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Category Archives: Instructional
Making a Letterpress Engraving Plate
In answering a question about printing cuts I found that the International Printing Museum had this great video demonstrating the process.
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Full Kelsey Printing Course
The Kelsey Company in Meriden Connecticut manufactured tabletop printing presses for years and supported it with printing supplies and advice. The All-Round Printer is twenty one lessons in printing with questions and a printer’s dictionary. The scan isn’t perfect, but … Continue reading
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Linotype Series at MOP
The Museum of Printing in Haverhill, Massachusetts has posted a series of 10 videos about the Linotype with everyone’s favorite Linotype repairman, Dave Seats. You can watch the first here and find your way on their YouTube channel.
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ATF Instruction Card Frame/Holder
I made a frame that holds all 24 APA Instruction Cards and displays whichever card you put in the front. They slide up through the top to remove or change. You can read more about the cards and download a … Continue reading
The Printers’ Vocabulary of Technical Terms and Phrases, Abbreviations, and Other Expressions
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ATF Printing Instruction Cards
The International Printing Museum posted a couple of cards from this series and made me search further to find the series. The University of Wisconsin-Madison has an online display of almost all 24, but are missing #8. Here’s what they … Continue reading
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The American Printer Added to Resource Links
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Old Book / New Process
So I found this very interesting book on scanned by google books. Of course I could read it on the Internet Archive here, but it seemed like something that would be useful to hold in your hand in the print … Continue reading
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Chine-colle’ Printing at Conestoga Press
We are fortunate and honored to have John Myers, a local art teacher, coming by the print shop and introducing some new ideas and techniques. Here he is standing in front of some experiments in Chine-colle’. Thin paper is added … Continue reading
Printing Classes at .918 Club in Lancaster
Introduction to Letterpress Printing Workshop The .918 Club in Lancaster is offering a great opportunity to learn all about letterpress. This workshop introduces the history and fundamentals of letterpress printing. Hand setting type, computer plate composition, proofing, lockup, and printing … Continue reading
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