... Brian Yeah, I leave the tank empty until the next use. Didn't realize the Polimero had wooden bases. Splitting could be a concern, as well as warping I...
Well, I used a Polimero platemaker in a shop I worked in, and over a five year period we always kept water in there without apparent damage to the wooden...
I was lucky enough to be included in Claire Dinsmore's most fantastic online journal 'Cauldron & Net,' Please take a look . . . Inge Bruggeman . . . . After...
OK, OK Sources for classic historical Ludlow typefaces: Ludlow UK (Ludlow and Continental library collections) http://ludlowfonts.com/ Offering the Continental...
I'm going to be teaching a letterpress class at the Cincinnati Art Academy in the spring. They have an Asbern (model no. unknown) and a Vandercook 219. Does...
... Academy ... Vandercook 219. ... that they ... answer yet. ... The Vandercook manuals are available in photocopy form from NA Graphics. The Asbern and...
In my never ending search for digitized historical type specimens I recently came across this: http://www.steffmann.de/english Somewhat amazing. Unbelievable...
I was wondering what folks' experiences have been with the letterpress inks by Hostmann-Steinberg (L/P Spec Matte Black) and Midway (Letterpress Book Black). ...
Wow! There is certainly a lot of material here. However, I do believe that a lot of these fonts have been floating around for at least ten years in the public...
Hello Gerald A few years back I used Hostmann-Steinberg inks in six colors they had premixed. I found them difficult to work with, the ink was very loose and ...
Which Gans ink is it? Our Gan's rep isn't quite sure what he recommends for letterpress. Marnie ... From: Frank Cabral [mailto:cabral@...] Sent: Monday,...
What you do is call Gans Ink and tell them that you need a deep black ink for Letterpress. Gans ink here in Los Angles custom mixes them on demand. They dry...
Marnie, I think it is called Dense Black (#121 ?), I don't have a can with me. I ordered it from the Gans distributor located in the bay area, in Hayward,...
Another two cents on inks: I have been getting the best results on my platen presses and Vandercooks from some locally mixed offset inks, much better than the...
Casey MaGarr has kindly sent a PDF of the Instruction and Parts Manual for the Challenge Reproduction Proof Press(es) 15MA and 15MP. I've uploaded this to...
I have been using the Horstmann-Steinberg matte black ink and like its color. But working with dampened paper I did get considerable spread. It seemed...
I have been using offset inks on letterpress for years; it works great! Offset inks are formulated to resist the dampening solution in the offset process, and...
I was also once told to cut offset inks with a bit of varnish, but have wondered then and now why I should do that as the inks seem to be "loose" enough as is....
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Nov 26, 2002 4:33 pm
Inge--I would love to read this journal, but all that I can get to come up on my screen is the gorgeous first page of each issue. Is there something I should...
And what about magensium carbonate? I'd often use this in a long ink to shorten it. Makes for a lovely matt finish in the ink also. P ... -- AzByCx DwEvFu...
Peter and others I use magesium carbonate for most inks, and I tend to use a lot of it, but I'm working with Vandercooks and dampened paper. On a C&P, printing...
Gerald: Your question about ink spread and dampening the paper was a good one. I had experienced some difficulty with this a few months ago, and it kinda put...
... good one. ... kinda put me off ... dampening, ... print dry, ... something that one ... and not at ... Katie I tend to dampen most of the time but I am...
Katie From my limited experience, I'd say any sufficiently rag paper will benefit from dampening. OF this, Sebastian Carter of Rampant Lions Press once said...
... benefit from dampening. OF this, Sebastian Carter of Rampant Lions Press once said 'damp to the cheek, but not to the finger' In other words, if it's...
See? Voodoo! The process sounds a lot like making the perfect martini, to wit: wave a jigger of gin and say the word "vermouth"; over it three times... I use...
My limited experience with dampening plus some rational thinking about the physics of printing tells me that the basic function of dampening is to soften the...
I will once again be offering the letterpress course Finer Points in Letterpress Typography at Archetype Press in old town Pasadena on Tuesday nights from 7:00...
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Nov 30, 2002 2:08 pm
Gerald--It sounds quite wonderful. Wish I lived closer and were uncommitted in January. I've had Protean Press for over 20 years, but at about that point one's...
