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We do much more than just take orders or sell pre-stocked invitations. From beginning to end we have a hands-on approach to every invitation. They are designed, printed, and assembled without ever leaving our place. Your design consultant only creates the ideas, but our pressman is the one who makes those ideas come to life. With his experience and artistic eye you can rest assured your invitations are in the hands of an expert. He oversees the entire production process to ensure consistency and flawlessness. To achieve this, we have made a major investment in equipment. The right tools for the right job are a must for producing quality invitations.
For our talented designers, we have Macs, large monitors, pen tablets, and professional design software that makes designing an extension of their hands. Our pressman uses both old techniques and tools as well as modern technology to produce what we have designed. In fact, we still have a light table, vacuum frame and a T square, which is used daily for checking squareness, registration, and creating film negatives when needed.
For printing designs that are multi-colored, have photographs, and/or are flat printed
we have a Xante Ilumina press. This digital press can render PostScript 3
artwork at 2400 dpi. It prints on heavy cover stock without scratching off.
The printed artwork is even scuff and heat resistant. It prints on very thick stock such as 12pt-22pt.
A favorite paper choice for full color Save the Date cards
and Wedding Invitations is 100# white or natural colored thick cover. Below are photographs of the digital press.
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We have also created a Mac Program called Ink Coverage ©2008-2011 Hobarts Printing Place. This computer program is used to calculate toner coverage for the Xante Ilumina Digital Press before printing. We use it throughout our shop to scan for ink or toner coverage on the files we receive, or the files we create. It has been a lifesaver when estimating color coverage. We have it set to read coverage on all of our digital printers.
For brides wanting their envelopes addressed, we offer an
addressing service using a provided xls or ods(openoffice or LibreOffice document) file of the guest list. Let us know if you would be
interested in this service. If you need the free LibreOffice application, here is the link
www.libreoffice.org.
We use LibreOffice spreadsheets for print quoting, and creating csv documents.
Note: LibreOffice is an opensource fork of OpenOffice.
This fork was a result of Oracles purchase of Sun Microsystems.
We can also use Excel spreadsheets.
Our offset presses are an old form of printing. It uses a lithographic process where oil and water do not mix.
Each press has cylinders and numerous rollers, one with water and the others with ink.
The artwork image is embedded onto a printing plate. That printing plate is attached
to a cylinder. From there, the image on the plate rolls over the water roller then the ink rollers.
This transfers the image onto a rubber blanket cylinder. Then under a great deal of pressure
the image is printed onto the paper. The ink is actually smashed into the paper.
The characteristics of this type of ink makes it perfect for invitations where the
thermography process is used. Another great advantage of using an offset press is the
ability to utilize and print metallic inks such as gold or silver.
Thermography, known as "raised printing", is a technique that while the ink is still wet on the paper, it is
covered with a resinous powder, and then fused to the paper under heat.
This produces a raised impression that brings the words on your invitation to life.
This creative technique is commonly referred to as "raised printing". Our thermography is done by hand
giving us total control over every invitation and every envelope, setting us apart from other printers.
Our Graphic Wizard score/crease machine is one of the best in the field. It is the last step in the production line. This machine is capable of electronically storing numerous measurements to be used at any time. It uses an electronic beam to track the starting point of each score where it puts a crease in just the right place with just the right amount of pressure. Above are views of the console panel, close up of the machine running, and sample of a finished invitation.