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.
![Setting up the plate Setting up the plate](http://www.hbdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/IMG_20121119_093717-150x150.jpg)
Laying out the plate
![Anita - Setting up the plate Anita - Setting up the plate](http://www.hbdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/IMG_20121119_092141-150x150.jpg)
Setting up the plate
![Kristi - Mixing the ink Kristi - Mixing the ink](http://www.hbdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/IMG_20121119_092546-150x150.jpg)
Mixing the ink
![Matching a color chip Matching a color chip](http://www.hbdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/IMG_20121119_100342-150x150.jpg)
Matching a color chip
![Checking plate alignment Checking plate alignment](http://www.hbdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/IMG_20121119_101000-150x150.jpg)
Checking plate alignment
![Still checking plate alignment Still checking plate alignment](http://www.hbdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/IMG_20121119_102132-150x150.jpg)
Still checking alignment
![Making adjustments Making adjustments](http://www.hbdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/IMG_20121119_102335-150x150.jpg)
Making adjustments
![And more adjustments... And more adjustments...](http://www.hbdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/IMG_20121119_102647-150x150.jpg)
And more adjustments…
![Applying the ink for the first test runs Applying the ink for the first test runs](http://www.hbdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/IMG_20121119_105426-150x150.jpg)
Applying the ink
![Spreading the ink on the rollers Spreading the ink on the rollers](http://www.hbdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/IMG_20121119_105506-150x150.jpg)
Inking the rollers
![Checking the ink coverage on the plate Checking the ink coverage on the plate](http://www.hbdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/IMG_20121119_105839-150x150.jpg)
Checking ink coverage
![First one off the press First one off the press](http://www.hbdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/IMG_20121119_112052-150x150.jpg)
First one off the press
![Cranking them out Cranking them out](http://www.hbdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/IMG_20121119_124710-150x150.jpg)
Cranking them out