Mounted in the frame, ready to go

And so I had a little bit of time to try out the new CNC’ed type/metalcut (letterpress aficionados; please excuse my butchering of the esoteric language of manual printing). Willow has an Adana “Five-Three”, a handy little press for business cards and the like. I need to figure out more about the printing process and the small adjustments, but this test proved to work very well.

Inking up the disc

For a first run, they look pretty good

With a little bit of pressure, the type makes a nice impression in the paper