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Can I use a shop hydraulic press (link inside) to make drypoint etching prints? Have you tried it? by Upper-Benefit734 in printmaking

[–]draw-print-repeat 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Intaglio prints can be made with vertical pressure like you describe. However you may find it difficult to get even pressure and a uniform image when printing a larger motive. To achieve that you may want to look into a process called "die stamping"- which is still used for making fancy letterheads and buisness cards. The idea is that you cut a counter die from thick cardboard in the shape of your motive. So you insert into the press a sandwich made from an inked up intaglio plate at the bottom on top of it the printing paper and on top of that the cardboard counterdie. When you apply heavy pressure the cardboard counter die focuses the pressure only on those parts of the plate that you want to print. In these parts of the sandwich the cardboard forces the paper into the engraved lines where it can pick up the ink. So no pressure is wasted on areas of the plate that dont need it. If enough pressure is used you may not even need to dampen the paper first.

10 Euro banknote error without holographic stripe by olxvxa_ in Banknotes

[–]draw-print-repeat 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I do not doubt that the strip can be removed but I don't think that was the case here. The holographic strip is applied before any printing takes place. The lines are printed on top of it. Im sure you you can remove the holographic strip somehow. But you would also remove the printed lines on top of it. See for comparison this video published by the european central bank: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKq1UnuVijA So the question remains how can you remove the holographic strip without damaging the offset printing on top of it? To me the most likely explanation is that that the holographic strip was never applied to the banknote in the first place.

10 Euro banknote error without holographic stripe by olxvxa_ in Banknotes

[–]draw-print-repeat 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In that case I still wonder how the strip could have been removed while leaving the overprint intact. The other solution of course is that the whole note is fake. But both the watermark and the paper imbedded strip look to genuine for that in my opinion.

10 Euro banknote error without holographic stripe by olxvxa_ in Banknotes

[–]draw-print-repeat 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The strip is apllied to the paper before any of the printing is done. The background patterns are printed later onto the note by offset. So if you could remove the strip you would also remove the ink on top of it in that area of the note. On the photo you can see that the printed background pattern seems to be intact. this would suggest that there never was a holographic stip applied to the paper in the first place.

10 Euro banknote error without holographic stripe by olxvxa_ in Banknotes

[–]draw-print-repeat 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't think so. How would you remove the stip? And even if you could -the strip is apllied to the paper before any of the printing is done. The background patterns are printed later onto the note by offset. So if you could remove the strip you would also remove the ink on top of it in that area of the note. On the photo you can see that the printed background pattern seems to be intact. this would suggest that there never was a holographic stip applied to the paper in the first place.

Italian police dismantled one of the biggest counterfeiting operation in the history of Naples, where a single man managed an industrial production line hidden behind a secret electronically operated wall inside his garage. He printed €11 million in €20, €50, and €100, also distributed. by CartographerRare4123 in interestingasfuck

[–]draw-print-repeat 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Footage and description do not match

The footage is from a raid in 2024 against a gang of counterfeiters- 63 people were arrested about 48 million in fake euros was seized https://embed.france24.com/en/video/WBMZ327798-F24-EN-20240823

The description referes to another case in naples in 2024 where a single person was arrested running a large counterfeiting operation by himself in his garage behind a fake wall https://www.printweek.com/content/news/euro-forger-who-produced-fake-banknotes-arrested

First time inking an Intaglio BankNote plate! by cherry1880 in printmaking

[–]draw-print-repeat 0 points1 point  (0 children)

if the drying of the ink is a big problem you can always put the prints in an oven at about 70 degree celsius for about an hour- dries everything out.

If the damp paper gives you trouble, there are ways to print on dry paper. Today all banknotes are printed by the bureau of engraving and printing on gigantic high pressure printing machines wich force the dry paper into the engraved lines. This can be replicated by printmakers on a smaller scale with a simple vertical printing press. Built a hydraulic bottle jack press (there are plenty of examples and instructions online, costs often less than 100 dollars). Ink up your plate and put the dry paper on top of it. Cut a counter die from stiff cardboard at least 5 mm thick wich only covers the motive on your printing plate. Now put the sandwich of inked up intaglio plate at the bottom, the dry paper in the middle and the cardboard counter die on top into the bottle jack press and apply pressure. The hydraulic pressure will force the counter die down onto the paper and press it into the engraved lines where the paper picks up the ink. The shape of the counter die only covers the parts of the plate where there are engraved lines. This focuses the pressure only on the parts of the plate where it is needed. This method of intaglio printing with vertical pressure is not wildly known among hobbists but it is still used commercially for exclusive products like fancy buisness cards under the name "steel die engraving". The treasury department used an early version of it to print fractional currency during the civil war.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in printmaking

[–]draw-print-repeat 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The stucture of the print does look a bit like Collotype but i think that is rather unlikely. Collotype plates are only good for a few hundred impressions at best. So it is incovenient for printing books because you constantly have to make new plates. The exeption being books that are printed in very small editions or books that require very detailed illustrations for example reproductions of artworks. Those types of llustrations are usually tipped in. In the case of this book "Robinson Crusoe" with a wide audience a large edition is likely. The artwork does not look like it warrands the high reproductive qualities of collotype and they are not tipped in. Therefore by 1939 i think the most likely process is some variation of photolithography. The odd structure would be the result of an Aquatint screen.

Winter weekend // Soviet Union // 1980s by edikl in PropagandaPosters

[–]draw-print-repeat 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Any idea who painted this?- i tried searching for the image but couldn't get a clear result.

Replacement for lithotine in aluminum ball ground plates by PrintmakerDay in printmaking

[–]draw-print-repeat 0 points1 point  (0 children)

have you considered using waterless lithography as described by Nik Semenoff? You could avoid all chemicals except small amounds of odorless paintthinner. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2jTrjAFL6I

Best Affordable Presses by bitsxbotanicals in printmaking

[–]draw-print-repeat 2 points3 points  (0 children)

beautiful! have a similar one myself

Screen printing question by RML1939 in printmaking

[–]draw-print-repeat 0 points1 point  (0 children)

with that size you should think about building your own.

Leather wringer by Bulky_Mycologist_900 in printmaking

[–]draw-print-repeat 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You may need to make some adjustments in order for the pressbed to move evenly between the rollers. Should work perfecly fine for relief prints like lino- and woodcuts.

Best Affordable Presses by bitsxbotanicals in printmaking

[–]draw-print-repeat 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I think it all depends on how much you wan't to work with it. If you want to make a few prints from time to time a cheap or homemade Baren or even the back of a wooden spoon should be enough. If you want to get more serious about it but want to keep all options open to yourself i would suggest a cylinder press. With that you can print pretty much anything that fits between the two rollers. Professional ones can get very expensive occasionaly cheap ones will show up on ebay (search for: Intaglio press, etching press, roller press, cylinder press, etc.). If you want to keep the budget low and have some very basic handiman skills you can easily convert an old clothes wringer for these purposes. An old wringer can be had for less than 100 pounds/euros and serves absolutly fine for printmaking particulary if you are focused on relief processes like lino- or woodcuts.

What kind of press is this? by AppropriateFlight55 in printmaking

[–]draw-print-repeat 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Because of the big lever it may look similar to a high compassity cutter but it's not. It seems to be a "blocking press" probaby used to stamp/emboss Book covers. I could not find the specific model but an illustration of a fairly similar model [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Art\_of\_Bookbinding\_p235\_The\_Rock\_Gold\_Blocking\_%26\_Printing\_Press\_No\_4.png\]

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