Plenty of offset inks work fine for letterpress. Some has lots of drier in them, so one has to be careful not to let them sit on press to long. James Shanley...
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Bryan Hutcheson
printanarchist
Sep 10, 2002 3:44 pm
I primarily use rubber base offset inks but thought someone might have a company name they prefer to order from. Oil based inks are ok too as long as they...
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LSeastone@...
Sep 10, 2002 5:45 pm
Hanco Inks are offered without driers and so can run longer on letterpress. Leonard Seastone...
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The Indian Hill Press
mail@...
Sep 10, 2002 6:26 pm
Katie: William Addison Dwiggins designed some Deco-style piece ornaments, as well as several dozen lovely borders which he called his Caravan series, for...
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Gerald Lange
bielerpr
Sep 10, 2002 10:27 pm
I even found four unused cans of a German ink that came with the ... Bryan If those German inks say Mandelik on the label best not to open them. Probably full...
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typetom@...
Sep 10, 2002 11:04 pm
knharper@... writes: << page border or ornament printed on each page of the book >> Dan Waters' suggestion to look in the linotype specimen book is a good...
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Bryan Hutcheson
printanarchist
Sep 10, 2002 11:11 pm
Gerald, The old German inks are K+E - Kast & Ehinger of Stuttgat-Feuerbach The black can says Prachtdruckschwarz 238 [Non-text portions of this message have...
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Gerald Lange
bielerpr
Sep 11, 2002 8:30 am
... Bryan Ah, not familiar with Kast & Ehinger Superior black printing ink? But to reply to your question. I've found that stone lithographic inks work well. I...
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Kathleen Whalen
grahamoss
Sep 11, 2002 10:02 am
Katie, take a look at what Theo Rehak has to offer on www.daleguild.com Some nce stuff there. All the best, Graham Moss Incline Press 11A Printer Street Oldham...
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LSeastone@...
Sep 11, 2002 10:35 am
The midway ink is exceptional, but it is not a stock item and made only in 25 pounds to order. It is very stiff and I add a drop or two of boiled linseed oil...
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Katie Harper
ktnharper
Sep 11, 2002 1:44 pm
Well, now I'm really curious about why I'm getting such good results with thinner, runnier offset inks than I am with the stiff letterpress inks. Sounds like...
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Fontdr@...
drtype2001
Sep 11, 2002 3:00 pm
I have a Agfa Duoscan 1200 with transparency adapter and it has been trouble free for 2 years. HP support is not that good either. Bob Trogman Palm Springs...
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Harold Kyle
boxcarpress
Sep 11, 2002 3:04 pm
... We stock 1 lbs cans of Book Black if you don't want to put in the 27 lbs minimum order with Midway. Harold ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Boxcar Press Fine Printing and...
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LSeastone@...
Sep 11, 2002 3:35 pm
Thank-you Harold, I have a small gang-up order that someone else is putting through right now. But a large book of wood-engravings is depleting my supply very...
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Hrant H Papazian
justforjan28
Sep 12, 2002 5:33 am
From: Katie Harper ... Agfa all the way. hhp...
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Katie Harper
ktnharper
Sep 12, 2002 12:39 pm
Thanks to those who recommended Agfa. Unfortunately, Afga is no longer in the consumer scanning biz. They only make drum/high end scanners now, according to...
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Katie Harper
ktnharper
Sep 12, 2002 12:47 pm
Dear friend, Do you have a virus checker on your machine? If so, you should check it. Someone to whom I have recently sent email has a virus (or worm, perhaps...
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Peter Fraterdeus
pfraterdeus
Sep 12, 2002 1:08 pm
Katie Did you send that??? CAREFUL! DON'T GO TO THAT WEB SITE. It looks suspicious!! No Address?? GO to www.symantec.com FIRST!!! PF ... -- - AzByCx DwEvFu...
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Peter Fraterdeus
pfraterdeus
Sep 12, 2002 1:20 pm
Updated with more real virus research sites: www.cert.org The CERT Coordination Center (CERT/CC) is a center of Internet security expertise, at the Software...
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Katie Harper
ktnharper
Sep 12, 2002 1:38 pm
Yes, I sent the message below, and yes, the web site is real. It contains the actual numeric address for the Zoomtown site. And yes, there are plenty of other...
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Dan Franklin
dan@...
Sep 12, 2002 2:12 pm
... In the August 2002 issue of PC Magazine (pages 126-136), highly recommended are the HP ScanJet 5400c (2400 dpi, about $200) and the Canon CanoScan N1240U...
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Silver MayKitten
maykitten1
Sep 12, 2002 4:45 pm
I bought a HP ScanJet 7400c a little more than a year ago and I just love it for web-scans. But for going to print, I am sticking with my Scitex (Now Creo)...
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Gerald Lange
bielerpr
Sep 13, 2002 7:31 pm
Because of client request, in addition to our .038"/.026" steel- backed plates, we are now processing .060"/.048" steel-backs. Please contact offlist for our...
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Bryan Hutcheson
printanarchist
Sep 13, 2002 7:47 pm
Scanners fall in three main categories 1. Desktop scanners for the recipe collector 2. Desktop Scanner for the Professional, 3. Drum Scanners for the high-end...
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Gerald Lange
bielerpr
Sep 15, 2002 8:01 pm
I am putting together the manuscript for a new monograph that I will be releasing next spring. This will be produced in the same format as the second edition...
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ANDREAS PRIVE
andreasschweizer@...
Sep 22, 2002 11:32 am
... http://www.danburkholder.com/Pages/misc_pages/digital_neg_faq.htm#GeneralNeg Questions Andreas Schweizer 8, rue de la Puiserande 1205 Genève- Switzerland ...
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Gerald Lange
bielerpr
Sep 23, 2002 6:20 am
... Andreas Thanks for this. Someone had mentioned Icefields early on and I used it for a just a short while but then I had a horrible system crash and it did...
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The Indian Hill Press
mail@...
Sep 23, 2002 12:46 pm
I downloaded the Rastus Demo yesterday and gave it a quick try. It's easy to use, but my cursory tests yielded an odd moire-like pattern in the dots, a subtle...
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Brian Allen
allenprinter
Sep 24, 2002 3:38 am
You can see photos of a specimen of a new version of Sabon being printed from photopolymer plates at this site: http://www.porcheztypo.com/atypi/cpbook.html ...
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Katie Harper
ktnharper
Sep 24, 2002 6:05 pm
I'm printing a plate using only clear overprint varnish on a dark, brick red cover stock, and am finding that the usual deep impression that the clients so...
