How to Print Wedding Invitations
Your wedding day is one of the most special milestones in anyone's life. However, it would be terrible if your friends and family weren't invited. This article outlines some different appealing styles for creating wedding invitations.
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Engraving your wedding invitations is the most traditional form of wedding invitation printing. This is also one of the most expensive forms. Text is etched onto a copper plate, then it is coated with ink and wiped clean, leaving the ink only in the indentations. Soft, high-quality paper is then used and pressed hard against the plate the result is raised, high-quality text. A dent on the back of the paper is usually evident of true engravement.
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Using thermography is a less expensive way to engrave. The printer uses ink and a powder resin along with heat to produce the raised letter effect of engraving. The text usually has a shiny finish to it after its done. Thermography is not as sharp as engraving.
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You can use the embossing technique to create a raised impression on paper by putting the paper through two metal sheets. There are two types of embossing: embossing and blind embossing. In traditional embossing you use ink on the two metal sheets. Blind embossing is done in the absence of ink. If you don't want a printer to emboss for you, you could always get your own metal plates featuring your own monogram. This is a much cheaper way.
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Tips & Warnings
Designing wedding invitations is your time to be creative. To get information on other ways to create invitations, please see the resource listed below.
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