Tonight the US Government acknowledged we have been in a deep recession since last December. Yet, many of the major internet sellers, Sears, WalMart, eBay,...
Hi Kati I hope you have received some response but if not... Thank you for your email. Lots of questions though. I think as an introduction to the varieties of...
Hi Gerald, Business is booming here. Sorry if we don't fit into the media driven mold, but haven't sensed any recession on this end .. Jacob Groth El Dorado...
Hi Jacob Well, it did not occur to me but as one correspondent put it, no one is going to tell you they are in trouble, at least, not in a public forum....
Seeing the number of retail shops and manufacturing shops that have gone bust, I'm willing to believe that good times are not just around the corner. We are...
Revenue from custom work is about half of what we did last year. I think we would have gone out of business by now if I hadn't already been on the road to...
Gerald: I'll tell it. It doesn't hurt me to say this. And if it does, it can't hurt. The signals do seem mixed, as you point out, but I think that's because of...
Hi Gerald and all, I'm just a hobby printer so I don't have a business to report on. However, I'm always in the market for type and other studio equipment, and...
I don't do any business with regards to letterpress, I do however work for two commercial shops and can comment on the feeling in there at those. One is...
For custom work we make it a strict policy to take half up front, the other half before delivery. Chasing down delinquent payments on one time or even two time...
... LOL, yeah go figure, one place I work is run by a bunch of italians, like their grandfather that started the place was right off the boat. I've heard they...
Hola Kati! I think your first and best bet is trying to learn as much as possible from that man who still prints stationary with hand set type. That practice...
Hi Barbara My take on it is that folks aren't switching to photopolymer, they are starting with photopolymer. Not exactly the best approach typographically, in...
I'm sorry to make this request but the time has come to move on. I have truly enjoyed all the information and have looked forward to all the news for the last...
Thanks Gerald great choice. Graham Moss Incline Press 36 Bow Street Oldham OL1 1SJ England http://www.inclinepress.com [Non-text portions of this message...
Gerald- great post. As Yusuf, the erstwhile Cat Stevens said, "you can't bargain with the truth." kind regards, Tony Artist: Cat Stevens Album: An Other Cup ...
Thanks Gerald, this is awe inspiring! Cheers and blessings! PF ... Peter Fraterdeus Exquisite Letterpress http://slowprint.com New! SlowPrint Newsletter! ...
Gerald, My thanks as well for sharing this clip. Just back from the mall where I had all sanity beaten out of me by an apparently endless loop rendition of...
Hi, Kati: There are several different answers to your questions, many of which may go beyond the topic range of this list, so rather than get into papers,...
A customer of ours needs some hot metal type. I found a place in San Francisco (M&H) that does it, but is there somewhere in the midwest still doing it. The...
I've been buying letterpress supplies here at the University of MO, and we get all our metal type from M&H. They are nice people who deliver quickly if the...
I think brass or steel type is the only kind you can use without distortion in the heat. I'm not experienced with it personally, but I did some work with a...
We do both Letterpress and hot foil stamping. We have a large collection of type and set aside 2 cabinets for hot type because the type is heavily worn by hot...
Many foil stampers and rubber stamp makers used to use Ludlow. It would depend on the amount of impressions. You can have 3 or 4 lines of the same thing...
You can use lead type for hot foil stamping, but you will ruin it for subsequent use in letterpress and it will not last very many stampings. The hardened...
