14 Nov
2010
14 Nov
'10
4:40 p.m.
From: Philipp Hachtmann
Sent: Sunday, November 14, 2010 1:12 AM
On 14.11.2010 09:35, William Donzelli wrote:
>> Oh cool! I really like printing.
> Pretty neat stuff, but an almost dead industry in
the US. So much has
> been digitized now (RIPs, digital presses, etc.).
I think here it's quite similar. There are modern
printing shops, of
course. The companies that could afford new and big machines survived...
There is a very active mailing list for folks interested in printing at
letpress at listserv.unb.ca (LISTSERV software, send a SIGNON LETPRESS message
to listserv at unb.ca .
Letterpress machines are still around, sometimes
standing next to the
latest and greatest "Speedmaster" machines. They're used for <don't
know
the word, but the works that don't need ink>>.
The term in English is "diecutting".
Rich Alderson
Vintage Computing Sr. Server Engineer
Vulcan, Inc.
505 5th Avenue S, Suite 900
Seattle, WA 98104
mailto:RichA at vulcan.com
mailto:RichA at LivingComputerMuseum.org
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