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I'm new to collecting Lotrek decks. On his tuckboxes, it says printed for Oath playing cards in Greece or something like that. And I think he did the tuckboxes for a recent Stockholm 17 deck. But I was wondering who actually does the printing. Does Lotrek have his own press to print cards and tucks? Is there some small company in Greece who prints them? Is it Cartamundi since they're big in Europe?

bdawg923 wrote:Is there some small company in Greece who prints them?

This is my understanding

Yup, Lotrék uses a local printer in Greece where he can supervise and experiment with everything.

Some of his older decks are printed by EPCC, USPCC and the Southern Charmer decks from Kellar will be printed by Cartamundi (due to the high print run) and the limited editions will be printed in Greece - like most Oath decks.

Harvonsgard, beat me to my response, but I will add to those good comments that some of Lotrek's cards are printed outside of Greece by Cartamundi, EPCC and and USPCC.

I know there are some old photos Lotrek posted of him at the printers overseeing the process, but I could not find them. I don't think he has mentioned the name of the printers, but has stated that they are one of the best printers in Greece. They don't specialize in playing cards, but are really great printers. As such, he has to wait and get slotted in between big commercial runs for his small runs. That is one reason his projects take a long time to produce. He gets limited time with the printers when they have some available time. I don't know if these printers also do his hot foil stamping as well, but I think so. He did have a local playing card manufacturer cut the cards, but that was an issue awhile back as they didn't want to reset their cutters for Lotrek's size decks, which are different from theirs. I think his main printers are now cutting the decks, but not positive.

As you know, the registration accuracy that Lotrek's local printers achieve is just astonishing compared to any other current manufacturer. They are obviously exacting craftsman.

Lotrek has printed tuck boxes and brick boxes for several Stockholm17 projects and others. The Parlour and others. He also printed the cards and tuck boxes for the UC 2018 De Novo deck designed by Rick Davidson. He also printed the cards for Theos as well.

If I got any of that wrong or incomplete, please feel free to correct my post. Lotrek, folks might like to see some photos of you at the printer as well. It was a long time ago when you posted the last ones.

Bradius wrote:He also printed the cards for Theos as well.

Really? I didn't know that. Great additional infos, Bradius. And definetly agreed on the pictures. I want to see Lotrék on the press as well .

Harvonsgard wrote:

Bradius wrote:He also printed the cards for Theos as well.

Really? I didn't know that. Great additional infos, Bradius. And definetly agreed on the pictures. I want to see Lotrék on the press as well .

No, I only printed the tucks for Theos.

But, Maestro V2 is coming...

Thanks for the correction Lotrek.

Here are some photos of printing from some earlier Kickstarter updates:













Here is the update link: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ch ... ts/1890716

Just for grins, you can drool over this photo and imagine they are all YOURS:

Pic no. 4. Now that's what you call Q1 checking, USPCC! (I kid, I'm sure they have their checking process which is a lot harder due to sheer volume and machines used.)