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Letterpress method requires only one color is printed at a time. This means for each color, a separate die plate is made, the machine must be washed and set, and the paper must be fed and pressed one at a time, running more paper for the first color to ensure that there are enough good prints for the second color’s run to be completed. In short, a second color is essentially another job printed on the same paper.

With a hand-fed letterpress product, you want several things: To understand this you should first know that, historically, leaving an impression on the paper was a sign of sloppy printing. Printers wished only to kiss the paper so they the ink was lying flat on the surface. Today’s letterpress method in growing popularity has required the exact opposite from the vintage technology. A deep impression denotes that the paper was fed through a letterpress as apposed to a desk-top printer. Leaving a sign of craftsmanship and elegance.

Absolutely. Printers have developed a nasty reputation for pollutants and paper waste. Our stocked papers are a range of tree-free, cotton, rice and post-consumer papers. The vast majority of our manufacturing is done in-house, eliminating travel consumption, our inks and cleaners are plant-based and eco-friendly, and additionally, at Bell’invito we believe in elevating the quality of life for not just our clients , but our employees. Our employees are presented with a creatively-stimulating environment, employee benefits, job and life-skills training, and a number of other programs to keep our spirits high, and the deadline-perfection-driven work that we maintain from taking our smiles away.