Rental reservations

Reservations

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You must be fairly self-sufficient and knowledgeable on the equipment you want to rent—having taken the appropriate Lead Graffiti technical workshop or providing evidence that you've had ample experience (list of workshops and a couple .jpg images of your work). We don't mind providing minimal advice and beginning support to help you understand our specific equipment and studio setup, but if you need too much, we'll ask that you take a workshop.

A simple email to Ray is all that is necessary to reserve time. We would like to have a week's notice, and you should always give us at least two days. Tell us the day and time you want to use the studio and equipment. Please be as specific as you can. We will confirm your reservation by email.

We encourage your email questions relating to your personal work that may have an impact on your project such as printing / image limitations, color registration, press size, inks, paper, etc. You can send a .pdf of your file and we can provide some basic information that we think may be relevant to your printing.

You need to reserve press time with plenty of advance planning to make sure you can get enough time to accomplish what you need. It is important to note that projects can take on a life of their own and more often than not take more time than planned by even the most knowledgeable printers or bookbinders.

Keep in mind that Lead Graffiti is a commercial press which has its own work schedule which we will try to adjust when possible to allow for the time you need. We can start as early as 8:00 am, but would like to end by 9:00 pm, weekdays or weekends. While we often offer workshops on the weekends, you can rent a press that is not involved during the same time.

Be aware that at least one of us will be present as we can always find something to do in the studio, but please be punctual. Try to reasonably estimate your time. If you reserve for four hours and only use it for three, you will only be required to pay for three. If you reserve it for three and use it for four you are required to pay for four.

Minimum equipment rental time is 90 minutes (30 minutes for set up, 30 minutes of printing, and 30 minutes of clean-up) and will be billed in half-hour increments after the minimum. No shows will be billed for one hour. Reservations will be held 30 minutes before being cancelled. Cancellations can be made and acknowledged by phone or email up to 24 hours before the scheduled time without charge. Make sure you have our cell phone numbers. Less than 24 hour notice will be billed for one hour minimum. Payment is due by cash or check at the end of each rental session or by PayPal BEFORE the session. If you pay by PayPal and use less time we will refund any difference through PayPal.

We encourage you to bring an interested friend with you (no charge) during your reserved times. They will get a bit of letterpress experience and you will get an extra pair of hands and eyes.