Kevin Saucier Has Spoken

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Posted By: Joe D.

greg.... great post.
"This amazing ink that only bleeds vertically and not horizontally sounds about as legitimate as the infamous "magic bullet."

yes... the lack of horizontal bleeding is incredible.
even more amazing is that it bleeds through so clearly from the back of the card to the innards.... but magically it cannot be found bleeding through to the front of the card.
this super-powerful bleed-through ink must have also have had a conscience and decided the picture of schlei was too nice to ruin - so it stopped its own vertical bleed momentum from going any further within the card - so as not to harm the front. (edit: realizing we are assuming this super powerful ink was the first to touch the paper.... not only did it have a conscience but it also had ESP.)

Kevin does mention this and has somewhat of an explanation....
"The cigar print logo does not show (even faintly) on the front of the card. My thought is that the front picture was applied after the print had dried."
I have to ask Kevin.... other than some super cool disappearing ink - when has he ever seen blue ink dry colorless?
The lack of color on the front does not mean the blue ink dried and is gone when they printed the front.... I can tell you that blue ink dries blue. And no matter how long you let it dry you will see it as.... blue.

I am not trying to pick on you Kevin... because I do enjoy your posts immensely. But this portion of your explanation leaves a lot to be desired.


jeff.... I agree... I don't think it matters one way or the other (value-wise) if this is an underprint or an overprint. At least it doesn't for me.