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Re: tips on how to avoid embossing?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Kristin Kuhn)
Sun Mar 7 14:56:32 2010
In-Reply-To: <alpine.DEB.2.00.1003071308040.29958@mass-toolpike.mit.edu>
From: Kristin Kuhn <kkuhn@MIT.EDU>
Date: Sun, 7 Mar 2010 14:56:09 -0500
To: "Leonard H Tower Jr." <tower@alum.mit.edu>
Cc: apo-printshop <apo-printshop@mit.edu>
Yes, I ended up cutting up an envelope to make (what I know know is) a
frisket! I also used lots of tape. Sooo much tape!
thanks! :)
-Kristin
On Sun, Mar 7, 2010 at 1:21 PM, Leonard H Tower Jr. <tower@alum.mit.edu> wr=
ote:
> if the embossing is happening over the seam of the envelope,
> you need to make a mask (aka frisket), by cutting holes into one of the
> envelopes, and attching it to the the tympan (top sheet of bedding)
>
> you need the same number of 'sheets' of paper everywhere under the
> print area
>
> there is an old frisket made out of a no. 9 or no. 10 white envelope
> on the bulletin board over the lockup stone. =A0you can also do
> selective bedding in pieces attached to the tympan
>
> this is far easier to show than write about. =A0one of the books in the
> APOster letterpress shop library might have a picture(s) or more descrpti=
on
>
> if it isn't a seam, check all the bedding on the platen to make sure
> there isn't a half sheet whose edge is intersecting the print area
>
> you could also make sure all of the furniture is true
>
> otherwise, i need more info and/or to be there
>
> ---
>
> about to go to a play. hopefully someone will be on line to answer
> kk's next 100,000 questions ; - }
>
> yiLFS -len
>
> =A0 Date: Sun, 7 Mar 2010 10:18:22 -0500
> =A0 From: Kristin Kuhn <kkuhn@MIT.EDU>
> =A0 To: apo-printshop <apo-printshop@mit.edu>
> =A0 Subject: tips on how to avoid embossing?
>
> =A0 clearly kristin is printing, because she sends out like 30000 emails
> =A0 asking for tips...
>
> =A0 anyways.
> =A0 I am printing addresses on these envelopes, and they keep embossing!!
> =A0 D: I'm pretty sure the type is level... I've taken out bedding until
> =A0 the the ink is faint, and it *still* embosses! any tips?
>
> =A0 thanks,
> =A0 Kristin
>
>
