GWJ Company is a very good source for used photopolymer platemaking equipment. They have several A&V Orbitals currently (mid-December) as well as an Asbern...
Hi Mark Hey, I'm just the messenger on this one! Did you look at the collotype section of the site? Quite amazing, and actually the best I've seen yet. But...
Hi I have a Vandercook Universal 1 press. I need one "Bearing Block" (P/N X16836). This is the adjusting mechanism that holds and adjusts the form roll. If...
If anyone out there has or uses a Vandercook 219 and can perhaps answer some questions about this machine, please email me off list. I'm new to this machine,...
Katie I would ask, at least for my benefit, that this sort of discussion remain public. Like myself, there may be others who work with 219's that might benefit...
Jack: I'm happy to pass along the information and advice I have received so far. One of the reasons for keeping it all off list was so I could send diagrams to...
ATM Deluxe sent the following report when I tried to open a font this morning. Can anyone tell me what this means in English, and how it might possibly be...
Katie Brian is correct here. But if you don't have the original font to replace (not uncommon these days with downloadable purchases and neglect in backup) you...
For starters, there were two versions of the 219, and production by Vandercook overlapped during the transition from the Old Style to the New Style. One of the...
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Tim Honnor
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Jan 13, 2003 10:39 am
No - but I know a good one right here in Scotland!! Tim Honnor www.piccolopress.co.uk In message <avnka2+m0lk@eGroups.com>, "carey johnson ...
Hello everyone, feel free to forward this to anyone in the Seattle area who might be interested in taking a letterpress printing class: There's still time to...
Andrew Crewdson, owner of new-series.org, a site dedicated to type, letterforms and their history, has posted an interview with this group's irrepressible...
Hi Paul Oh, it's a story that's been told before. Haven't done an interview in over a decade but was honored when Andy asked. I have a lot of respect for what...
Patrick This is the post (?) but it is actually from another list: <Benton's pantograph actually predates Morris' Kelmscott Press by a <few years. More often...
Dear Gerald Lange Crispin Elsted tells me that you manage the groupsite for the Fine Press Book Association. May I trouble you to forward to your members (and...
Hello all I'm giving a short workshop this afternoon on the principles of using photopolymer plates. Normally, when I do these demos, we do a quick 'n' dirty...
... using ... quick 'n' ... theories, etc. ... than 10 ... with a ... appeared ... something ... I'm ... Photoflood over ... some ... Katie For small plates...
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Kent Manske
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Jan 27, 2003 9:06 am
Rod, your info to Katie was informative. I have not had the short exposure times that you have with the F20T12BLB, 24", 20 watt bulb. I just build a box with 6...
Howdy, folks: When typefaces are designed for computer reproduction, do the type designers always create their master patterns for a standard optimal size? For...
At 6:39 AM -0800 2003-01-27, David P. Wall wrote: (on the PhotoPolymer Letterpress List) ... David There is no industry standard that I know of. When I...
... Using ... (to ... 16 ... blacklite) ... I've ... Hi Kent The difference in exposure times could be due to several variables. The distance from the bulbs to...
Thanks to everyone who wrote about home units for exposing polymer plates. The workshop was on Saturday, so I didn't have time to build a home exposure unit. I...
David Most run of the mill PostScript Type 1 and TrueType digital faces are designed in one size from a master pattern at 10 or 12 point. It varies. So If you...
... Gerald, David -- I have better news, which is that OpenType is not really a new format. FontLab 4.5 can certainly edit OT fonts, either of the TrueType or...
