Archetype Press offers several letterpress classes from its new location at Art Center's new South Campus at 950 S. Raymond Avenue in Pasadena. I will be...
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Ken Botnick
kbotnick@...
Apr 1, 2004 3:29 pm
Does anyone know the type high measure of Italian types? Ken Botnick...
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mike.jacobs
mikewillshir...
Apr 1, 2004 4:03 pm
Italy, France, Denmark and Spain among others ise the Didot standard type high of 0.928 inches. Mike England ... From: "Ken Botnick" <kbotnick@...> ...
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Michael Parker
mdpphoto
Apr 1, 2004 7:40 pm
Dear pressmen, I was wondering if anyone knows a printer in Atlanta, GA that can give instruction on Vandercook or Miehle V-50 presses? I'm trying to decide...
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David Esslemont
desslemont
Apr 1, 2004 11:03 pm
I am pleased to offer the following for sale: Wharfedale cylinder: made by W. Dawson & Sons, Otley, c.1890. Sheet size: 690 x 600 mm. overall size 1.7 x 1.2 m....
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rob848
Apr 5, 2004 6:18 pm
Hello, I've searched the archives here, but haven't quite found an anwser to the question I have. Any help will be appreciated. If I understand correctly, the...
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berliner
berliner@...
Apr 6, 2004 12:23 am
Rob: You will find that the Monotype faces were mostly made from the English Monotype patterns, not Lanston, and they are excellent, right on the par with...
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Gerald Lange
bielerpr
Apr 6, 2004 1:35 am
Rob Actually, no, the Lanston faces were not digitized with letterpress in mind. But they were digitized in such a manner (scanned from inked metal type...
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karabookarts
Apr 6, 2004 5:07 am
If you're in N. California, note that applications are now available for the 2004 Book Arts Jam, which will take place on October 2 at Foothill College in Los...
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richardmeneely
Apr 12, 2004 2:19 am
Just signed up for PPLetterpress. For the number of years that I've been working with photopolymer plates, I've only just now discovered room light contact ...
... Office supply stores, or at least the larger ones sell an Amber Film that is contact printed and then developed in water. It takes a 1 min. uv exposure on...
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Stern & Faye, Printers
keyboarder98284
Apr 14, 2004 5:01 am
I have the following item for sale. It is located 90 miles northeast of Seattle in the town of Sedro-Woolley, WA. Latham Machinery Co. Printers' & Binders'...
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Gerald Lange
bielerpr
Apr 15, 2004 12:23 am
This is a recent offering from the Metal Type website: A gathering of postcards featuring various Linotype machines ...
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Gerald Lange
bielerpr
Apr 15, 2004 5:36 pm
The First European Monotype University, Geneva, Swiss, 14-20 juni 2004 As been done before at the other side of the Atlantic, the First European Monotype...
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Michael Parker
mdpphoto
Apr 15, 2004 6:53 pm
Hello Pressmen, I work at a newfangled print shop with a HP indigo press. Indigo "inks" adhere poorly to even its special substrates. We are thinking of...
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speedgray@...
speed_gray
Apr 15, 2004 7:21 pm
Michael: Miehle Verticals are great die cutters, used with a die-cutting jacket to prevent damage to the cylinder surface. I use my Verticals mostly for...
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arizonaprinter@...
arizonaprinter
Apr 15, 2004 11:06 pm
I presume you are talking about a V-50. I have 3 of them they are not a varnish press you really need an offset press ink roller system to lay down varnish on...
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Silver MayKitten
maykitten1
Apr 15, 2004 11:10 pm
Lock up the form in the chase, put a die cutting jacket on the cylender, remove the form inkers, makeready, setup and load the feeder, setup the stacker, run...
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Chris Papasadero
cp@...
Apr 16, 2004 6:17 am
[WARNING: NEWBIE ALERT] On this same vein - how does one go about setting up a vandy 219 to die cut? -Chris Papasadero Portland, OR ================ ...
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Gerald Lange
bielerpr
Apr 17, 2004 5:58 am
Chris I've never seen a steel die cutting plate made for a Vandercook, nor ever seen anything like that listed in the Vandercook literature. I'm sure only...
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Fritz Klinke
nagraph81433
Apr 17, 2004 6:55 am
There is some die cutting done on Vandercooks, and we do furnish stainless steel die jackets. We have a few commercial accounts that die cut short runs of ...
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Mark Wilden
MarkWilden
Apr 17, 2004 7:48 am
From: "Fritz Klinke" <nagraph@...> ... Based on John Cornelisse's suggestion, I did some scoring on a Vandercook. The only problem was not being able...
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Fritz Klinke
nagraph81433
Apr 17, 2004 3:18 pm
If you are scoring or perfing to the grippers, you're right. But you'll find most commercial jobs are laid out for the sheet to have a final trim after these ...
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Regis Graden
regispolyplates@...
Apr 18, 2004 5:10 am
Fritz is absolutely correct, printing always should be thoroughly planned and always run on oversized stock and final trimmed. It is how it's done. Regis...
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Gerald Lange
bielerpr
Apr 18, 2004 6:29 am
Igino Marini has presented his revival Fell Types at his site http://www.iginomarini.com/fell.html Even more intriguing is the iKern program he presents. For...
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Peter Fraterdeus
pfraterdeus
Apr 18, 2004 2:07 pm
Gerald-- Alphabets also produced A*I Marlowe, (Also called Oberon) based on the Fell types. Ours was not a 'scan and trace', but a complete redrawing, with two...
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Brian Molanphy
bmolanphy
Apr 18, 2004 4:52 pm
listmembers, this is the press release for the exhibition. -brian NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED CAMPUS PRESS CELEBRATED IN NEW ART EXHIBIT "The Press at Colorado...
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Chris Papasadero
cp@...
Apr 21, 2004 1:24 am
Well I got this Vandy 219 and i have a big problem: I'm a design student with zero cash to move the sonnofathing. The seller is practically giving the press to...
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Regis Graden
regispolyplates@...
Apr 21, 2004 3:16 am
-Chris Papasadero: Do not attempt to "break it down"! Do not attempt to move it without a professional machinery mover! You are getting a good deal if you use...
