In appearance our relief plates are the same as regular stereotypes, being mounted type high on blocks ready to be set up and printed from, with type, on any ordinary press.
They can be used directly and will wear as long as any type-metal plates, but if a great number of impressions are wanted, duplicate
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can be made from them the same as from wood-cuts.
They have a printing surface as smooth as glass, and the lines are engraved deeper than they are in hand-cut plates. Notwithstanding the low prices at which they can be furnished, they are very much superior to wood-cuts, and in some classes of work are rapidly taking the place of lithography.
REFERENCES.
Among those who manifest their satisfaction with our work, by continued orders, we may mention:—D. Appleton & Co., Scribner & Co., Frank Leslie, A. D. F. Randolph & Co., G. W. Carleton & Co., The American Tract Society, Robert Carter & Bros., Munn & Co., Pub. "Iron Age," Pub. "Illustrated Weekly," Pub. "McGee's Illustrated Weekly," and also a large part of the principal publishers and manufacturers throughout the country.
COPY.
Almost all kinds of Prints or Engravings from Wood, Stone, Copper and Steel may be reproduced directly. The requisites are, clean, distinct black lines or stipple work, on white or only slightly tinted paper. All Photographs and Pencil Sketches must first be drawn in ink. We keep a corps of artists constantly employed, trained to do this work in the best manner. We can make drawings from photographs or tin-types taken in the usual way. They may be of any size, but should, of course, show the object distinctly.
Drawings for our use, unless intended to be redrawn, should be on a smooth, white surface, in perfectly black lines, and usually twice the dimensions each way of the desired plate.