Article · Letterpress Commons
Tabletop Platen Instruction
By David Black
- Type
- Article
- Level
- Intermediate
- Price
- Free
About this lesson
Walks through operating a tabletop platen press start to finish: inspecting the press, preparing the locked-up form, charging the ink disk and rollers, makeready, printing the run, and cleanup.
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