SMC228H1 Lecture 5: SMC228Lecture5-Oct.11
10 Mar 2017
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Common features of hand press books 3. Bed of the press (also called coffin) where you put the type in. Platen flat part that presses down on the type. Tympan holds the paper you"re going to imprint on. Frisket has the cutouts, so the ink can only be displaced o the parts of the. Prevents the parts you want to keep white from getting inadvertently paper that you want it to be displaced on. Imposition process of making sure that you put the pages of type in all the correct places, so when you print & fold it everything is in the right place, and page 1 & page. Process of setting type before you print it. Make it move automatically, not having to do it manually. Make the platen stronger & larger so it can be a 1 pull press. Change the material the press is made of i. e. change it from wood to something else.
