Just dropping by to see what you are up to, and saw this post. I just letterpressed (if that’s even a word?) my business cards last week.

Yeah, dude, it’s expensive. But depending on the client, it may be worth it. I have a friend here in Atlanta who has a letterpress and rents out the studio by the hour, and you can actually run the press. You still have to get plates made and buy the paper, but the results are stunning.

If you ever want to take the plunge here are some good links:

These guys make the magnesium plates and mount them for letterpress printing:
http://www.owossographic.com/

Cranes Lettra is a really good paper, made for letterpress. I actually used a thick chipboard for some of my cards. Letterpress allows printing on really anything you want to try running through the press. You can do some really cool one-off stuff.

My friends Press (His name is Berwyn, he is super helpful. He’ll mix the inks and do the setup): http://www.praxiumpress.com

Ha, sorry if this is TMI, but I have had it on the mind lately. Hope everything is going well with you. You come up to Georgia lately?

Wes