| KWIKPRINT |
| Do you have one of these Kwikprint Machines from Kwikprint Manufacturing Company We do So if you're...doing book binding, a print shop, quick printer, or personalizing for scrap books, doing album imprinting or ribbon imprinting, we have the FOUNDRY TYPE for you. We use foundry type and Ludlow slugs in our Kwikprint Model 86. We sell the Foil Stamping Type, Letter Spaces, fun Ornaments, Ludlow Typesetting and line spacing material that work in your Kwikprint and help you produce a job you can be proud of. |
This is an actual picture from the
Kwikprint brochure that came with
our machine back in 1988. This is
the Kwikprint Model 86 that we have
in the shop. Our Kwikprint has a 2' x
9'' Kwikprint hot stamping head,
with the roll feed for the foil. We
also have a Kwikprint Model 55.
Kwikprint brochure that came with
our machine back in 1988. This is
the Kwikprint Model 86 that we have
in the shop. Our Kwikprint has a 2' x
9'' Kwikprint hot stamping head,
with the roll feed for the foil. We
also have a Kwikprint Model 55.
| Adjusting the worktable when using Foundry Type in your Kwikprint Model 86 helping improve your Hot Foil Stamping impression |
This photo was in our 1988
Kwikprint brochure that came
with our machine.
The work table adjustment
screws are shown circled in red.
Kwikprint brochure that came
with our machine.
The work table adjustment
screws are shown circled in red.
When using our Kwikprint which has the adjustable work table we have found it comes loose when hot stamping
over 15 - 20 items. Also it requires adjustment regularly which causes the screws to stretch, strip and eventually
break. During the printing process as the table loosens the operator applies more and more pressure to get the
entire printing area to print. This in turn causes one side of the printed area to have a very heavy impression and
the other to have a light impression. This imbalance causes the foundry type to be smashed on the side of the
heavy impression, damaging it beyond usability.
We recommend and do this in our shop:
First make sure all the nuts under the work table are snug.
Second, Obtain a length of rule, or metal bar that is at least type high (.918"), and about 1/16" wide. Lock the rule in
your Kwikprint type holder. Using a soft cushion board, make a kiss impression on a blank piece of paper.
Examine the paper to determine the amount of impression that has been applied to the page. On the side with the
heavy impression we lower the work table and re-tighten the table. Repeat this process until the impression is even
across the entire table. This will need to be done regularly.
From experience I can tell you that you will need to do this often. Also, replace, in their entirety, the screws and nuts
often, because they strip, stretch and break. We have replaced ours with Stainless Steel Screws and nuts. This
allows us to tighten everything down even tighter in an attempt to keep the machine from going out of alignment.
over 15 - 20 items. Also it requires adjustment regularly which causes the screws to stretch, strip and eventually
break. During the printing process as the table loosens the operator applies more and more pressure to get the
entire printing area to print. This in turn causes one side of the printed area to have a very heavy impression and
the other to have a light impression. This imbalance causes the foundry type to be smashed on the side of the
heavy impression, damaging it beyond usability.
We recommend and do this in our shop:
First make sure all the nuts under the work table are snug.
Second, Obtain a length of rule, or metal bar that is at least type high (.918"), and about 1/16" wide. Lock the rule in
your Kwikprint type holder. Using a soft cushion board, make a kiss impression on a blank piece of paper.
Examine the paper to determine the amount of impression that has been applied to the page. On the side with the
heavy impression we lower the work table and re-tighten the table. Repeat this process until the impression is even
across the entire table. This will need to be done regularly.
From experience I can tell you that you will need to do this often. Also, replace, in their entirety, the screws and nuts
often, because they strip, stretch and break. We have replaced ours with Stainless Steel Screws and nuts. This
allows us to tighten everything down even tighter in an attempt to keep the machine from going out of alignment.
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