This year’s HB Design Holiday gift has an extra special hand-made touch. We printed holiday cards on our new in-office letterpress. “New” being a relative term. The cards were printed on a Vandercook Proof Press circa 1936. Check out a few shots from the process.

Laying out the plate

Setting up the plate

Mixing the ink

Matching a color chip

Checking plate alignment

Still checking alignment

Making adjustments

And more adjustments…

Applying the ink

Inking the rollers

Checking ink coverage

First one off the press

Cranking them out
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