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Share certificate progress ...
Posted by Dave Bull on May 23, 2018 [Permalink]
I finally found a few minutes this evening to do some test printing on the Share Certificate for the Patreon backers.
This is not a trivial project to print - the finished sheet will have the basic background and lettering printed mechanically (either colour laser or ink-jet), but the highlight image in the centre will be produced with traditional carving and printing methods.
Choice of paper thus becomes a very important factor, and then the big question - which part is printed first?
As for paper choice, I'm starting with a package of sample papers produced by the Awagami Company here in Japan. They have a complete line of washi papers that they claim are suitable for machine printing, and although I've never used such a thing before, this project seems like the perfect chance to see how they work.
And I think there is actually no choice when it comes to deciding on the printing order. These papers are all labelled as being for 'ink jet' printers, so it seems to me that I have to do the woodblock work first. That's because I need to moisten the paper to print, and I doubt that I will be able to do that after the ink jet work is done ...
Here's the result of this evening's trial printing:
The best one? Well, in this first trial printing, the sheet of paper from our usual supplier - Ichibei Iwano - seemed to give the best results, but perhaps that's because I have a lot of experience using it ...
But the open question is what happens in the next round of testing - putting these things through an ink-jet printer. We'll find out in a couple of days!
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