Cascade & Rule

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

Letterpress · Portland, Oregon

Recent work

A slice of what came off the presses in the last few months. Client names are used with permission; a few jobs are held back until they mail.

Notes

Colours
Rubber-based, mixed by hand
Registration
±0.3 mm typical
Proofs
Digital, then a press proof

Selected runs

JobClientStockQuantity
Invitation suiteHalvorsen — BuiLettra 600gsm duplex240
Gallery broadsideAnkeny AnnexSomerset Velvet75
Business cardsTrellis Land SurveyColorplan 540gsm1,000
Menu cardsRowan & FigFrench Speckletone400
Chapbook coversLittle Fern PressMohawk Superfine320

How a job runs

01

Estimate

Send artwork or a rough idea and a quantity. We quote within two business days.

02

Plates

Once artwork is signed off we make photopolymer plates in-house, usually overnight.

03

Press

Makeready, a press proof for your approval, then the run. Trimming and packing here.

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.