Comments on: Letterpress at the kitchen table

By: Karen

Karen — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 03:25:04 +0000

I am too inept to print my own cards. I leave it to the experts. .-= Karen's most recent blog post: Celebrating a Marriage Anniversary. =-.

By: Cathy

Cathy — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 01:50:18 +0000

Some beautiful examples that can be easily done by anyone! Nice! .-= Cathy's most recent blog post: Cricut Cartridges on eBay =-.

By: Kelly

Kelly — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 14:45:39 +0000

My big issue with this machine is the use of the term letterpress as their product name. Beyond, that it is a poorly made product that is worth far less than they are charging. Firstly, the plates that come with the “press” are apparently cracking after just a few uses. At the moment they only sell a handful of designs. You could possibly custom design polymer plates and have them made but then you would have to fiddle with the contraption a bit if the plates aren’t the same thickness. The plates they come with are super thick, about 3 times thicker than the plates I use on my press.

Also, I was at the Paper Source this weekend and they had one sitting out with a bunch of printed samples. The quality was just awful. It looked far worse in person than any of the images that I have seen online. The impression was very shallow, the edges were not crisp at all and ink coverage was very spotty and sparse.

But for those who just want to have fun and be crafty (minus the craftsmanship), it might be fun. Just stop calling it ‘letterpress’. ;)

By: Mo

Mo — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:00:31 +0000

@Jen: Thanks for the tip!! That’s a great savings. This will be a good tool for couples who want to make their own invites.

@Cyd: I agree, I don’t really expect it to have the same quality. If it did have the same quality, I’d be pretty pissed off over the 9 hours I spent making one card, and the back ache I endured after!
But I think it might be a great way for people who want to make their own invites to do so in a fun/unique way instead of printing off of their plain jane laser printer–like a gocco!
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By: Jen

Jen — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:37:49 +0000

I have the best news ever! It is in AC Moore stores right now, along with the plates, ink, everything – AND they have a coupon on their website for 50% off a single item and it totally works for the L combo! That’s a savings of $75!!! I just went to my local store and they took the coupon no problem. To get the coupon just go to AC Moore’s website, click on store locator, type in your zip, find your store, and click on coupons/sales. there is a PDF you can dowload with the coupon! It’s only good until this weekend so hurry up before they change it! (the coupon specifically states it’s not good for things like cricut so I’m sure they didn’t think about this new letterpress when they created the coupons!)

yippee!!!!

By: Allie O.

Allie O. — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 04:32:42 +0000

I’m still intrigued… it sounds like a fun idea to play around with as long as you know what to expect from it
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By: Cyd

Cyd — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 02:24:43 +0000

Obviously I am very very biased seeing as though I work for a letterpress stationery company, but I can say with confidence there is no way this thing can replicate the impression and quality of true letterpress. I’ll refrain from sharing my personal not-so-pretty thoughts about this little contraption and just simply say, buyers beware. It might be fun and it might produce some cute little things, but you’ll get your money’s worth with this kind of thing. As long as one knows that going into it and doesn’t classify this as true letterpress, I think it’ll interesting to see what kind of creative things people come up with using these little things. Time shall tell! ;-)
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By: mo

mo — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:27:10 +0000

Thanks for the link to the discussion, Ashley. There were some pretty angry people on there. I see this more as a fun way to print invitations or cards without paying someone to design/print them, the same way I view my gocco.
For anyone else interested in this new toy, here is a great review on Paper Crave: http://papercrave.com/l-letterpress-tool-review/
Now I really want to play with it. :)
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By: Maggie

Maggie — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 22:54:30 +0000

I'm dying to know how well this thing works! .-= Maggie's most recent blog post: Pirate Radio: Mood booster for whatever ails you =-.

By: ashley

ashley — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 22:31:53 +0000

There is a big discussion about this on Briarpress.

http://www.briarpress.org/discussion/73

I just bought my first press and plan on printing my invites on it. It cost WAY more than $150 but I’m sure the quality is better and that thing will never resell for more than what you paid for it if it doesn’t work out for you.