Printing Platen Press Make Ready

Training film on how to use a platen printing press.
We digitized and uploaded this film from the A/V Geeks 16mm Archive. Email us at [e-mail] if you have questions about the footage and are interested in using it in your project.

[@larryaldrich4351]

Takes me way back to high school graphic arts. God bless Mr. Houston, a great teacher.

[@Felipe-ux2oy]

This is so helpful nowadays. There are no letterpress instruction videos this thorough anywhere on the web.

[@JasJul10]

Thanks for making this available--it's been very helpful for my printing project!

[@stewballs7]

The thing you call a gripper is actually a frisket bar and you would make ready at the back of the form, before you started making overlays, underlays or even interlays to make ready.

[@redblade43]

I used to do all that - what a palava.

[@trevorclement3776]

Me too...back in the early 60's

[@bent2419]

Come and see it all in Bogtrykmuseet, Esbjerg Denmark