Photopolymer Platemaking Workshops with Inge Bruggeman For anyone interested in workshops on photopolymer platemaking, I will be offering several this...
The Wells College Book Arts Center is pleased to announce social printer Amos Paul Kennedy, Jr. will present this year's Susan Garretson Swartzburg '60...
Someone had asked about this and I forgot to put it up. Here are two European magnetic flatbase manufacturers: Kocher + Beck Rotationsstansen GmbH + Co ...
An article on the Vandercook proof press from _Type & Press_ is available online at http://www.apa-letterpress.org/Files/TP/Vandercook.html This includes some...
Hi Marnie, I'd love to hear further details about the Epson inkjet and the settings used and the results obtained. I have an Epson Color Stylus 850, but could...
A month or two ago there was a good discussion on dampening paper. I have a follow on question, which is, what is your experience in working with and drying...
Yehuda Magnani is owned by the Fabriano mills. Whoever supplies you with Fabriano would be able to supply you with Magnani as well. Pescia is a good paper. ...
i expose the stouffer scale to a strip of plate material and increase the exposure time until you get the plate to print a solid 16. whatever time it takes to...
Well, I'm about to take the plunge and make plates. I have a Hansa platemaker, and I've been told I need to do a Stouffer (am I spelling this correctly?) test...
Per member request: URLs pertaining to printmaking with photopolymer plates have now been gathered into a single Bookmarks folder. I've added some new sources ...
The Wells College Book Arts Center welcomes book designer Greer Allen to campus. On Thursday, April 18, Mr. Allen will give a talk entitled "You See His...
Gerald, I just read your Vandercook maintenance: Adjusting cylinder carriage bearings. You rock! I have been wrestling with my Vandercook 4 bearings for some...
OK, dumb question from one who probably wasn't paying attention when he should have. How is the How to File accessed, as well as the archives? Trying to wade...
A new exchange for printmakers and digital images makers is organised. You can see all the details at http://www.estampe.be/exchange ... Un nouvel échange...
The recent message labeled " Notice to Membership [April]" from Yahoo says that "Yahoo has made some changes regarding individual accounts" and contains the...
The recent message labeled " Notice to Membership [April]" from Yahoo says that "Yahoo has made some changes regarding individual accounts" and contains the...
Gabriel Rummonds has asked me to inform PPLetterpress members that he has a link to this site on his Handpress website: http://letterspace.com/handpress/ If...
Check our catalog--we sell KSBA tympan by the 100 sheets. Current price is $86.00 per 100. We also stock tympan for the KSL 15x20 Heidelberg cylinder. Fritz...
... Gaylord, I use the Bunting bases for the bulk of my jobbing work, but use a "butt bar" as Gerry describes to help limit plate creep. The main virtue of the...
I see there's a few people on this list running a KSBA. I am about to run out of pre-cut tympan sheets and will need to order some more fairly soon. American...
FYI These are a different animal entirely. Rotary and semi-rotary. High-tech monsters. For narrow web converting, flexo applications, multiple types of ...
Dear List, Just about to make a big plate purchase but I want to get it right. I'm running a KSBA heidelberg with mixed formes (pics and text) and printing to ...
Small independent print shop is clearing older but still working equipment. Items are: Chief 15 blue model 10x15 press w/original instruction manual and parts...
A number of folks responded when I posted the Finer Points in Letterpress Typography course being offered through Art Center at Night (Art Center College of...
I started out with a shoe brsush, progressed onto the kid's teddy-bears and currently use domestic paint pads. Now I'm looking to buy a used (second-hand)...
Hello all. I've recently acquired a pp exposure/wash-out unit. I'm thinking of buying a Boxcar Base but first need to find the right poly-backed plate. I need...
Since there is talk around the subject of hand vs machine washing out of exposed plates I'd like to add a question: do there exist washout units entirely...
