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	Letterpress printing - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Letterpress printing is the oldest printing technique, in which a raised surface is inked and then pressed against a smooth substance to obtain an image in reverse.
		Early Chinese wood-blocks used characters or images carved in relief, and this form of image printing was known in Europe in the 13th century.
		There is however still a large amount of flexographic printing, which uses rubber plates to print on curved or awkward surfaces, and a lesser amount of relief printing from huge wooden letters for lower-quality poster work.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Letterpress_printing (487 words)

	letterpress printing -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		Letterpress is the oldest of the traditional printing techniques and remained the only important one from the time of Gutenberg, about 1450, until the development of lithography late in the...
		Letterpress printing consists of transferring a thin film of ink from the printing surface of the typeform to that of the paper by pressing the two together.
		Letterpress printing is characterized by the sharpness and strength of bite of the type.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9047932?tocId=9047932&query=printing (818 words)

	Encyclopedia: Letterpress printing
		A rotary printing press is a printing press in which the impressions are curved around a wheel so that the printing can be done on long continuous rolls of paper, cardboard, plastic, or a large number of other substrates.
		The Offset Printing process Offset printing is a widely used printing technique where the inked image is transferred (or offset) first to a rubber blanket, then to the printing surface.
		A relief print is an image created by the printmaking process of applying ink to a raised image on a plate or board and printing the resulting image onto paper.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Letterpress-printing (967 words)

	Letterpress printing -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Letterpress printing is the oldest (Reproduction by applying ink to paper as for publication) printing technique, in which a raised surface is (A liquid used for printing or writing or drawing) inked and then pressed against a smooth substance to obtain an image in reverse.
		In the 1400s, (German printer who was the first in Europe to print using movable type and the first to use a press (1400-1468)) Johann Gutenberg (among others) is credited with the invention of printing from individually-cast, reusable letters (moveable type) set together in a forme (frame).
		A small amount of high-quality art and hobby metal letterpress printing remains -- fine letterpress work is crisper than offset litho because a microscopic border of ink is squashed out around each letter, giving greater visual definition.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/l/le/letterpress_printing.htm (392 words)

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		the process of using a press for relief printing from metal type or raised surfaces formed from wood, metal, or linoleum
		." Relief printing means that the printing surface (the fl areas of the print) is raised above the non-printing surface (the white areas of the print) on the printing plate, block, or type.
		The raised surface can be obtained by cutting away the white areas with hand tools (as in block printing or wood-engraving), by acid etching of metal (as in photoengraving), by light-hardening a photo-emulsion (photo-polymer plates), or by casting from a carved or punched matrix (as in metal type).
	work.colum.edu /~matma/letterpress/letterpress.html (199 words)

	=== Printing letterpress printing ===
		Printing has come a long way in the last hundred years or so,from block printing, to printing presses in which newpapers and magazines are printed,color printing, laser and computer printers for quickness in producing documents,the lastest is digital printing.
		Our letterpress printing web presence is pretty new so we have not yet managed to include lots of data, but what we have done so far is researched the very best letterpress printing sites on the net.
		Looking at the continued growth of Internet selling letterpress printing businesses learn more in offering their products and services for sale An important strategic advantage that online letterpress printing sellers have over brick and mortar stores letterpress printing merchant is that overall operational costs are significantly reduced.
	www.sightings-in1.com /printing/letterpress-printing.htm (239 words)

	Printing Process Descriptions: Environment and Printing: The Printers' National Environmental Assistance Center: PNEAC: ...
		Letterpress is the oldest method of printing with equipment and images printed by the "relief" type printing plates where the image or printing areas are raised above the non-printing areas.
		The use of letterpresses is on the decline being replaced with faster and more efficient printing presses such as the offset lithographic press or the flexographic press.
		In traditional letterpress work, letters were assembled into copy, explanatory cuts were placed nearby, line drawings were etched or engraved into plates, and all these were placed (composed) on a flat marble stone, within a rigid frame (chase) spaced artistically with blocks (furniture) tightened up (locked-up) with toothed angular blocks (quoins).
	www.pneac.org /printprocesses/letterpress (693 words)

	Introduction to Letterpress Printing
		In the UK, the Printing Historical Society is a non-profit organization that fosters interest in the history of printing and encourages both the study and the preservation of printing machinery, records, and equipment of historical value.
		Letterpress printing ink in a full range of colors is available from both those companies, as well as Valley Litho.
		Because letterpress printing is what is known as a "relief" process, it is possible to print from other things in addition to, or instead of, traditional metal or wooden type.
	www.fiveroses.org /intro.htm (9937 words)

	Etherington & Roberts. Dictionary--letterpress printing (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The ink is applied to the printing surface which is above all nonprinting areas or spaces (the exact opposite of gravure or intaglio printing).
		Flat sheets may also be printed by the rotary method by having the printed areas electrotyped, i.e., duplicated in a copper or other metal plate, and then curving the plate to fit a cylinder.
		Letterpress printing is the oldest, and still the more commonly used, method of printing; it is employed for practically all newspaper printing, as well as the printing of many periodicals and books.
	palimpsest.stanford.edu /don/dt/dt2057.html (256 words)

	AllRefer.com - printing (Libraries, Books, And Printing) - Encyclopedia
		printing, means of producing reproductions of written material or images in multiple copies.
		There are four traditional types of printing: relief printing (with which this article is mainly concerned), intaglio, lithography, and screen process printing.
		Flexographic printing is a form of rotary letterpress printing using flexible rubber plates and rapid-drying inks.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/P/printing.html (181 words)

	Frequently Asked Questions for letterpress
		It is about the art and craft of Letterpress printing, including the equipment we use, how to use it, what materials and supplies are necessary, and where to get it all.
		Printing is primarily divided into three main categories depending on whether the image surface that gets inked is indented (eg, engraving), flat (eg, lithography), or raised (eg, letterpress).
		America's largest museum of printing is at the Museum of Printing, in North Andover, Massachusetts.
	www.greendolphinpress.com /letterpress-faq.html (7344 words)

	creativepro.com - dot-font: Letterpress in the Digital Age
		Once upon a time, all typography was the result of printing on a letterpress.
		Today, in 2004, when type is largely digital, and printing is usually done by offset or newer technologies, we can still find creative typography in letterpress printing.
		Letterpress is an essentially three-dimensional medium, where the ink is slightly impressed into the paper, rather than laid flat on top of it as in offset printing.
	www.creativepro.com /story/feature/20936.html (839 words)

	My Design Primer \| Printing \| Letterpress
		Letterpress printing starts with a single piece or multiple pieces of metal (or wood) made up of an image or letters of type on a printing plate.
		The print quality can be sharp and clear but can vary depending on the quality and texture of the paper.
		Letterpress, also known as relief printing, is pretty rare today but can still be found in oldstyle print shops and in school woodshops.
	www.mydesignprimer.com /printing/50006.html (164 words)

	Basic Letterpress Tools (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Although not common these days, letterpress supplies can still be found at garage sales, in the classified ads of your community paper, and in the back shops of most commercial printers.
		When the job was printed, the type would either be sorted into typecases to be used again, or remelted in the Monotype machine to cast new type.
		Similar to Monotype's machines, the copy to be printed was entered via a keyboard and the machine would assemble lines of molding matrices that would then be used to cast a full line of type as a single piece of metal.
	my.execpc.com /~bosshard/printing/letrprss/basictools.html (2328 words)

	Letterpress & Printmaking Resources \|\| The Book Arts Web
		Blue Barnhouse: A traditional letterpress studio and bindery where everything we make is crafted by hand, using quality archival materials and the time tested methods of letterpress printing and bookbinding.
		Modern Fine Printing: William S. Peterson's site at which basic documents relating to British and American fine printing of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, with particular emphasis (at least initially) on William Morris and the Kelmscott Press.
		Print Alliance: A consortium of non-profit printmakers' councils in the United States and Canada.
	www.philobiblon.com /letprint.htm (1338 words)

	LETTERPRESS PRINTING
		From the middle of the 15th century until only twenty years ago, letterpress was the preferred (almost, the only) method of reproducing the thoughts and ideas of scholars, or the stories of heroes and lovers.
		During the printing cycle the rollers pick up ink from the inking disk then roll down over the type, depositing a thin film of ink on the tops of the characters.
		The most distinctive quality of letterpress printing, and by which one can usually distinguish it from offset printing, is that the printed image (whether type or illustration) is actually impressed into the paper through the pressure of the press.
	www.cbbag.ca /BookArtsWeb/Letterpress.html (626 words)

	Printing Museums
		A commercial letterpress and offset printing firm formed in 1900 and still run by the founding family, they have turned their old equipment into a museum of printing history.
		Following the concept of the early 17th century "Ordinary-Wochen-Zeytung", the letterpress and the hand-set lead type are in use to print the "Wochenblatt".
		Two printing exhibits are the Gaveaux press (French manufacture Stanhope press) and a replica of a French common press (a hand press where the frame is made from wood).
	members.aol.com /aapa96/museums.html (5569 words)

	recycled paper supplies - The Craft of Letterpress Printing
		In time, other uses for the technology were discovered, including the use of wood-blocks for pattern printing on fabrics, but the ‘modern’ concept of printing as a means of distributing ideas and literature is comparatively recent.
		In addition to the superb print quality, this process also offers the lowest environmental impact, because the metal type is intended to be re-used many, many times, and enables work to be corrected and amended as required without creating any scrap.
		Having low set-up costs mean that small quantities can be printed economically, with no sacrifice of quality, with the advantage that we are able to offer the whole range of recycled paper and card we have available, printed in the widest choice of ink colours.
	rps.gn.apc.org /letpress.htm (349 words)

	Letterpress Printing as a Hobby (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		I mostly print stationary and greeting cards for my own family, but many hobby printers are more book-arts artisans, doing literary or artistic keepsakes for circulation among their friends and fellow printers or for-sale through literary/artistic outlets.
		Letterpress Things, Chicopee MA (John Barrett) is an east-coast supplier of used and "new old stock" presses parts and supplies.
		There are significant printing museums in Germany and California and a new one in Texas; there are numerous smaller museums and exhibits within larger historical recreation villages or industrial history museums: Belgium, Old Washington Historic [Arkansas] State Park, Williamsburg VA, Sturbridge MA, Mystic CT., Washington state, Washington DC (Smithsonian).
	world.std.com /~wdr/printing.html (1513 words)

	AAPA: Resources for Letterpress Printers
		Letterpress printing may no longer be a growth industry, but there are numerous people world-wide who pursue it as either a hobby or a business.
		Letterpress, printing, and bookbinding supplies and equipment; moved in fall 2001 (formerly American Printing Equipment and Supply Co.); new location: 153 Meacham St., Elmont, NY 10013; Phone: 718-729-5779; Fax: 718-729-8509
		Manufacturer of portable, electric, semiautomatic letterpress marking machines for identification marking and coding of manufactured component parts.
	members.aol.com /aapa96/lpress.html (2993 words)

	Letterpress Printing Encyclopedia Article, Definition, History, Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
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	www.ourlocalcolor.com /encyclopedia/Letterpress_printing (667 words)

	APHA Links and Resources
		Printing: Renaissance and Reformation, subtitled "An Exhibit for History 101: European Civilization I," was originally exhibited fall 1995 at the Thomas Cooper Library, University of South Carolina.
		Printing Museum, Tokyo (English site), emphasizes industry and craft of printing, as well as study of printing culture and modern applications.
		Color Printing in the Nineteenth Century, from the University of Delaware, is an informative exhibition.
	www.printinghistory.org /htm/misc/links.html (2614 words)

	Hobby and Professional Letterpress Printing
		This site is devoted to promoting the art of letterpress, and to preserving some of the familiar and not so familiar graphics and images of letterpresses and the printed image.
		A third generation family-owned printing firm offering personalized stationery for fund raising along with specialized printing services to the printing trade, including short run imprinting, numbering, die cutting, perforating, microperforating and scoring.
		"prints by AJ uses a collection of antique letterpress equipment to print a unique line of reprints of historical documents, stationery, miniature books, and prints from antique engravings." Located in Point Pleasant, West Virginia.
	members.aol.com /aapa96/shops.html (3413 words)

	Univ of Delaware: LETTERPRESS PRINTING & BOOKBINDING
		Printed ephemera captures the look of days gone by and provides excellent source material for study of typographic design and historic printing processes.
		Printing ephemera includes both nineteenth-century samples of printing for cards, scrap pictures, and other examples of chromolithography, and a collection of twentieth-century fine press broadsides.
		An exhibition drawn from the extensive collection as well as the Library's printed holdings will be on display at the University of Delaware Library in Fall 2004, in conjunction with the annual meeting of the American Printing History Association, to be held in Newark, Delaware.
	www.lib.udel.edu /ud/spec/guides/nichols.htm (1529 words)

	Fine letterpress printing
		We can letterpress any project that you can dream up – and even ones that you can’t -- via our custom design services.
		Through digital letterpress, we will turn your design into photopolymer plates and can print anywhere from 10 to 1,000 copies and beyond in any color on our antique printing presses.
		We will hand print the final product on one of our finely-tuned letterpresses and even if nothing makes you happy - not spring in Syracuse, not the early arrivals of robins, not the scent of very dark chocolate - trust us, our printing will leave you deeply satisfied.
	www.boxcarpress.com /letterpress/other.html (215 words)

	Williams Stationery - Letterpress Printing, Fund Raising and More
		In 1933 Thomas J. Williams founded the Personalized Stationery Company in Camden, New York to supply high quality letterpress printed personalized stationery products to be used as fund raising items by schools, churches and fraternal organizations.
		In addition we design, print and mail auction notice flyers for regional auctioneers and advertising flyers for other local businesses.
		We will also be making a few more trips out of state to help family this fall, so there will be 1 or 2 partial weeks when we will be closed for a few days.
	www.kadetstationery.com (179 words)

	Custom Letterpress Printing (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Letterpress printing is the technology for reproducing text that gave the world everything from Gutenberg's bibles to the dinner menus of the grand ocean liners.
		It is the craft of pressing inked words and images, cast in metal or cut from wood, directly into paper.
		Custom-designed letterpress printing from Woodside Press transforms everyday items -- personal stationery, invitations, announcements -- into objects to admire and save.
	www.woodsidepress.com /CUSTOM.HTML (162 words)

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