To Michael Babcock: Amen! to your statement. "there is nothing to compare to". As is a trained eye for quality is necessary in most of the fine printing art. ...
Gerald, again, no blame of digital per se, but of the digitizers. and thanks Bryan for your considered thoughts... since i've owned and been using Fontographer...
Dear Gerald & all Anyone looking for metal Weiss might get in touch with Wolfgang Hartmann. The catalogue we received from him 2 years ago listed Weiss, its...
Hi all- I finally have my letterpress "studio" and bindery in order (with some loose ends of course). I've been printing for a total of two weeks and have...
Hi Roderick, I've been making wine labels in the Napa Valley for the last 20 years and it is highly recommended that the grain of the paper goes across the...
Infrequently, I need polymer plates. My current sources ask that negs be supplied and I need a local shop that can make line negs from camera-ready art....
As some of you know, I'm printing wine labels. A fellow printer said that for wine labels, the grain needs to go in a specific direction but couldn't recall....
I'm sending artwork to my service bureau for a negative, at what line screen should I specify? I've seen numbers ranging from 65, 85, and 150 lpi for polymer...
Traps in offset printing are frequently .25 point (quarter point). Unless black is overprinting, a colour trapping under black can be considerably more (half a...
Roderick, It is my opinion that in this case the darker color should go down last. The trap may not show at all. Sometimes the printer gets lucky! Regis ... ...
I'm looking for recommendations for "summer reading" for a new employee that we're hiring in a few months. She's a printmaker with no experience in the ...
I print with multiple colors all the time and even though the registration is close I've never have white gaps. A designer asked me today "How much trap do you...
Concerning Harold's point regarding viewing traps in software, recent versions of InDesign and Illustrator have an "Overprint Preview" command under the View...
Library of Discards will hold a SALON on Thursday, May 6th, 2004, from 6-8pm, at San Francisco Center for the Book, 300 DeHaro Street, San Francisco. LIBRARY...
There's an interesting article on book arts organizations and online resources in the current issue of _College and Research Libraries_. The article is...
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...
This might seem like a relativly simple (some might even say "stupid") question but it has bothered me for a long time. What wood is furniture made from? I do...
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...
Hi folks - this is your last chance to acquire a wharfedale cylinder, hand gullotine and other sundries for next to nothing - make me an offer now - the...
-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...
listmembers, this is the press release for the exhibition. -brian NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED CAMPUS PRESS CELEBRATED IN NEW ART EXHIBIT "The Press at Colorado...
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...
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...
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'...
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 ...
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...
