Melbourne Museum of Printing

Australia's working and teaching museum of typography and printing located at Footscray, Victoria. Specialising in retention of traditional printing, both the equipment and the knowledge.

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LEAFLET MARCH 2003

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Three of our preserved presses, in use in the Artist Access Studio.

The old one, nearest the camera, is an Albion-style press, made in London by A. Wilson and Sons, and dated 1849. Some missing parts have been replaced by makeshift replicas and it is only suitable for light work at present.

The next is a Vandercook SP15 test press and behind that is a larger test press by Western Machinery of Reading. These have been used by many artists and writers for limited edition books, posters and broadsheets.

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