Cascade & Rule

Printing press mid-run
The Heidelberg windmill, mid-run.

Letterpress · Portland, Oregon

Pricing

Letterpress is priced by colour and by run, not by the sheet. The numbers below are starting points for common jobs on our usual stock — a real quote depends on artwork, coverage and finishing.

Setup covers plates and makeready and is charged once per colour. Reruns from plates we already hold skip that line entirely.

Included

Proofs
Digital + press proof
Trimming
Yes
Packing
Tissue, flat box
Storage
Plates kept 18 months

Starting points

ItemStockSetupPer 100
Business cards, 1 colourLettra 300gsm$95$68
Business cards, duplexed600gsm, 2 colours$180$126
Invitation, 1 colourLettra 300gsm$110$142
Response card + envelopeLettra 220gsm$95$118
Broadside, per colourSomerset Velvet$140$210
Blind deboss (add)any$85$44
Painted edges (add)500gsm+$60
Rush work is possible but honest: we will tell you what has to move off the press to make room, and it costs a third more.
— Studio policy
Case of lead type
Lead type in the case, ready for a wedding suite.
Stack of cotton paper
Dampened cotton stock waiting for the second pass.