Category Archives: Reference Material

Full Kelsey Printing Course

Posted on January 8, 2024 by Randy

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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The Printers’ Vocabulary of Technical Terms and Phrases, Abbreviations, and Other Expressions

Posted on March 26, 2021 by Randy
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ATF Printing Instruction Cards

Posted on February 26, 2021 by Randy

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

Posted on July 26, 2019 by Randy
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Old Book / New Process

Posted on March 2, 2019 by Randy

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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Combination Border Series 98

Posted on May 22, 2016 by Randy

Scattered among several places upstairs we found the parts of this series. Some are difficult to recognize on their own, but we finally placed them as part of this interesting border. It seems at this point we have a fair amount, … Continue reading →

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Kantner’s Book of Objects

Posted on July 25, 2015 by Randy

A visitor dropped by the Print Shop today to share a book, meaning to trustingly leave it with us to study until they return in a week or two to retrieve it.  Knowing of our interests in engravings, this one … Continue reading →

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The Inland Printer – Reading from the 1800’s

Posted on July 16, 2015 by Randy

So what might you have been reading sitting around the Conestoga Press in the 1800’s had we been operating back then. Paul G. introduced me to a couple of beautiful magazines that hawk printing equipment and show off beautiful composition … Continue reading →

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