Foil Printing On Black Paper

Yes it is bit more of an investment than traditional letterpress printing on white paper but the finished product is oh so dreamy.

Foil printing on black paper.

Hi bethany i apologize for the confusion. Thanks for the wonderful tutoril. Our premium black cards are a premium product due to the high quality and caliber of card that is used as well as the higher production costs from foiling embossing rather than printing. Foil and engraving are wonderful options when trying to print white on black for invitations.

The printer ink in your computer is dye based and when you print the dye adheres to the surface of the paper or card stock. Let the printing dry completely before stacking anything on top of the foil paper which may take up to 30 minutes. December 31 2016 at 3 41 am. Do you know if this same project would work on black cardstock.

I haven t yet had the opportunity to design white engraving or foil on black paper so i don t have any photos to share. It works great with thick papers and heavy textures and we love to give it a bump with an embossing plate too to create a raised printing effect. Make sure that nothing touches the printing on the paper as it comes out of the printer. Also if you buy black paper and print on it and foil does that work or does the foil adhere to the black paper.

Meaning i want to print text onto black cardstock paper and have the gold foil laminated over it. Foil stamping gives anything a flash of light and with black paper the effect is multiplied even more. Hope this makes sense. The coated paper that comes with the minc kit works.

If so would the text be visible enough to place the foil over it. Printing isn t as easy when you print on black card stock. Keep in mind white foil printing uses a thick copper plate and presses into the paper so artwork will naturally have a debossed letterpress print effect. Requested video i tried foiling on black card stock using my inexpensive laminating machine and i got some good result.

Printing black business cards takes special consideration as most pantone inks are transparent and disappear into the black paper surface. Digital printing can work on black paper as well if you re going for a super covert black on black look. White paper is a blank sheet that lets you print nearly any color of the rainbow on it. As i m experimenting with different papers i m finding it isn t so much.