Category Archives: Instructional

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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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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Linotype Series at MOP

Posted on January 29, 2022 by Randy

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

Posted on June 7, 2021 by Randy

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 →

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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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Chine-colle’ Printing at Conestoga Press

Posted on January 10, 2016 by Randy

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 →

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