Print Processes
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- detritus0
re: lasering - How many of these booklets are you making up? If it's a few, and you think letterpress is expensive, wait 'til you see laser-etching costs!
(although, again, without a clear picture of what you're intending, it's hard to tell).
That out of the way, presumably you'd laser-etch the flat sheets, which you'd then compile and make into a booklet (as you would every other print process), in which case you'd not have to worry about 'cutting through the paper'. Presumably you'd go with a thick enough stock, anyway. Only needs to be 300gsm+ to start getting etches, although you'll need to sample papers as some etch 'to colour' some 'to yellow' some 'to something else entirely, and not in a nice way'.
if you're wanting to use a laser somehow - you could use one to make the aforementioned woodblocks to print with. You won't get *quite* as deep an impression, but you can achieve a much higher resolution than with a CNC.
- I'm guessing between 20 - 30
given thats how many submissions there will be and each person will want a copy plus a few for the studioNeverEver
- I'm guessing between 20 - 30