Printing Digital Type on the Hand-Operated Flatbed Cylinder

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The primary manual on letterpress printing with the photopolymer plate process, ‘Printing Digital Type on the Hand-Operated Flatbed Cylinder Press’ provides a wealth of detailed information on letterpress printing of photopolymer plates with proof presses such as the Vandercook.

Subjects covered include digital type and computer practices; letterpress configuration; photopolymer plates, flatbases, and processing equipment; photopolymer platemaking; plate registration; impression; cylinder packing and makeready; presswork; ink and inking; press operation and maintenance; troubleshooting guides.

In print since 1998, the monograph is now in its third edition.