c0459fe4bb https://ladiesofletterpress.com/topic/please-help-an-amateur-printer-decide-the-next-step-up-in-letterpress-printing/#post-3098 Mon, 16 Apr 2012 05:18:15 -0400 Pardon my frumpy production questions but:How long are the print runs you intend?Big Solids?Need to print quickly?Have a lot of time to devote to printing?Frankly, from a production point of view, I’d certainly recommend the C&P’s, but if you’re biggest run in 30 or so pieces, better to devise a frisket/register system for the Challenge or Poco. …[Read more]

]]> 036a49df7930bc6a1ef68541009aef66 https://ladiesofletterpress.com/topic/what-s-the-best-type-of-container-to-store-mixed-rubber-based-ink-in/#post-3085 Tue, 06 Mar 2012 18:10:24 -0500 For long term storage it’d be metal or glass.  For medium term storage WAXED paper cups.  Under no circumstances is plastic really good, as the ink solvents will outgas through the plastic, leaving the ink as  a skin on the outside of the cup.  Plastic is good for a day or two, but for more than that, use something else.

]]> 96cebe175af2bbe2bf50d670af950985 https://ladiesofletterpress.com/topic/cutting-fancy-shapes-for-labels/#post-2915 Mon, 07 Nov 2011 02:48:46 -0500 You would pretty much create a die line that is 5 or 10 percent larger than your art and have a steel rule die made.  When die cutting, if you can do it right, you can “kiss-cut” the label stock so that you have a waste lip that can be peeled back, rather than a full cut out label that you have to separate the adhesive layers on.  Of course a l…[Read more]

]]> 43bd35a8becc6275bbf4118ff7ea42a6 https://ladiesofletterpress.com/topic/where-is-your-shop-studio/#post-2526 Wed, 22 Jun 2011 01:59:30 -0400 Well, congratulations! That said, I presume that your business has risen to the level where it is making enough money to pay the monthly rent of having a commercial space, or that you intend to invest enough effort to create inventory to run a retail operation. I can certainly see the advantages of having the shop at a different location from t…[Read more]

]]> ebc511efe6b79fa9d9fee7d3eae7da9d https://ladiesofletterpress.com/topic/putting-on-and-taking-off-rollers-on-an-8x12-c-and-p/#post-2460 Sat, 07 May 2011 20:42:43 -0400 Hmmm…    When I change rollers, I do the following:    Pull chase and run rollers to halfway down the chase area–this is where the springs have the least tension.    Remove the single roller first, otherwise it gets in the way later.    Working at the right side roller saddle/bracket, put my thumb at the top corner of the saddle and lever out t…[Read more]

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