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Post-it Perforating Base
I’m sure there are more precise, and sturdier ways to attach a perforating base to a tympan, but I can find no product better than, you guessed it, 3M Post-it tape. Continue reading >>
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The Printer’s Duct Tape
This begins a series of tool tips highlighting the most useful store-bought product in my shop: the multi-purpose 3M Post-it Tape. Though likely you will see this product pop-up in many other tips, this will be the central hub of knowledge for this information. Continue reading >>
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Work and Turn
…and work and turn again. And then flip. Work and turn is a press process where both sides of a sheet are printed using one plate or make-ready. In this case, I’m using this method to avoid handling tiny pieces of paper. Continue reading >>
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Cheating Bleeds
Who doesn’t like a bleed? Well, usually the printer. Running an image off the page is a simple way to introduce a spatial effect to the printed page. However, the usual way to do it is to start with a larger sheet, and trim off the “bleeds” after printing. Continue reading >>
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A Pretty Good Straight Edge
My Challenge guillotine paper cutter is only capable of taking widths up to 25 inches wide. Since most of my parent sheets come in 26″ x 40″, I always have to make at least one cut on the table ( sometimes two ). Continue reading >>
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A Tool for the Type Case
Another tool review for a product that I am receiving no affiliate money or advertising fees. I didn’t even get a free one. But I must endorse this tool as probably the best thing for quickly cleaning out a type case while causing the least amount of damage to the type. Read on. Continue reading >>
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Ps, Qs, Bs, and Ds
Here begins a regular feature of the Tin Can News. ( Or if you are reading in reverse chronological order, this will be the last post. ) When I started as a printer, more than twenty years ago, I hustled my way into my first job. I wanted to be a printer, and all I Continue reading >>