Here at Isle of Printing, we pride ourselves on taking your job from initial concept through final printing. Take a look at the steps involved in a typical project.

1. Getting Aquainted
2. Concept Building
3. Everybody Go Sketch
4. Making the Plates
5. Printing
6. Wrapping Up

5. Printing!!!

After everything is triple-checked for accuracy the job is moved onto the press to run. For every color involved a separate plate and run through the press is required. Each print is hand pulled, checked for quality, and then set aside to dry. See the section on our printing process for more information on letterpress printing.

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CASE STUDY: Wedding Invitation (Step 5)

The invitation and rsvp card are finally ready to be printed. Each print is lovingly hand-cranked through the press. In these photos, the cards have already been run through the press twice: once for the light blue image areas and once for the dark blue image areas. In this final pass, the type is printed in place