WJPC Manufacturers - better than NPCC & MPC?

[Albendon]

Good afternoon,

I've seen more and more coming out being printed by WJPC. Most recently the Kalevala deck, but also Elephant decks and the Whale Castle deck - and the new Mirage deck.

They seem to be getting good reviews, I was wondering how they were viewed here?

Ben

[leangyan]

I've got good experience printing both Kalevala and Bharata v2 with them. I give a thumbs up for sure.

[Albendon]

Indeed, and I love the cards, any reason you chose the 330gsm over the 310?

[Don Boyer]

Indeed, and I love the cards, any reason you chose the 330gsm over the 310?

Heavier stocks in the 330 gsm range are more like a casino-grade paper.  USPC used to use 310 for Bicycle standard decks, though these days they don't measure their stocks in grams per square meter - they measure them by a range of caliper thickness, or so I've been told.  Current information changes like the weather, however...

I can't speak to WJPC's quality.  I know that Noir Arts, what little I've seen from them, was inferior.  The printing is OK but the quality of the paper and coating was lacking and the cards had a pressure lip around the edge, a sign that they punch them a few decks at a time through the die cutter instead of individual cards, one at a time.  MPC's not the best out there, but they're not bad for what they offer and I know many, many artists that use them for prototype decks regardless of who they're printing with in the end.

[Albendon]

Thanks Don