Acme Typesetting

50 Years

Providing letterpress services to the trade for over 50 years.
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Die Cutting
Channel Scoring
Round Cornering

Backed by experience

Acme Typesetting

Is conveniently located in West Hartford, Connecticut, just minutes from Hartford. Browse our web site and contact us if you have any questions or need a quote on your next letterpress project. With the equipment we have in our shop, we 'll have just the right press to fit all your letterpress needs.

Are you in need of diecut services? Get in touch with us.

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Our Services

Crash Imprinting

From Hot Metal (in house) of various sizes and styles of type. Or from your digital file, clean black & white copy, or film negative we can also have an engraving plate made to print from.

Crash Numbering

In any color ink (our standard black and red have no wash up charges). Skip numbering is also available on our "Standard Machines" from 2 digits to 6 digits. Various size numbering ranging from our "Mini Machine" with 1/8 inch character height, to the "Standard Machine" with 5/32 inch character height. Larger models on hand are 3/16 inch and our Jumbo which is 7/32 inch character height.

Channel Scoring

To eliminate most cracking issues that can result from color copying, or various types of paper with wrong or "bad" grain. .

Die Cutting

We can have most any die made from our die supplier, or pick from the many standard "house dies" ranging from circles, squares, rolodex cards, and bank tabs.

Kiss Cutting

With a straight cutting rule to make up various size labels on a sheet. You can use any of our standard in house dies or have a custom shape made to order.

Perforating

With various teeth to meet whatever needs you may have. Sizes ranging from Micro/laser to 4,6,8,10 or 18 cuts per inch.

Round cornering

We are now capable of round cornering large quantities of work with four sizes of radius to pick from, 1/8- 1/4 - 3/8-and 1/2 inch.

Blind Embossing

A printing technique that doesn't use ink, which is why it is also called embossed stamping. Blind embossing creates a relief in the material, which gives the item a chic look.

Get in touch

47 Cody Street
West Hartford, CT

(860) 953-1470
mon-fri, 7am - 3pm