Barbara, This won't answer your question about whether the bureau can use your PDF at that size, although I'm sure they could, as they can just as easily do...
10148
Keetgi Kogan Steinberg
keetgi
Sep 12, 2008 5:54 am
Hi, I'm going to be placing an order for roller supports with Caslon in the UK. Each set will include two roller supports 18pt wide x 26" long x .918" high....
10149
Gerald Lange
bielerpr
Sep 12, 2008 6:03 am
Keetgi I'm in for a set. For other folks, this is what they look like: http://bielerpressvii.blogspot.com/ Gerald...
10150
Bethany Carter
thistleberry...
Sep 12, 2008 11:35 pm
Are these generally recommended? I don't have a set for my no.4 and would be interested in any opinion. Where are they available to purchase? Thanks! Bethany ...
10151
Gerald Lange
bielerpr
Sep 13, 2008 12:55 am
Bethany Vandercook recommended them for reproduction proofs and that's good enough for me. I have found that they greatly improve stability of the inking...
10152
Halton
haltonprinting
Sep 13, 2008 2:05 am
To prepare a linecaster for a move rotate the machine so that the mold disk is forward on the locking studs and place a 2x4 block wedged behind the crucible so...
10153
Graham and Kathy
grahamoss
Sep 13, 2008 5:31 am
I use roller bearers on both the Vandercook and all the platen presses here. They give much better control of the ink layer, and I'd recommend their use. There...
10154
nagraph1
Sep 13, 2008 5:59 am
Roller bearers to aid in even inking is only part of what they are useful for. They also serve to even out the cylinder impression on proof presses so that...
10155
Gerald Lange
bielerpr
Sep 13, 2008 6:21 am
While this effect may be the result of ink supports it has little to do with impression. Rollers aren't linked to impression and there is not much in the form...
10156
Gerald Lange
bielerpr
Sep 13, 2008 7:37 am
Bethany I don't think it matters what you use, Monotype rule, foundry rule, wood type rule, or brass rule. I would disagree with Graham about wood type rule,...
10157
David McNamara
dmichael7
Sep 13, 2008 8:39 am
Graham (or anyone else), Care to share a photo of the rule used with a platen press, as Gerald has with a proof press? I realize the theory is easy to...
10158
Russ Wiecking - Wood ...
russwiecking
Sep 13, 2008 8:41 am
Having no experience with bearers, I can only assume they provide benefit, as you say. But, I can't help theorizing on why they help and when they might be...
10159
Graham and Kathy
grahamoss
Sep 13, 2008 12:30 pm
Oh dear, I hope it wasn't me who was rude. Gerald's right to suggest that wood type border is not always as accurate as one might hope - consider use alongside...
10160
Graham and Kathy
grahamoss
Sep 13, 2008 12:38 pm
Sorry David, but I don't do on-line photos. The system for using roller bearers on a platen press is simple though - they are locked in the chase instead of...
10161
Bethany Carter
thistleberry...
Sep 13, 2008 3:57 pm
Everyone, Thanks for all the comments and suggestions! Since I'm always up for trying something to improve print quality and I need to spend some money or pay...
10162
lamsland
Sep 13, 2008 4:31 pm
Thank you very much for that info. I just came back from looking at what's there so excuse my giddyness some. . . . First I will say it saddens and sickens me...
10163
kcnelson1966
Sep 13, 2008 8:20 pm
Hello Everyone, We have some great upcoming workshops in bookbinding, toolmaking and letterpress printing on a Vandercook (219, SP-15, #9) Please contact us...
10164
parallel_imp
Sep 14, 2008 1:58 am
... Gerald, I must disagree with that reasoning. Bearers have traditionally been used when making repro proofs to ensure an even impression. Without bearers,...
10165
Gerald Lange
bielerpr
Sep 14, 2008 2:39 am
Eric Actually, I do see it as a roller issue (precisely because of localized variance in inking) rather than an impression issue per se. In regard to repro...
10166
Gerald Lange
bielerpr
Sep 14, 2008 4:16 am
Eric Bit more on this, simply because I find it very intriguing. If as Russ suggests the cylinder can be kicked up by varied elements in the form, or, as you...
10167
Russ Wiecking - Wood ...
russwiecking
Sep 14, 2008 6:20 am
I am probably having a problem with the names of parts. I have posted a schematic for the sake of clarity http://ph.groups.yahoo.com/group/ ...
10168
Russ Wiecking - Wood ...
russwiecking
Sep 14, 2008 6:36 am
Well the link didn't work. I posted a sketch on PPletterpress under name 315. I will try to find another way to post the sketch....
10169
parallel_imp
Sep 14, 2008 3:04 pm
... Gerald, I agree we're in a lot of trouble. In fact, we're all doomed. But back to printing. On a cylinder press, all the impressional force is concentrated...
10170
Peter Fraterdeus
pfraterdeus
Sep 14, 2008 4:40 pm
... A optimist, eh? :-) ... Not so, at least in my experience. I prefer my kiss at the bottom of a shallow well. The same problem is evident to any careful...
10171
parallel_imp
Sep 14, 2008 8:25 pm
... [. . .] ... Peter, whenever "kiss" is mentioned, you bring up your "well". Fine; it sounds like your work is mostly on mouldmade and other thicker stocks...
10172
Austin Jones
prtsbyaj
Sep 14, 2008 11:59 pm
I just wanted to mention that I use Bearers regularly on my Bobcat Press. I currently am doing a show in Gaithersburg, MD and took some photos today of the...
10173
Peter Fraterdeus
pfraterdeus
Sep 15, 2008 12:32 am
Hi Eric ... True ... Indeed, of course it is. And if course I have done such proofs on matte coated stock, and continue to do so when I'm proofing old cuts or...
10174
Gerald Lange
bielerpr
Sep 15, 2008 12:54 am
Eric I can understand and agree with your argument. However, I don't see this, on the Vandercook, as significant as made out. I work up slowly, minimum...
10175
Gerald Lange
bielerpr
Sep 15, 2008 6:54 am
To eliminate some confusion here, roller supports, while technically bearers, actually do not necessarily serve the same function, since properly, with the...
10176
Cody L
itsfancylett...
Sep 15, 2008 1:28 pm
Barbara, email it to me. I will help you out with the conversion from what vector magic gave you to the format you are looking to have it to turn into. If they...
