Printing Machines in Our Collection

printing presses in our collection: rough census

*  letterpress
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   *  platen

      * suspended platen
         *  screw press      0
         *  stanhope press   0
         *  wooden press     0
         *  albion           1
         *  columbian        0

      * clamshell, hand-fed
         *  mechanical (include treadle or motor)   14
         *  hand-operated (usually bench-top)       25
         *  industrial overprinting press            2
            
      * automatic
         *  heidelberg  1
         *  thompson    3

   *  cylinder

      *  hand-inked hand-fed hand operated    3

      *  power inked hand-fed hand operated   9
         *  print-a-sign specialised press    1

      *  power inked hand-fed power operated  6

      *  fully automatic - horizontal         0

      *  fully automatic - vertical           5


*  offset lithography (sheet fed)
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   *  desk-top, friction feed                 2

   *  floor model, friction feed              1

   *  suction feed, chain delivery            0

*  hot foil stamping
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   *  hand-operated general purpose  1

   *  bookspine titling              2

   *  air operated general purpose   1

   *  mechanical operation           2

*  other processes, not in our collection
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   *  flexographic
   *  offset lithography, web-fed
   *  lithographic proofing
   *  gravure
   *  intaglio
   *  silk screen

See also
   *  stencil duplicator - see Office Machine Collection
   *  spirit duplicator - see Office Machine Collection