Author Archives: Randy

Hocking Wood Type Collection

Posted on January 19, 2025 by Randy

We have acquired a collection of wood type from Hocking Printing and are in the process of organizing and cataloging it. The attached document gives a rough sample of almost all of it though there are some errors in sorting … Continue reading →

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The New Year is Here

Posted on January 6, 2025 by Randy

The print shop will greet the new year with a vacation of sorts. We won’t be scheduled to be open until March 1 when we resume our Saturday mornings from 9 to noon schedule. Someone may be there by chance … Continue reading →

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David Shields on the Rob Roy Kelly Wood Type Collection

Posted on September 22, 2024 by Randy

With the recent acquisition of wood type we have much to learn about it. Shop volunteer Paul found this great presentation from the Humanities Research Center.

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See Us in Havre de Grace, Maryland

Posted on September 20, 2024 by Randy

No one will be in the Print Shop on Saturday, September 21, but you can see us and a bunch of other Printers in Maryland.

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Come See Our New Pearl

Posted on May 8, 2024 by Randy

Thanks to a generous donation from Julie Hocking of Hocking Printing Company, publisher of the Shopping News in Ephrata, we have a new (old) No. 14 Pearl printing press. We plan to give it the care it needs to print … Continue reading →

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Making a Letterpress Engraving Plate

Posted on January 22, 2024 by Randy

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

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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Happy New Year / Closed Until March

Posted on January 6, 2024 by Randy

We’re closed here at Conestoga Press for the Winter. The museum is closed to install a new temporary exhibit and we will reopen when they do the first Saturday in March. The library here at the Historical Society is open … Continue reading →

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Find Us and Other Presses

Posted on December 23, 2023 by Randy

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.

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Annual Christmas Open House

Posted on November 29, 2023 by Randy

Sunday, December 3, 2023 from 1 – 4 pm. Come join us for the Historical Society of the Cocalico Valley’s Christmas Open House. We will be printing the fifth in our series of Christmas drink coasters on the Bronstrup press. … Continue reading →

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