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EQUIPMENT WE USE AND SPECIFICATIONS

Vandercook Universal III cylinder repro press with power carriage, adjustable bed, and frisket tower (born Nov. 1970)

Chandler & Price 12x18 Craftsman platen press weighing in at 3,300lbs. (1947). This is the boss of all jobber presses: solid castings, auto feed optional, adjustable impression, etc.

Asbern ADR-1 proof press. Much the same as an SP-15 but with an adjustable cylinder. This press has an electric ink drum, but can also be cranked by hand.

Koike Typecaster an improved Japanese version of the Thompson.

40" Jacques Bookbinder's Shear (ca. 1913)

Challenge Advance 22.5" lever cutter (1889)

Photopolymer Plate Maker, A4 size, Polimero, made in Holland, currently set up to do steel backed plates .037"

Mac G4 dual processor 450mhz running all sorts of design software including: OS 9.2, Quark 4.1, Illustrator 8 & 10, Photoshop 5.5 & 7, Fontograher, Dreamweaver, Acrobat, Streamline, Fireworks, etc.

Agfa Arcus II, an ancient old dinosaur scanner which scans lineart well at 3600 dpi.

Last updated 9/23/04
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