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Find Us and Other Presses
You can now find our Bronstrup and other hand presses around the world on the Association of European Printing Museums web site in their new worldwide handpress database. Find it here.
Mark Your Calendar!
The Lancaster Printers Fair is on for September 16 from 11am – 4pm. You’ll find us there along with much more. Come see us! Directions and details here. You can also visit the local maker space, the Make717 Innovation Center … Continue reading
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Lancaster Printers Fair – 9.18.21
Come visit us and the other great vendors at this great annual fair. This year it is located on the grounds of the Ken Kulakowsky Center for Letterpress and Book Arts at 117 Parkside Avenue, Lancaster PA. The Center will … Continue reading
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International Printing Museum Tour
While we’re closed, here’s a great printing museum to tour virtually. Part 1: Introduction to Printing Part 2: The Gutenberg Press Part 3: The Country Newspaper Shop
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Printing at the Pressed Plate
On Saturday, February 22, 2020, we will be printing on site at the Pressed Plate at 52 East Main Street in Ephrata, PA. We are helping to celebrate their first anniversary by printing a special souvenir from 2 – 4 … Continue reading
Lancaster Printers Fair September 14 & 15
Come see us on Saturday, September 15 at the Lancaster Printers Fair. The 300 block of Queen Street in Lancaster will be full of stands demonstrating and selling printed goods and equipment. Street fair is from 11 – 4. There … Continue reading
Another Field Trip to Bethlehem
Most of us from the field trip made a multipurpose visit to the National Museum of Industrial History on Saturday. Of course we wanted to see their Print and Papermaking exhibit now that it’s complete. Paul had some matrices for … Continue reading
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Visit to National Museum of Industrial History
We traveled to Bethlehem for a special visit to the National Museum of Industrial History at the Steel Stacks complex. Check it out at nmih.org and plan a visit! A special printing exhibit will open there soon. We’ll post details here.
National Museum of Industrial History
We enjoyed a visit from folks from the National Museum of Industrial History in Bethlehem. They are working on a printing exhibit that will open next year, though we’re anxious to return the visit to their place as soon as … Continue reading
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Frank Romano Visit
Frank Romano, Professor Emeritus of the Museum of Printing in Haverhill (that’s pronounced HAY-verill) Massachusetts was in the area at the invite of Paul from the print shop and I was able to spend two days touring around the County. … Continue reading
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