Hello everyone!
I'm just beginning to delve into the vast world of printing! wow! I am a small company that designs and prints custom invitations. I am looking into doing some thermography printing and have been doing a lot of research on the subject but I am still unsure of what direction to take.
I don't have high volumes, so a simple setup will work fine for my business. I have priced tabletop and handfed thermographers and am seriously considering purchasing one from either Sunraise or Thermotype because of the simplicity and price points.
I have a couple questions that I could not find an answer to through my research.
1- Is there a particular type of printing I need to do before running the papers through the thermographer so that the powders stick properly? All my resources just refer to a "wet printing" and I'm not clear about the specifics of that.
2- I have been recommended to outsource this work, which I am not entirely opposed to. However, I like the idea of doing these jobs quickly in-house and I am unclear as to how the outsourcing would work. It is very important to me that the cardstocks I use in a project are the same throughout, so in the case of outsourcing, would I send my papers to the company for printing? And would I be able to completely dictate the design? I noticed some threads on this site recommending places like BCT and BCE, which seem fine, but I have no experience with them so I have no idea what to expect.
I would appreciate any thoughts, suggestions, ideas in what type of printing process to do before the thermography process, what type of model might work well for my small business, and if it's even worth it to do in-house.
I'm clueless right now! Thanks for any help!
I'm just beginning to delve into the vast world of printing! wow! I am a small company that designs and prints custom invitations. I am looking into doing some thermography printing and have been doing a lot of research on the subject but I am still unsure of what direction to take.
I don't have high volumes, so a simple setup will work fine for my business. I have priced tabletop and handfed thermographers and am seriously considering purchasing one from either Sunraise or Thermotype because of the simplicity and price points.
I have a couple questions that I could not find an answer to through my research.
1- Is there a particular type of printing I need to do before running the papers through the thermographer so that the powders stick properly? All my resources just refer to a "wet printing" and I'm not clear about the specifics of that.
2- I have been recommended to outsource this work, which I am not entirely opposed to. However, I like the idea of doing these jobs quickly in-house and I am unclear as to how the outsourcing would work. It is very important to me that the cardstocks I use in a project are the same throughout, so in the case of outsourcing, would I send my papers to the company for printing? And would I be able to completely dictate the design? I noticed some threads on this site recommending places like BCT and BCE, which seem fine, but I have no experience with them so I have no idea what to expect.
I would appreciate any thoughts, suggestions, ideas in what type of printing process to do before the thermography process, what type of model might work well for my small business, and if it's even worth it to do in-house.
I'm clueless right now! Thanks for any help!