Can anyone advise whether an inkjet printer such as the Epson Stylus
which advertises its "DuraBrite" pigment inks as archival in quality
would be suitable for making small numbers of bookplates for rare books?
While a good commercial letterpress printer might be ideal, there is a
great attraction in being able to design and print a small number of
custom plates (with donors names, for example) inexpensively in-house.
Is there likely to be offsetting of the ink onto the facing page over
time? If so, can this be solved with any simple methods? (Ironing the
paper before applying it, perhaps?)
(Pardon the intrusion if this isn't an appropriate question for the group.)
Many thanks.
Bob O'Hara
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Dr. Robert J. O'Hara (rjohara@middlebury.edu - http://rjohara.net)
Biology Department, Middlebury College, Middlebury, Vermont 05753 USA
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