Resources for Letterpress Printers

Get To Know Your Tabletop Platen Press

Instructor: Bridget Lewis, Delta Letterpress
Offered through The Morgan Conservatory on June 14, 2022

Printing information

• Boxcar Press How-to Videos https://www.boxcarpress.com/letterpress-classes-videos/

• Briar Press (forums and for sale) http://www.briarpress.org/

• Excelsior Press (general Information on tabletop presses): https://excelsiorpress.org/

• Letterpress Commons (general info, forums) https://letterpresscommons.com/

• Ladies of Letterpress (general information, conference in fall) https://ladiesofletterpress.com/

• Partners in Print (classes) https://partnersinprint.org/

• San Francisco Center for the Book (classes, studio rental) https://sfcb.org/

Common tabletop press models

• C&P Pilot Press info: https://excelsiorpress.org/platenpresses/Pilot/index.html

• Craftsman Imperial or Superior Presses: https://letterpresscommons.com/press/imperial/

• Kelsey Presses (historical instructional material, users’ guides, etc.) http://circuitousroot.com/artifice/letters/press/presses/kelsey/index.html

Kelsey Press Restoration (one person’s process)

• http://letterpressrestoration.com/

Books on Letterpress Printing

• https://letterpresscommons.com/books/

Where to find supplies

• Boxcar Press (supplies, photopolymer plates) https://www.boxcarpress.com/

• Crown Flexo (photopolymer plates) https://crownflexo.com/

• DRY Inc. supplies (tympan, line gauge, spatulas) https://dry-inc.com/collections/supplies

• Ink In Tubes (small quantities of ink, email for list of colors and ordering) ink@orchidesign.com

• M & H Type Foundry (new metal type) https://www.arionpress.com/mandh-pricelist-ordering

• McClain’s (printmaking supplies) https://www.imcclains.com/

• NA Graphics (parts & supplies) https://www.nagraph.com/

• Owosso Graphic Arts, Inc. (copper and Mg plates): https://www.owosso.com/

• Ramco Roller (new rollers) http://www.ramcoroller.com/

• Todds Press Time (rollers) https://www.toddspresstime.com/index.html

Ink

• Van Son oil and rubber based inks — check with a local printing supply or paper seller or look online. Don’t forget the transparent white and opaque white!

Solvents

• Eco-House Xtra Mild Citrus Thinner http://www.eco-house.com/shop/115-xtra-mild-citrus-thinner/

• California Wash http://nagraph.com/roller-care.html

updated 6/13/22