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Re: Letterpress: Paper size question
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Leonard H Tower Jr.)
Wed Apr 23 19:39:51 2008
Date: Wed, 23 Apr 2008 19:38:49 -0400 (EDT)
From: "Leonard H Tower Jr." <tower@alum.mit.edu>
To: Michael A Spitznagel <aquinas@MIT.EDU>
cc: apo-printshop@MIT.EDU
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.64L.0804231718590.16097@vinegar-pot.mit.edu>
17' is pushing it. i'll have to measure the press.
might work by rotating the paper 90 degrees.
side registration could be tricky without a side gauge pin.
maybe tape a lead on the right side of the platen.
you can print about 9.5" x 14.5" with large margins bigger than that.
you can put the grab bars on the press to pull the paper off the type.
how thick is the stiff paper?
what are the margins for this job?
probably a doable job.
yilfs -len
Date: Wed, 23 Apr 2008 17:38:52 -0400 (EDT)
From: Michael A Spitznagel <aquinas@MIT.EDU>
To: apo-printshop@mit.edu
Cc: Michael A Spitznagel <aquinas@mit.edu>
Subject: Letterpress: Paper size question
Hi apo-printshop,
I have a few questions.
Can the letterpress hold paper of size 6" x 17" ?
And if so, is it practical to print onto stiff paper of this size?
There would not be a huge amount of text, and the number of impressions would
be fairly small (under 200), but I'm not sure what area of bedding is usable
in practice, nor how effective gauge pins might be in pulling paper that wide
back from the type.
- Michael
