Letterpress printing with photopolymer plates manual

In print since 1998, this monograph 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 (including up-dated font modification sequences for FontLab Studio and Fontographer); photopolymer plates, flatbases, and processing equipment; the photopolymer platemaking process—preparation, exposure, washout, drying, post-exposure; plate registration and travel; photopolymer plates and letterpress printing; presswork: impression, cylinder packing and makeready, ink and inking; and press operation and maintenance.

Laser printed on acid-free paper and pamphlet-sewn. 5-3/8 by 8-3/8 inches. 48 pages. Fourth edition (revised and updated, includes new material), 2009. New.

Reviews:

Printing digital type on the hand-operated flatbed cylinder press could not come out at a more appropriate time. . . . With his years of experience in type, printing and fine press publishing, Mr Lange brings both respect and credibility to the subject of digital type and fine press printing. —Wilber H. Schilling, Parenthesis: The Journal of the Fine Press Book Association

A masterpiece of concision. . . [Printing digital type on the hand-operated flatbed cylinder press] is well worth reading, not just for what it is, a technical guide to the process, but also as a masterpiece of the equally difficult art of describing a technical process in a few clear words. —Nicolas Barker, The Book Collector

Lange’s understanding of the way type design and printing processes are related is impressive, as is the [monograph’s] breadth of reference. —Andy Crewdson, Lines and splines [web log]

In this book [Gerald Lange] brings to digital type the old-world traditions of letterpress printing. Of use to any designer, printmaker, or student of printing history. —Phil Bevis, Arundel Antiquarian Books

If you care about the quality of your polymer plates, Gerald Lange’s classic book [Printing digital type on the hand-operated flatbed cylinder press] is mandatory reading. This is the book about polymer plates for letterpress. —Harold Kyle, Boxcar Press [web site]

A short, self-published, but extremely thorough monograph on letterpress printing using photopolymer plates. . . Lange covers all one would want to know about this radical “new” process, as well as giving some pointers on adjusting computer typefaces for optimal letterpress printing. —Katherine Bridges, A. Edward Newton Student Book Collection Competition winner, 2005

The leading spokesman for this process is the California printer and typographer Gerald Lange. His seminal Printing digital type on the hand-operated flatbed cylinder press, now in its third edition, offers the benefit of his extensive interrogation of the process. —Steve Rigley, Eye: The International Review of Graphic Design

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