postcards reproductions

from 1939

Institute of Adam Mickiewicz


The size is similar to A6, meaning it’s a small postcard. It doesn’t seem complicated, right? And if it was a picture of a painting, drawing or graphics it wouldn’t be, but it’s a reproduction of the printout. This one has its own screening, which gives the postcard sharpness. The text placed on the bottom after scanning has become a bitmap, with a fixed brightness. It does not sound demanding, but when we look at it closely, conventional printing does not even stand a chance against the original. First things first: screen needed to be chosen carefully, then proper angles and lineage for places where I used dot AM and of course the channels. That was a part where I had to beat moire effect.
I received scans that had already partially lifted the screen of the original. Unfortunately, this treatment resulted in the loss of sharpness. It was necessary to apply the second image and its creation to get graphics for bleeds. The card contained four types of screen, it was printed from three input resolutions in five colours with an additional grey shade similar to the substrate used. Printing lasted less than 10 minutes, but preparation and testing 7 hours. I feel satisfaction to this day.

I was in charge of: pre-press, separations, screening & printing,
Category: printing
Press: HP Indigo 5600, CMYK+Pantone,
Screen: AM and FM.
Volume: 500 copies x2.