Blind Printing/Deboss single line on bottom of Large Print

The answer is probably.
You will need to provide more information. Start with where you are. You will probably have to talk face-to-face with someone to help you.
Also tell quantity and type of paper.
Will this be an ongoing process, or just one time?
How close to the bottom edge of the paper will the imprint be? How long/wide?
Without seeing the work, a Golding map press comes to mind.
Interesting project

Hi Inky

Thanks for the response.

It would be something like the following. Def done in small limited editions by hand.

We would need the text to change depending on the title of the work.

I’ve attached a sample image with essentially how it will be. The Grey area would be the image, and the white border would where the text would go on the bottom. Probably just a classic gothic font, 30pt size or so.

you said a Golding Map Press might work?

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I did something like this once, using a tabletop foil-stamping press, but using pearl foil rather than blind. It was for matboard that would have photographic prints dry-mounted after printing. The boards were larger than could be printed on my presses, and thicker as well.
The stamper was one of American Printing Equipment’s (metric) Chinese imports of the ’80s. Heavy, but imperfect. To position the large matboard, I build an auxiliary table, with stops, large enough to position the boards. The taper pin for the handle broke halfway through, but that’s a nice thing about taper pins: it doesn’t matter if the replacement is standard or metric, get something close and it can be made to fit.

I have a 6x9 Sigwalt Nonpareil on which I could do this kind of job no problem as long as the title line did not exceed 9 inched in length. The press is clear on three sides of any obstruction that would interfere with such a job. The only problem would be that it would probably require 2 people, one to hold the poster and the other to pull the handle of the press. A Golding 8x12 map press would indeed be ideal as the platen is and remains horizontal during printing, and the title line could be up to 12 inches long.

Bob

Talk to a die cutter that has a large Thomson 56 x 40 is big enough. they can use plastic plates and deboss. these presses are often found in the display finisher shops

I’ve done this sort of thing on a Chandler and price and also on a Adana press. I am a photographer (old school silver) and taught it for 20 years. The paper the prints are on - if fibre based is not a great problem - but if it is resin based polymers I’m not so sure. Do tests. You should make really sure the print cant pick up oil or other marks. I made paper sleeves for the C&P and devised a lay system to hold a large sheet. Mine were 12x16 inches. An assistant would be of great value.Work slow and very carefully, and use substitutes for set up, and it will work well. Same on the Adana. Here I got an assistant to help support the paper. This was not an emboss but a straight print job. I have also overprinted Fibre based prints on an inkjet printer with great results.

Just get to a printer who has a large enough etching press and run the paper through that with the plate on a piece of chipboard tape- hinged to the bed.

The roller can be set to well above the height of the paper stock thickness and still push the plate right into the paper without trouble.

You can do some careful measuring/layout and place the plate on the chipboard so you can ‘see’ where it would land on the paper sheet based on an overhanging edge of the chipboard. Would be a snap to set up.

Tough part I guess is finding an etching press large enough for your sheets.

Hi everyone

Thanks again for the comments and suggestions. I will run this by the boss and see if this is something we will seriously considering doing.

I am just doing initial feeler research to know if this can be done or not.

thanks!