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...f you are printing a duotone or other multi-spot-color image, use the Image > Mode > Duotone mode, which will open a dialog box where you can apply the different spot colors you need with associated curves. It is a good idea to find out exactly which swatch boo...Continue reading →Continue reading →
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...c="https://d1mkprg9bp64fp.cloudfront.net/wp-content/blogs.dir/2/files/2012/10/2.3.7_Danse-Macabre-1499-421x318.jpg" width="421" height="318" />First known illustration of a printing press. Example caption code with custom, linkable credit By default, the captio...Continue reading →Continue reading →
...behind the press sheet and run over a type-high, inked surface. The resulting image is made up of a combination of haloing ink and varying degrees of pressure from the backing sheet. A variety of textures and patterns can be achieved through experimentation wi...Continue reading →Continue reading →
...all information is freely available for non-commercial use as long as Letterpress Commons is cited as the source. Who can contribute to Letterpress Commons? Anyone! Registered users are free to add or modify existing articles, and even suggest new topics. All c...Continue reading →Continue reading →
...orms (such as Macintosh, Linux, and Windows-based computers). Depending on how a PDF is saved, fonts and graphics are encapsulated within the file automatically without having to send along the actual native file or font file to link to into it. Because of its...Continue reading →Continue reading →
...aft paper. Wrapping paper with a high acid content coming in direct contact with paper can discolor acid free paper if left for longer periods of time. Buffering agents in the paper may mitigate this to some extent but it’s best to provide acid free interleavin...Continue reading →Continue reading →
...h something like a small section of detail coming free before it does, than to fish it out of the inking rollers. The block should be cleaned with a gentle dry wipe with a sturdy cotton cloth. Alternatively, a cloth dampened with a small amount of solvent may b...Continue reading →Continue reading →
...s fast as type wash. A non-scientist’s rule-of-thumb is that the more quickly something evaporates, the more toxic it is. An organic vapors mask is a good thing to have in the studio as well as protective gloves. The filter on the mask may have to be replaced f...Continue reading →Continue reading →
...Composition California Wash / Roller Wash Highly effective and designed specifically for cleaning ink from press rollers. Primarily Naptha based, and often intended to be mixed with water to aid in cleaning. Heavy fumes and a strong odor. Rubber or Composition...Continue reading →Continue reading →
...eum behind your carving hand with downward pressure on non-slip matting or use a bench hook. Preparing the Carved Block for Printing Once the image area has been carved, the block must be carefully cleaned of loose material left from the carving process with a...Continue reading →Continue reading →
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...ands include Vandercook, Show Card and Line-o-Scribe. The advantages of these presses are ease of operation, and small size, making them ideal for a printer with limited space. The disadvantages include the limitation of printed sheet size, ink coverage, and ma...Continue reading →Continue reading →
...the wooden (or occasionally metal or resin-composite) blocks that surround your form or plate base to hold it in place. Furniture is absolutely necessary for every letterpress shop, and the more complete your set, the more versatile you will be. Cut to be shor...Continue reading →Continue reading →
...ter about how to prepare your file. ICC profiles can be set and applied to layout files. When you are doing process color work with a color-calibrated printer, these can be really valuable. However, if you aren’t, there is very little reason to include them in...Continue reading →Continue reading →
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...m to allow for inking the form without form-to-platen contact. Therefore, if the lever is engaged with a form in place, it will print on the platen regardless of whether a press sheet is in place or not. The inking roller and disk mechanisms also vary between b...Continue reading →Continue reading →
...ypes carefully. This conversion is a bit uncommon and only recommended for in certain situations. Raster to Vector Why would you turn a raster image into a vector image? This might be a good idea if you want the image to look very graphic or if you plan to scal...Continue reading →Continue reading →
...risk has never entered the fore of your day-to-day dealings. After all, you do not manufacture pharmaceuticals, operate a commercial airline, or run some other similarly high-risk business. But you do have a studio or shop with high powered equipments; you migh...Continue reading →Continue reading →
...of a plate to make the plate level and type-high or, in some cases, to raise a heavy printing surface slightly above type-high. Underlays should only be used when the plate is not level and type high.7 Interlay Overlay An overlay is a trial impression sheet pla...Continue reading →Continue reading →
...nd shimmed as needed to bring it up to type-high (.918). The block may then be locked up in a chase or if using a flatbed press secured with magnets. A stiff ink manufactured for letterpress printing is then rolled onto the surface of the block, using care not...Continue reading →Continue reading →
...the caveats below about lifting points. Come-alongs: These are great to lift, secure and drag things. Nylon lifting slings: The endless loop variety is the most versatile. These can be used to get a grip on otherwise awkwardly shaped things, like Linotype ba...Continue reading →Continue reading →
...st inks for letterpress printing come ready-to-print without need for additives to be added. Some printers do, however, like to “tweak” their ink for various reasons, and a discussion of the additives which can be added can be valuable to the printer for troubl...Continue reading →Continue reading →
...tyle but in greater thickness than latex. 6-mil textured gloves come in sizes and will last through several uses, and are far more dexterous than standard rubber gloves. If you have a choice, get powder free ones. They can be obtained through several mail/web o...Continue reading →Continue reading →
...to confirm that rollers are set for a type-high form. If height adjustment cannot improve inking—and ink, plate, paper or packing are not to blame, then the rubber on the form rollers needs to be replaced. Form Height For best results printing forms locked in...Continue reading →Continue reading →
...ompanying written descriptions so that the content can be searched. External Links External links can be included within the body text. They will automatically formatted to open in a new browser window and have an “external link” icon. All external links must l...Continue reading →Continue reading →
...the rails may be built up with tape. A non-compressible tape such as UHMW (Ultra-High Molecular Weight) tape is preferred to compressible tapes such as electrical tape and masking tape. If the rollers are permitted to rest for long lengths of time on the middl...Continue reading →Continue reading →
...hat leaves the fluorescent as the most cost-effective choice of lumens per dollar. While older fluorescent fixtures had a deserved reputation for being flickery and noisy, modern electronic ballasts have improved the light quality immensely, and are well worth...Continue reading →Continue reading →
...that could punch indented characters into papier-maché, producing type through a stereotype casting. Mergenthaler, after a short examination of the idea, doubted its practicality, but on Clephane’s urging continued. Mergenthaler completed the machine in late 18...Continue reading →Continue reading →
...,” type is, in fact, a variable alloy of 54-86% lead, 11-28% antimony and 3-18% tin. Antimony hardens the metal. Tin toughens the metal, counteracting the brittleness of antimony, as well as increasing the fluidity of the molten metal. The exact alloy chosen is...Continue reading →Continue reading →
...the area where you clean forms after they come off the press. Make sure there is an automated damper or louvers in the system to seal it when not in use. If you use an in-duct fan, be sure to allow for maintenance access. Placing the fan near the terminal end...Continue reading →Continue reading →
...e cast in-plant, as well as perfecting the free-standing Material Maker for leading, rule and fancy borders. (See the Leading and Border Casting Machines article for more information on the Material Maker.) These machines were all part of the grand goal of “non...Continue reading →Continue reading →
...inter John Kitchen (1804-1852) of Newcastle-on-Tyne patented a crank-operated clamshell platen press in 1834 (UK patent 6454) but was unable to have it built, and in 1839 he emigrated to Australia. American developers of the platen press George Phineas Gordon (...Continue reading →Continue reading →
...Thompson was sold to printers—ATF used the high pressure, high temperature Barth machines to cast type to “foundry” specifications. Today, the Thompson is being used much like the Barth casters once were, and forms the core equipment of several operating foundr...Continue reading →Continue reading →
...ker was brought to market in 1923. It is a free standing machine that incorporates optional equipment that was designed for the Monotype Composition Caster. Unlike the Elrod, the Material Maker operates on the principle of welding or fusing together cast sectio...Continue reading →Continue reading →
...nt runs) tend to be smaller and so the cost-per-piece is higher. Purchasing your materials at a wholesale price allows you to mark them up to retail; If you buy your materials retail, you lose the ability to mark them up very substantially. The estimates you wr...Continue reading →Continue reading →
...platen presses. A 10×15 Windmill easily accommodates a 9×12 base and a 13×18 chase accommodates a 12×16 base. Photopolymer bases work equally well with gripper registration and with lay gauge registration. Bear in mind that if a lay gauge pin hits the surface...Continue reading →Continue reading →
...Cutter Rule Miter Slug Cutter Slug Trimmer Composing Stick A Composing Stick B Composing Stick C Micrometer Hallway Galley Rack Pressroom Galley Rack Type Cabinet Front Type Cabinet Corner Type Cabinet Tall Pica Pole A Pica Pole B Type Gauge Roller Gauge Once y...Continue reading →Continue reading →
...listed as a Contributor at the bottom of the article. Anyone who makes substantial contributions becomes a Letterpress Commons Core Contributor. List of current backlog...Continue reading →Continue reading →
...Who makes Letterpress Commons? You do! All content is free and created by the letterpress community. Help out. Recently edited articles Troubleshooting Vandercook and Similar Cylinder Presses, 3 years ago Troubleshooting Vandercook and Similar Cylinder Presses,...Continue reading →Continue reading →
...Your Own Plates: What You Need Are you a do-it-yourself platemaker who wants to try and master the process in your own workspace? Here are the requirements for materials needed for exposing your own plates, including some other options if you want to experiment...Continue reading →Continue reading →
...be set properly: upside down but still left-to-right. Spacing material. Use spacing material the same size as the type. If none can be found, it is possible, but not ideal, to use material from the next point size down. If you’re using monotype, there may be sp...Continue reading →Continue reading →
...ress renaissance now as a result of our 500-year-old craft’s merger with digital technology. Best Practices Printers, think twice about the depth of impression you are exerting on your type. Is your type rare or irreplaceable? If so, check your packing, measure...Continue reading →Continue reading →
...s. Once essential to communication, the 500-year-old process is now in danger of being lost as its caretakers age. From self-proclaimed basement hoarders to the famed Hatch Show Print, Pressing On: The Letterpress Film explores the question: why has letterpress...Continue reading →Continue reading →
...k? Are you ready to give enough of your day-to-day tasks over to your employee that he or she will have plenty to do, and feel valued and busy? And if the person you’ve selected doesn’t work out, will you be prepared to help him or her improve, or, failing that...Continue reading →Continue reading →
...rmed the International Typesetting Machine Company (later changed to the Intertype Company). The general principles of operation of the Linotype and Intertype are exactly the same—in fact, most of the matrices are interchangeable. The founders of the new compan...Continue reading →Continue reading →
...ich dry primarily by oxidation (as most oil-based inks) generally dry faster and can be handled sooner after printing. Special inks have been designed for printing on plastic and other non-absorbent surfaces. These inks dry solely by oxidation, and care must be...Continue reading →Continue reading →
...SAE 20 wt. oil, readily available in the 3-in-One brand blue and white bottle. Wipe the press bed with WD-40 before built printing form. Oil the cylinder eccentrics on SP series presses on both side plates weekly. Oil the cylinder eccentrics on other models at...Continue reading →Continue reading →
...eir members by offering an encouraging, non-competitive community to maintain the cultural legacy of fine press printing through exposure and education to advance letterpress printing as a viable commercial printing method by emphasizing best practices both in...Continue reading →Continue reading →
...ell, too. The area must be relatively dust free and easily cleaned. Many printers use a piece of plate glass on top of a white cardstock so that the color of the ink can be evaluated during mixing. Good lighting in the area also assists with color evaluation. C...Continue reading →Continue reading →
...The Printer as Designer and Craftsman, 1700-1914 by David Jury The Handy Book of Artistic Printing: Collection of Letterpress Examples with Specimens of Type, Ornament, Corner Fills, Borders, Twisters, Wrinklers, and other Freaks of Fancy by Doug Clouse and Ang...Continue reading →Continue reading →
...f you are buying old type, many cases will come pre-stocked with necessary spacing. If you are buying new type, consult with the seller on where to buy spacing. Leading can be purchased in uncut lengths and cut as needed, or purchased as a set of common lengths...Continue reading →Continue reading →
...at will make letterpress dies (order a type-high, steel-rule cutting die, most likely from an outline created in a vector-based design program), and there may be one near you who is still able to make a cutting die to your specs. Call a local commercial printer...Continue reading →Continue reading →
...and delivered to the front of the machine. Commercial Engraving and Printing Ludlow matrix (Illustration from Commercial Engraving and Printing by Charles W. Hackleman) While the Ludlow was not as fast as the automated linecasters (the Linotype and Intertype) i...Continue reading →Continue reading →
...for details. Alan Brugnull said, “The Eight-Five must be the commonest tabletop press in British workshops and just about every letterpress printer knows them. The chase is 8 x 5 inches (hence the name) and they were first made in 1953 (though they had similar...Continue reading →Continue reading →
...replicas, each of extraordinary detail and craftsmanship, include an iron, 1400-pound Smith. The Gutenberg, one of the latest to come out of Pratt Wagon and Press Works, is housed at the Crandall Historic Printing Museum in Utah....Continue reading →Continue reading →
...r own versions of the Washington. Ostrander-Seymour, a Chicago company in business from 1896 until at least the late 60s, manufactured equipment for printers, such as cameras, photo-engraving equipment, as well as the press pictured. The words “Extra Heavy” are...Continue reading →Continue reading →
...a full-size common press; an intermediate free-standing press which Ramage called his “screw press” (see Ramage Screw); and the foolscap, so named for the size of sheet that it would print. Foolscap presses were sturdier than the larger screw presses and sold...Continue reading →Continue reading →
...Kelsey Company did manufacture a few jobbing presses like the Star, which was in fact invented by George W. Prouty in 1870 (see also the Prouty Press). The Kelsey Company acquired the rights to the Star, advertising it with the slogan, “Runs like lightning.” Th...Continue reading →Continue reading →
...Available in a variety of sizes from table-top to stand-alone models, the perforator is fairly simple to operate: slide paper under a row of pins (using guides to set margins) then depress the foot pedal to punch holes. Some models have metals bars that can be...Continue reading →Continue reading →
...rtheless, he continued to advertise do-your-own-printing outfits. After Golding’s death, his company was sold to the American Type Founders Company, and later to the Thomson National Press Company. Len Carrick writes, “”I ran the serial numbers, and found that...Continue reading →Continue reading →
...den, Connecticut, home of the Kelsey Press Company. The Excelsior evolved from a hand-inking trunnion form (1873; see Excelsior Trunnion), to toggle lever with optional foot lever (1874), to various self-inkers (1875; see related presses). The automatic inking...Continue reading →Continue reading →
...gh the type is short type, only about 3/8″ high. The stamp pictured was made in 1871 and has a screw that holds in a row of type, set backwards in the same fashion as one would set type in a form. The handle is pushed down to “print” and a spring automatically...Continue reading →Continue reading →
...used between lines of type; and rules, type-high strips of brass or type-metal used for printing borders or lines, can be purchased in precut lengths. Do-it-yourselfers use a machine like the Rouse Lead & Rule to cut their own strips, especially when needed len...Continue reading →Continue reading →
...lubrication and washup facilities. A large-format platen version (13″x18″) was developed alongside the original 10″ x 15″ although the smaller press still beats its big sister on raw speed. Many Windmills are still working for a living, especially when convert...Continue reading →Continue reading →
The 325G was available with a hand-cranked or a power carriage. The 325G is identical to the 325A except that it has a pedal to open the gripper. Optional automatic sheet delivery and ink fountain were originally available. Maximum form: 24 × 24½”; maximum she...Continue reading →Continue reading →
...latively modern press, is shown in the 1976-77 American Printing Equipment catalog, which explains that the press constructed from a single casting designed to keep it free from dirt. Donn Sanford notes: “It’s called a Model D and is essentially a 9″ x 12″. Hoh...Continue reading →Continue reading →
J. Cook & Company manufactured a small jobbing press known as the Victor in the 1880s, but the Victor pictured may well have been made by a different company. All we know of this rail press with the name “Victor” cast into its frame is that the chase size is 1...Continue reading →Continue reading →
...a “rotary cone printing press” in 1852. Lowe’s patent therefore specified the impression adjustment mechanism. Two years after he had patented his press, Lowe sold his company to Joseph Watson, who ran the Lowe Press Company from Boston. Watson continued to ma...Continue reading →Continue reading →
...ment made and/or sold by the Damon & Peets Company. Some of these machines were similar to those made by other companies. For instance, D&P’s Favorite Junior Lever Press is similar to the C&P Pilot, their Favorite Gem Lever Paper Cutter (see Paper Cutter, Gem)...Continue reading →Continue reading →
...York (later Ives Blackeslee Williams). The company dealt in novelties and was the principal distributing–and perhaps manufacturing–company for rail presses at the end of the nineteenth century. Their line included the Boss, Favorite, Daisy, Leader, and other ve...Continue reading →Continue reading →
...factured a number of presses that were near-copies of some of the popular presses of his time. His presses were made from the early 1900’s until around 1962. This press was made in an even smaller size. The Chicago No.15 has a 1 1/2″ by 2 1/2″ chase. For more i...Continue reading →Continue reading →
...modified around 1959 to achieve more even pressure but the basic mechanism had remained virtually unchanged from the launch of its ancestor, the Model 1A, in 1927. (Bob Richardson, The Adana Connection) More information about Donald Aspinall and his Adana pres...Continue reading →Continue reading →
...Crafts Movement, to produce his most highly-regarded book, “The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer” (1896). (For information on Richard Whittaker Cope and his Albion press, see the table-top Albion.) Jethro Lieberman: “Manufactured in 1891, Albion Press No. 6551 remaine...Continue reading →Continue reading →
...Mini Copy Press This 19th-century miniature black iron, screw-type copy press is only 3 1/2 inches high, 4 inches long, and 2 1/2 inches wide. Like its larger cousin (see Copy Press 1), this one is not a letterpress, but was often found in print shops....Continue reading →Continue reading →
...d mattresses before becoming a supplier of high-quality printers ink. To aid in his ink business, Wells devised and patented a press with a lever toggle joint, which he later determined would be an improvement over the screw of the common and Ramage presses. Hi...Continue reading →Continue reading →
...een fifteen and fifty dollars. Later a self-inking version (pictured above) was made, with treadle and flywheel. Woods died in 1873, but many thousands of Novelty presses were sold before 1887, when the company was bought out by rival William Kelsey (whose pres...Continue reading →Continue reading →
...is placed into the padding press. The side-screw on the press is tightened to hold the sheets of paper firmly together. Padding glue is applied to one end of the stack and after it dries, the stack can be cut into the individual pads. The press is 12″ wide by...Continue reading →Continue reading →
...ction probably was not able to produce the highest-quality results, due to its small size (see lever presses). Perfection Self-Inking presses were available in the following chase sizes: No. 605 (2-drawer), 1 5/8″” x 2 3/4″” No. 610 (2-drawer, shown), 2″” x 3 1...Continue reading →Continue reading →
...tterpress, as it was used to print on three-dimensional objects (such as small bottles) using right-reading types. The Rejafix is considered by some a precursor of the “pad printers,” used in the electronics industry for part marking. Why build a machine to pri...Continue reading →Continue reading →
This curious machine from H.B. Rouse & Company, Chicago, is used when making corners on lead or rule strips. While the Rouse Lead and Rule is used for making straight cuts, the miterer adds a bevel or angle where two pieces will be joined perpendicularly, such...Continue reading →Continue reading →
...ndry first made in all-wood and hybrid wood-and-iron models before it ultimately built the press with an entirely cast-iron frame. There are five known surviving Stansbury presses, not counting those later made by Isaac Adams, a press inventor in Boston; and by...Continue reading →Continue reading →
...Nonpareil was manufactured by the Sigwalt Company, Chicago. John Sigwalt (see his Chicago No.10) manufactured a number of presses that were near-copies of some of the popular presses of his time. This Nonpareil so closely resembles William Golding’s 4×6 Offici...Continue reading →Continue reading →
“The Craftsmen Machinery Company of Boston, Massachusetts, manufactured several tabletop lever presses and at least one floor-model platen jobber. One press in their tabletop line, the Superior, is almost identical to the C&P Pilot except that its chase width...Continue reading →Continue reading →
...ation hand and foot lever (1872), to a hand- or foot-lever press with self-inking attachment (from 1873), to a true self-inking press (from 1881). By 1886 the hand-inking series had been discontined. Watson manufactured the Young America until 1896, when his bu...Continue reading →Continue reading →
...ee Adana Five-Three), was based in Southend-on-Sea, Essex. The Ajax No. 1, the sister of the flatbed pictured, had an even smaller chase size than the No.2: 5 1/2 x 3 1/8″. There were also two sizes of platen presses in the Ajax line, similar in appearance to t...Continue reading →Continue reading →
Model Card This Model is the next-to-smallest of the hand-inking Model presses (the smallest has a chase size of 2 1/4″ x 3 1/4″). As with all hand-inking presses, ink must be spread on the ink disc and rolled onto the type with a brayer. The press shown is mi...Continue reading →Continue reading →
...Nonpareil was manufactured by the Sigwalt Company. In 1899 John Sigwalt (1836-1924), who had earlier worked in the sewing machine business, began producing small printing presses that were copies of various models. Further information about Sigwalt and the Non...Continue reading →Continue reading →
...type of toggle lever from that of American-made iron hand presses and a large spring on top of the press for the return of the platen. This arrangement was much more compact than the long levers of American presses of the time like the Wells. At the time of Ri...Continue reading →Continue reading →
...bletop lever presses and at least one floor-model platen jobber. One press in their tabletop line, the Superior, is almost identical to the Chandler & Price Pilot except that its chase width is 6 1/2″ instead of 6″. The C.M.C. Jobber, Craftsmen’s floor model pr...Continue reading →Continue reading →
...ee Adana Five-Three), was based in Southend-on-Sea, Essex. The Ajax No. 1, the sister of the flatbed pictured, had an even smaller chase size than the No.2: 5 1/2 x 3 1/8″. There were also two sizes of platen presses in the Ajax line, similar in appearance to t...Continue reading →Continue reading →
...ed Degener’s share of the business and the company name became F. M. Weiler and then Liberty Machine Works. After opening a manufacturing plant in Germany, Weiler closed the US manufacturing plant in about 1892 and after that year all Liberty presses were built...Continue reading →Continue reading →
The 325A was available with a hand-cranked carriage. and was the company’s first power carriage model. It has automatic grippers only, no pedal (like the No. 3), which requires the operator to roll the carriage forward to raise the grippers, then roll carriage...Continue reading →Continue reading →
...or “Showcard” presses, there were several competitors. (Vandercook supplied presses to the Showcard Company, which attached their own nameplate to the carriage.) The Serial number range is separate from other models. Maximum form: 14½ × 26”; maximum sheet: 15...Continue reading →Continue reading →
...or “Showcard” presses, there were several competitors. (Vandercook supplied presses to the Showcard Company, which attached their own nameplate to the carriage.) Optional cabinet, manual inking equipment (brayer, ink plate), register device with or without foo...Continue reading →Continue reading →
...or “Showcard” presses, there were several competitors. (Vandercook supplied presses to the Showcard Company, which attached their own nameplate to the carriage.) Maximum form: 12½ × 16″; maximum sheet: 13 × 22″. The Serial number range is separate from other m...Continue reading →Continue reading →
...iam Hughson Golding ran a printer’s supply company in Boston from 1869. Like J.F.W. Dorman (maker of the Baltimore 11), he soon graduated from making labels, rubber stamps, and seals to manufacturing printing presses for amateurs. His first of these was the Pea...Continue reading →Continue reading →
...actured by A.F. Wanner until 1914 when the company was renamed the Horace Hacker Co. In 1931 Challenge Machinery acquired the Poco and Potter brands. The 1935 ATF Machinery Catalog shows “Challenge-Potter” presses. The Potter census lists 22 presses. There may...Continue reading →Continue reading →
...or “Showcard” presses, there were several competitors. (Vandercook supplied presses to the Showcard Company, which attached their own nameplate to the carriage.) The Serial number range is separate from other models. Maximum form: 12½ × 25″; maximum sheet: 12¾...Continue reading →Continue reading →
...The press was advertised as a portable, do-it-yourself press for amateurs and businessmen. The Cottage Press prints from either end, and has a self-acting tympan (the frame that carried the paper to be printed) and an attached inking apparatus was also describ...Continue reading →Continue reading →
...deal press was manufactured by the Sigwalt Company of Chicago. John Sigwalt (see his Chicago No.10) manufactured a number of presses that were near-copies of some of the popular presses of his time. His presses were made from the early 1900s until around 1962....Continue reading →Continue reading →
...1 was made about 1885 by the J.F.W. Dorman company of–where else?–Baltimore. It is a well made, highly ornamented press; despite its small size, it is capable of doing good printing if the form is small. The press holds two rollers on one roller arm (The Baltim...Continue reading →Continue reading →
...George M. Stewart shop with a rare variable-speed motor, possibly General Electric, that dates back to approximately the 1920s. Although it weighs 90 pounds, it only develops a half horsepower! The motor required repairs and was also fitted with a speed-control...Continue reading →Continue reading →
...or and press maker Stephen P. Ruggles (1808-1880). Ruggles patented his Card & Billhead press in 1851. (No relation to the Card & Billhead made by Boston & Fairhaven Iron Works in 1871.) It was one of a new breed of jobbing presses with the bed and platen more...Continue reading →Continue reading →
...ntinue to be built. Instead of the rotating-disc inking system found on most platen presses, the compact and powerful Colt’s Armory Press uses a set of rollers, some of which oscillate, assuring superior ink distribution. The press also has a platen which slide...Continue reading →Continue reading →
...on, Clymer came to employ a series of power-multiplying compound levers in his presses, which increased the force of the impression while demanding of the printer relatively little effort. The cast-iron eagle atop the press served as a patriotic symbol while ac...Continue reading →Continue reading →
...t feature: the D&P has a much shorter throw-off than most jobbers. Also, the throw-off works in the opposite direction from those of most other presses. The press was also made in chase sizes of 9×13 and 10×15 inches. Pictured is the Briar Press workhorse, whic...Continue reading →Continue reading →
...earliest Kelsey Excelsior presses, the hand-inking Model 1 is shown in the National Type Company Catalog of 1878. It is requires inking by brayer rather than by attached rollers. Kelsey made six sizes of this press: Model 2 with a 3 1/2 x 5″” chase, Excelsior 2...Continue reading →Continue reading →
...deal press was manufactured by the Sigwalt Company of Chicago. John Sigwalt (see his Chicago No.10) manufactured a number of presses that were near-copies of some of the popular presses of his time. His presses were made from the early 1900’s until around 1962....Continue reading →Continue reading →
...British patent No. 6,523 of 1908. Application 1908-03-24, acceptance 1909-01-21. Edward Charles Robert Marks for The Thompson Type Machine Company (Chicago)....Continue reading →Continue reading →
...The Thompson: The Quality Type Caster. (Chicago: Thompson Type Machine Company, [n.d.]) An advertising booklet....Continue reading →Continue reading →
...This is a brief entry, with some well-done halftones (to be expected from this author) in Hackleman, Charles W. Commercial Engraving and Printing. Second Edition. (Indianapolis, IN: Commercial Engraving Publishing Company, 1924....Continue reading →Continue reading →
...US patent 1,119,733 (1914-12-01), John S. Thompson, assigned to Thompson Type Machine Company. “Type Casting Machine.”...Continue reading →Continue reading →
...US patent 1,294,572 (1919-02-18), John S. Thompson and Joseph Bast, assigned Thompson Type Machine Company. “Machine for Casting.”...Continue reading →Continue reading →