See How to Emboss Paper and watch two short videos

I had the opportunity the other day to partake in a trial of a new paper grade we're developing. We're making some interesting embossed papers. Not that embossing itself is so unique but we're taking one of our grades of paper and creating a new embossed version of the line. I'm really excited about it and we'll show this to the market shortly.

Here are the steps in the embossing process

Embossing paper starts with a roll of paper. You can technically emboss paper from sheets but it is not a practical option for commercial quantities of embossed paper. Each of these rolls weighs about 1,100 lbs. This was just a trial run so we only had a few rolls on hand to make sure we could achieve the effect we wanted. We did!!

The embossing equipment we used is very old. In fact most of the embossing equipment I've seen around the world is old. The technology is pretty simple and therefore the process doesn't change much as the years go on. Basically you apply pressure on the paper's surface by squeezing the paper between two embossing rolls. One of these embossing rolls has a pattern on it. This pattern will be impressed into the surface of the paper.

To check the quality of the embossed pattern you cut two small half circles of paper from opposite edges of the roll as the paper comes out of the embossing roll compression point. This is a visual check and you make sure that the depth of the pattern is equal across the web of the roll.

Paper being hand inspected for proper emboss pattern

Paper on the inbound side of the embosser

Paper on the outbound side of the embosser

New Business Card Collections by Paper Grade

We just launched a new collection of papers perfect for creating business cards. We've organized the collection by paper grade to make it easy for you to find the perfect paper type for your business card projects.

All papers in the collections are bulk packed and sold at wholesale prices in quantities as small as a single ream or 250 sheet package.

• White Uncoated Business Card Paper
• Colored Uncoated Business Card Paper
• Coated Business Card Paper
• Metallic Business Card Paper
• Textured Uncoated Business Card Paper
• Textured Coated Business Card Paper
• Translucent Business Card Paper
• Super Heavy Business Card Paper

Free Shipping on all Envelope Printing Orders

We're happy to announce that we now provide free shipping via UPS or FedEx ground services on all envelope printing orders. What we offer is the ability to print on more than 70 brands of envelopes and literally 1,000's of color, weight and size choices using 1 or 2 colors while using environmentally sensitive soy inks. All this and free shipping too.

Give us a try for your next envelope printing job.

Envelope Printing Made Easy...

A new update on The Paper Mill Store allows you to place envelope printing orders for any of our more than 70 different envelope brands. Within our offering of brands we have literally thousands of options in colors, weights, sizes, styles and paper finishes.

Now you can simply upload your artwork, check your pricing and place your order, all on one page. Even better all envelope printing orders get FREE SHIPPING ground service.

Eco Printing

We use Soy Inks to better protect the environment. Soy inks use the oils from soy products to replace the use of petroleum based oils. Petroleum based oils are fossil fuel based chemicals and add to the use of foreign oils. Printing with soy ink is an easy step to take to lessen the environmental impact of your printing job. We can supply our exclusive Soy Ink logo to be printed on your envelope to let folks know you have chosen to use printing with soy inks.