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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This Ronai proofing press was used at the Government Printing Office of New South Wales until around 1986.

Its size is adequate for a broadsheet page but not a pair. A larger press will be available for the finished broadsheets.

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