Paper Dampening Consolidation Post

Gerald F. Schulze
on 22 Jun 26 (14:36)
Updated 22 Jun 26 (15:23)

I’m doing research on dampening paper, and there are a lot of posts on here about the process. Just to consolidate that research, I’m making this post to organize those links, and also to link to some other things that are mentioned in those posts. If I missed any, or if you know any external links to videos or websites, please feel free to add them. Curiously, with all of the social media content, I have never seen a video of someone dampening paper for letterpress printing. I’ve only read about it.

Dampening Paper…. do you do it?
May 1st, 2008
http://www.briarpress.org/12995

Dampening the Paper
October 3rd, 2008
http://www.briarpress.org/14535

Humidor for Paper?
March 17th, 2009
http://www.briarpress.org/16058

Dampened Paper, Backing Up and Drying?
May 9th, 2011
http://www.briarpress.org/26091

More Info Needed on Paper-Dampening for 2-Color Jobs
November 16th, 2009
https://briarpress.org/18835

Paper Dampening
December 29th, 2011
http://www.briarpress.org/28745

Which papers do you usually dampen?
July 24th, 2012
http://www.briarpress.org/31251

Dampening Paper
February 25th, 2013
http://www.briarpress.org/33397

Dampened Paper and Mold
August 3rd, 2022
https://www.briarpress.org/63577

Books to Read

“Printing on the Iron Handpress” by Richard Gabriel Rummonds
“Printing with the Handpress” by Lewis & Dorothy Allen
“On Printing” by William Iverson