Recent content by goldimpress

In defense of the night shift, my first job in the industry was a 4 year stint at a bank check printing company so I could attend university classes during the day. 50 some years later, it is hard to imagine how that was possible :^) Our night shift was a good deal smaller than the day shift...

I have a pneumatic one ton press, Aamstamp, which has proven to be a great press. Can be used both with air and manually. I know from having a hydraulic Challenge cutter, that you couldn't always rely on the same amount of downward impression.

We have a NuArc FT 26V platemaker and a Xante Platemaker 4 with supplies.

Then again, what do you consider embossing, .004 relief? Hardly worth the effort it would appear.

Both the Formex and the Duplo feed the card stock into the machine as a portrait rather than landscape. In other words, the 8.5 is fed headfirst into the machine. If you're printing on 8.5 X 11 card stock, the grain will be long. So if you're printing the cards 10 up, 2 X 5, the cards wind up...

Helmuth, Our Xante Platemaker 4 was serviced by a technician two months before the shop closed last year. It was in excellent condition and is stored at Vancouver, Washington, across the river from Portland, Oregon. Please send us your e-mail address and we'll send you it's picture. Roger...

Thermography color shift Thermography color shift To my knowledge there are only two, at most three manufacturers of thermography powder available in the United States. All will eventually produce a color shift to yellow. In addition to cyan, magenta also will be affected.

Re: Platemaking on various Xante printers I 've heard the HP 5000 does make a good plate, but if you feel adventurous, watch for a used Xante Platemaker on a site like e-Bay. We found a Plate Maker 4 for half the price of a new 5 and it works just fine.

Re: Hot Foil Stamping Generally most foils work on most paper substrates, trial and error is still the best way to determine applicability. The foil release is actually more important, and is dependent on how large an area you want the foil to cover, whether fine type, medium coverage like...