For the letterpress trade
Letterpress plates, etched while you wait
Type-high mounted magnesium plates and modern photopolymer, etched in-house in Essex and on the courier van the same day when your artwork lands before 1pm. The trade's not-so-secret supplier since 2007.
- Height0.918" type-high
- Etch depth≈ 2 mm
- Gauge16g / 1.63 mm unmounted
- DispatchSame-day before 1pm
Mounted magnesium
Type-high, and true
Our mounted plates arrive at exactly 0.918 inches, type-high, on moisture-resistant wood, with a deep etch of around 2 mm that keeps shoulders clean and counters open. Lock one into the chase and it behaves like the metal type it stands beside.
Prefer to mount your own? Unmounted 16-gauge magnesium comes etched to the same standard, ready for your base.
Looking for a letterpress printing press itself? We suggest talking to the team at Beyond Letterpress Ltd. We make the plates, they know the presses.
The turnaround
Order by 1pm, etched today
Wedding stationers live and die by the calendar, so we aim for same-day etch and dispatch on orders placed before 1pm, and same-day turnaround wherever artwork arrives before midday. Couriers and Royal Mail, priced by weight, tracked to your bench.
The numbers
Letterpress plates, by the numbers
Quotes within the hour, priced by the square centimetre. Send the artwork and we'll do the rest.
- Mounted height
- 0.918" / 23.3 mm, type-high, on moisture-resistant wood
- Etch depth
- Approximately 2 mm
- Unmounted gauge
- 16g / 1.63 mm magnesium
- Turnaround
- Same-day etch & dispatch before 1pm
- Artwork
- EPS, PDF, AI or TIFF (digital only)
- Delivery
- Couriers and Royal Mail, priced by weight
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