| Raised ink printing comes from a technique called | | | | hand. The process gained the nickname as "Fried Ink." |
| thermography. The process is done by sprinkling plastic | | | | The process of thermography was used a a novelty. |
| dust over wet ink then heated to give the raised | | | | This meant it wasn't used often for reasons such as |
| effect. The word is made up of two Greek root | | | | cost and difficulty of making. The first machine was |
| words, thermo which means heat and grapho which | | | | made in 1915 during World War I. This began to end |
| means to write. Thermography adds an addition layer | | | | the handicraft of thermography. Then, after World |
| of texture to a single business card. The cards have a | | | | War II in 1945, machines were made and the process |
| distinct and more valuable look. In the printing world this | | | | took a new identity. No longer was it a handicraft, but |
| process of thermography is known as a poor man's | | | | a way of printing. People began using the process of |
| way of engraving. | | | | thermography to make business cards, fliers, bulletins |
| The poor man's engraving gives a raised feel to the | | | | and all sorts of informational pieces. |
| card and to most makes the card stand out. That's | | | | Today raised ink printing for business cards are just |
| what you want with a business card, advertisement, | | | | another option in the world of designs for |
| Right? The card has a more elegant, classier and /or | | | | advertisement. You can order five hundred cards with |
| expensive look about it. Most would say a prestige | | | | raised ink printing and have all five hundred cards in |
| look. | | | | your hands by the end of the week. The people at the |
| It is not for certain, but the invention has been traced | | | | beginning of the twentieth century would have thought |
| back to Fox Talbot and Carl Miller in the 1900's. They | | | | this would have been unimaginable and was too costly. |
| both were engineers at 3M at the time. At this time, | | | | Look how the world of business cards has changed. |
| before machinery, the process had to be done by | | | | |