1. I used a bit less packing as the stock is very thick.
2. The next time I intended to print it, I would try and
find just slightly thicker foam tape to make my compressible gauge pins.- I
could also just double up the single thickness. The thickest stock was a bit
more challenging to slip into the pins, so a bit more room would have helped
me feed a bit faster.
3. When printing multiple colors that overlap (as they did
in my design), I had a bit of trouble getting the subsequent colors progressively
deeper and as a result there were a few areas where color didn't lay down
exactly as I wanted to because the previous impression was too deep for the
second color to lay down into it. This is a thing that sometimes happens with
dense stocks because they are so firm there is only so deep you can push the
plate before you damage the press (or get impressions from the plate backing).
If I were to print the job again it would be an easy fix - just do the first
color with a lighter impression than I normally would, and build
impression for the subsequent colors by adding a bit of packing each time. The
reason I had issues this time is I went too deep on the first color, and thus
there was nowhere to go. The impression was as deep as it was going to get and
adding packing didn't make it deeper - it just stressed the press. My plates
also had a lot of surface area which limits the depth of impression you can
achieve. Now that I know how the stock behaves I doubt I'd have this problem
again.
Other than that, it printed just as easily as any other stock. The edges seemed to hold up pretty well to feeding, though I would still be delicate with them. The didn't exhibit any curling or bowing, and they took the ink and color well. "
Hope that helps!
Danielle