Yahoo will be converting groups to a new format in the near distant future. We have been asked if we would like to be a beta test site in that regard. My...
Hello, I have been taught two different ways to check roller height with a .918" gauge on a Vandercook SP20. Both are very different. Can anyone tell me if...
Hello all, I have a used Anderson Vreeland Orbital VIII A4. The brush it came with seems pretty decent, except that the base curves upward in the center...
Hello- My 10x15 Heidelberg is stuck on impression and I am trying to back the flywheel up to loosen the it. I have tried lifting the white disk by the flywheel...
Hello everyone I am new to this site. I am an active memeber on SFLetterpress. A little about myself: My name is Amber and I am a graphic designer and...
[I am posting this notice for someone not on the listserv. Please excuse cross posting. pwr] The New York Chapter of the American Printing History Association...
Hey, A-4 Interflex platemaker from Boxcar for sale. Bought two years ago, and then, because of this or that, used only about five times. Basically, brand...
Hello everyone. I'm pretty new to letterpress and have tried to research this issue; but still do not quite have the answers I need so I thought I'd try here....
I have a problem with printing a photopolymer plate on a Vandercook 219. This is our first plate using ONLY type, although we have done other plates of...
I was asked today which of the terms, plate processing or platemaking, was the correct usage. I'm not sure. I've used them interchangeably depending upon...
Pasadena High School seeks good home for letterpress stone complete with galleys and furniture and two type cabinets with double slant tops. See posted photos...
I lost the link to a great video of a man working at a linotype machine. ( I think he was at some sort of trade show or something.) It was also on youtube but...
***Apologies for cross-postings*** PRINTER-IN-RESIDENCE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA CENTER FOR THE BOOK (UICB) The University of Iowa Center for the Book invites...
Hello all, I am looking for some advice on creating a portfolio of work. I have spent many days practicing on my windmill and making polymer plates and I now...
Assuming they already don't have someone in mind, first public announcement of one of these I have seen in about a decade-and-a-half. Maybe things ARE picking...
Hello All, I am printing with my C & P 10x15 on 4-ply museum board usuing photopolymer plates. The client wants a very deep impression but when I woud get the...
I will be offering several letterpress-related courses this summer at both Art Center College of Design and Otis College of Art and Design: Digital Letterpress...
I'm interested in purchasing a Boxcar Base for my SP-15 Vandercook. I'd appreciate hearing from others who are using these bases-- pros, cons, any pointers? ...
In celebration of Horse & Buggy Press's tenth anniversary I decided to organize a group letterpress show here in our foyer gallery. Both to reprise some...
The third issue of Galley Gab is now available at this site: http://www.galleygab.net Among the articles in this issue, five teachers of letterpress tell about...
Hi, I am not familiar with printing on coated stock or using ink specifically for coated stock. Can anyone tell me what would happen if you used an ink that...
Colorado College in Colorado Springs will be offering a three-week foundations in Book Arts and Letterpress course, June 25-July 13, 2007. The course will be...
Is there anyone out there know where one can purchase brass and copper spaces ? Tom Krakowiak Black Rock Press University of Nevada, Reno ... Don't pick...
Just yesterday I listened to a podcast of a lecture by Matthew Carter. He's a very engaging speaker. He sets out to answer the question "Why design a new...
