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11. If you are used to specifying jobs for offset printing, you may be a bit surprised at the price jumps in letterpress versus offset when it comes to quantity and ink color increases.
Since letterpress is a hand-fed process, using only one solid Pantone ink color at a time (no four color process), you will notice a far greater jump in price. Most letterpress projects end up being 1 or 2 ink colors, not to say that 3, 4 or more is not possible, but your client will need to pony-up more money for these projects. Typical quantities for letterpress are anywhere from 1 to about 2,000. (ex:12a-c)
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Kudos and thanks to Kat for such an informative article.
The information contained in her article should help designers get the most out of letterpress, and not go down paths that cause frustration and disapointment.
One other point I would like to share is that the final look of a specified color is dependent upon the chosen substrate. The color on your screen may be quite different from the printed piece. A Pantone book is an investment, but wise one.
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