Posted by Susan Alario on 6/30/10 10:41am
Msg #343137
Notary Seals are backwards?????
My co-worker and I recently became notaries for our jobs but noticed that each time we use the seal it's backwards. Shouldn't the raised part of the seal be on top of the document not the underside of the page. Is there a right and/or left handed seal??? it seems that if we use the seal only on the left side of the doc it works....
Now this sounds really stupid but we can't figure out why this is. Does anyone have any ideas...are we using the seals incorrectly???? What are we doing wrong? Thx.
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Reply by Sylvia_FL on 6/30/10 10:45am
Msg #343138
You are talking about the embosser?? is the "plate" in the right way?
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Reply by Sylvia_FL on 6/30/10 10:50am
Msg #343140
should have been are the "plates" in the right way? two plates, one fits in the top part of the embosser, one fits in the bottom part. If you have them reversed that may cause the problem - I think.
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Reply by aurelio/FL on 6/30/10 10:49am
Msg #343139
I think the problem is, embossers usually emboss from the left side of the page or from the bottom of the page, and many notaries put the embosser over their signature, which is usually on the right side of the page. This means that the notary has to turn the embosser in such a way that it impresses upside down over the signature.
You can either emboss from the left side of the page, or you can find an embosser manufacturer who will make it emboss from the right side.
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Reply by Jim/AL on 6/30/10 12:25pm
Msg #343150
Whatttt, left side, right side, top side should be no diff?
As long as you are holding the embosser correctly left, right, top, bottom should not matter (front or back of paper yes)...just like a stapler if I staple the right or left side it is not going to matter, but if I flip the paper or stapler over then yes it will insert from the other direction.
Yes, the raised or embossed area should be on the top of the sealed page.
If the embosser is being held correctly and raises lettering toward bottom than Sylvia is correct, you need to swap the stamps around.
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Reply by aurelio/FL on 6/30/10 12:53pm
Msg #343161
Re: Whatttt, left side, right side, top side should be no diff?
I interpreted the OP differently.
If you have a round embosser, it typically says your name at the top, Notary Public in the middle, and your state at the bottom. They usually emboss from the left side of the page, meaning that in order to have your seal upright (with your name at the top), you would need to impress it on the left side.
BUT, most times when a notary uses an embosser they are trying to impress it on the right side of the page. If you try to impress a seal on the right side of the page, with an embosser made to be embossed on the left side, the impression will be upside down, meaning that your name will be on the bottom of the round imprint.
The only way to circumvent that problem is to have a new embosser made that impresses from the right side of the page.
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Reply by Sylvia_FL on 6/30/10 1:17pm
Msg #343170
Re: Whatttt, left side, right side, top side should be no diff?
aurelio
The OP said the raised part of the seal was on the underside of the document, instead of on the top.
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Reply by aurelio/FL on 6/30/10 1:27pm
Msg #343175
Re: Whatttt, left side, right side, top side should be no diff?
I misunderstood because the OP said that when she embosses from the left side the seal looks correct.
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Reply by Sylvia_FL on 6/30/10 1:33pm
Msg #343177
Re: Whatttt, left side, right side, top side should be no diff?
Yes, that part didn't make sense to me. Unless she is holding the seal upside down?? - handle on the bottom instead of the top.
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Reply by Jim/AL on 6/30/10 9:19pm
Msg #343336
Aurelio, please explain how name moves from top of stamp
to bottom of stamp if it is used on opposite side of paper? The only way this is possible is if the throat of the embosser is about 8 inches deep and you only enter the paper from the same side every time.
Again, left or right does not change stamp.
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Reply by Linda_H/FL on 6/30/10 12:54pm
Msg #343162
"Shouldn't the raised part of the seal be on top of the document not the underside of the page."
Think the plates are backwards? Take the out and swap them top to bottom and bottom to top...
Just a thought...
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Reply by aurelio/FL on 6/30/10 12:58pm
Msg #343164
In all embossers I've had, the plates can not be switched n/m
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Reply by Linda_H/FL on 6/30/10 1:03pm
Msg #343166
My embosser came with two plates that I had to
insert myself...
In this case, if the plates are fixed then I'd call it a manufacturer's defect and either return it for correction ORRRRR......use the embosser upside down...
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Reply by Sylvia_FL on 6/30/10 1:15pm
Msg #343168
Re: In all embossers I've had, the plates can not be switched
I can take the plates out of my embosser and replace them with a "Library of" plate or any other plate.
Look on the handle nearest the plates, there should be a "lock" that you can slide to release the plates.
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Reply by aurelio/FL on 6/30/10 1:26pm
Msg #343174
Re: In all embossers I've had, the plates can not be switched
Yes, I can remove my insert but can not reverse the direction of the plates.
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Reply by Sylvia_FL on 6/30/10 1:32pm
Msg #343176
Re: In all embossers I've had, the plates can not be switched
You can't switch the plates? if you can remove them, you should be able to put the one you took from the bottom to the top and the one from the top to the bottom.
I once put the plates in the wrong position and had to switch them around.
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Reply by aurelio/FL on 6/30/10 1:50pm
Msg #343179
Re: In all embossers I've had, the plates can not be switched
If you try to put the insert in upside down, it doesn't snap into place correctly. This is how it has been with all of my embossers, and I've probably gone through 4 or 5 in my lifetime.
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Reply by Sylvia_FL on 6/30/10 2:02pm
Msg #343180
Re: In all embossers I've had, the plates can not be switched
Weird
I have never had any problem. If I have put the plate in the wrong place I have always been able to correct it. Both with my notary seal and the corporate seal I used to have.
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