Ladies of Letterpress | Nicholas Naughton | Activity https://ladiesofletterpress.com/members/nicholasnaughton/activity/ Activity feed for Nicholas Naughton. Fri, 20 Mar 2026 21:54:16 -0400 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 39edb1d05f4d2f36f27cff577cd1963a Nicholas Naughton replied to the topic Business Card Paper Recommendation in the forum Supplies and Sources https://ladiesofletterpress.com/topic/business-card-paper-recommendation/#post-2974 Tue, 22 Nov 2011 01:08:34 -0500 I love French, haven’t tried the Reich Savoy paper yet, and Mohawk is also nice as far as I’ve seen.  I love Lettra, and lately French has served my needs for both really great colors (construction) and sturdy (muscletone) for what we’re doing.  It’s great both for screen print and letterpress.

]]> 7ecd09ad5333e43ba6c735ab1fcc1f66 Nicholas Naughton replied to the topic Ink bleeding slightly... how to ensure a crisp print? in the forum Press Troubleshooting, Tips, and Help https://ladiesofletterpress.com/topic/ink-bleeding-slightly-how-to-ensure-a-crisp-print/#post-2659 Mon, 21 Nov 2011 00:58:16 -0500 I would guess that it was overinked, and probably difficult to clean.  Stiffer ink might also help.  I was having hazy impressions and found that it wasn’t rollers, packing, my lack of a frisket bar, but in actuality it was the platen bolts being loose.  Once I tightened them, all of the sudden the press printed perfectly. 

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