Peder, I'm new to the group also. I found a company called Boxcar Press that really deals with photopolymer plates. They are great with answering my many ...
I am happy to announce Make Ready, a resource for letterpress printers. http://makeready.org/ Make Ready is a journal featuring news and observations on ...
PPL members The following is a forwarded message from member Daniele Tonella. Because attachments are not allowed in email messages the image files for the...
Greetings I have a Uniroyal Model 1215 Platemaker, that was originally intended for flexoplates, but I had it converted so that it could make photopolymer...
[Cross-posted--please excuse duplication. Please feel free to pass along.] The American Printing History Association is delighted to announce that conference...
Can anyone offer any recommendations on densitometers? I want to be able to check the negatives I'm getting from my service bureau. A cursory look at...
I have added a Calendar feature to the list. Members can now add time-specific notices to the Calendar that are of interest to the membership. Gerald...
Peter, Thanks! I'm deliberately writing this before I've opened the attachment to let you know there's more time to answer the questions if you'd like. I'm not...
FYI A member asked about a source for these and I accidently deleted the email before getting around to responding. Anderson & Vreeland has a used equipment...
FYI This article "Water Soluble Ink for Waterless Lithography and Intaglio" has some very useful information on ink modification. While directed toward water...
1) Paul Moxon's Vandercook Maintenance is available in PDF form at his site http://fameorshame.com/teach.htm This is the handout for his maintenance workshops....
News from Cuneiform: http://www.cuneiformpress.com/ Cuneiform Press is pleased to announce the publication of Alan Loney's Meditatio : the printer printed :...
News from Cuneiform: http://www.cuneiformpress.com/ Cuneiform Press is pleased to announce the publication of Alan Loney's Meditatio : the printer printed :...
Carolyn Robertson of the Yolla Bolly Press in Covelo, California, has informed me today that she is selling a Vandercook which she has described as a Universal...
Are any PPL members using an ultrasound unit for washing out plates? I mentioned the possibility of ultrasound to a correspondent today but all I know about it...
Many thanks to those commercial letterpress printers who have emailed me their info to hand out at my workshop. I meant also to solicit "please don't do...
In a recent search for some materials I've needed I've encountered several sources for new letterpress supplies, tools, etc. Most of these are die-cutting...
Speaking of Typecon - I'm giving a very short workshop at the conference, Thurs. July 24, on the subject of digital type for photopolymer plate-based ...
The graphic designers blog, Speak Up, has recently issued a first anniversary book of selected postings by graphic designers, _Stop Being Sheep_. This sort of...
Hello folks, Now that the July Fourth holiday is almost upon us in the US, I have a rather interesting request from someone writing an article on summer ...
A while back someone asked about the why of this. I finally have something: For my birthday recently I was graciously given a copy of _The Penrose Annual_,...
I'm thinking about using (at least part of the time)photopolymer plates on my Vandercook 15-21 and have been looking at Boxcar bases. Purchased "Printing...
I kind of like this site for its up to date book references and pithy comments about: http://www.caslon.com.au/printprofile5.htm Plus, Caslon Analytics is just...
FYI We do have an extensive listing of links to digital type (and just about everything else related to typography and letterpress) onsite here. This is the...
FYI This fall, through Art Center at Night, I will be offering a course titled Digital Letterpress. This will be held at Archetype Press from its new location...
Well, it was bound to happen sooner or later.... http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/2880467845/qid=1088212407/sr=2-1/ref=sr_2_1/104-3511451-6547913 Gerald...
Hi John, I'd like to hear the story of the Windex, the Boxcar Base and the Metal-Backed Plate! Thanks, Joel Joel Benson Dependable Letterpress San Francisco...
Last spring Leslie Cabarga's new book _Logo, Font & Lettering Bible_ provided some up-to-date instructions on using the old standby of font-editors,...
