Printing apparatus for the use of amateurs. Containing full and practical instructions for the use of Cowper's parlour printing press. Also the description of larger presses on the same principle, and various other aaparatus for the amateur typographer ... The pamphlet contains, likewise, numerous specimens of plain and ornamental types, brass rules, checks, borders, ornaments, corners, arms, &, &.

  • Holtzapffel & Co.
Date:
1846
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Printing apparatus for the use of amateurs. Containing full and practical instructions for the use of Cowper's parlour printing press. Also the description of larger presses on the same principle, and various other aaparatus for the amateur typographer ... The pamphlet contains, likewise, numerous specimens of plain and ornamental types, brass rules, checks, borders, ornaments, corners, arms, &, &. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    VARIOUS TOOLS USP:D in PIUNTING. IT Bodkin. This is a slender pointed awl, in a hard-wood handle with sheatln In correcting the errors made in composing', the bodkin is used to })ick out such of the types as are inisj)laced. Forceps. These are of the ordinary kind, and are used for removing such types as cannot be so easily drawn out with the bodkin. Mallet. This tool is made of hard wood and used both with the shooting-stick and planer. Planer. This is a piece of hard mahogany about by inches, made flat on one side and round on the other, and used to level the surface of the page of type, which is done by placing the flat side of the ])laner firmly upon the type, and striking the round side with the mallet, this operation is called jilaning, and is jierformcd w'hen the ty[)es are only partially hxed or wedged up in the chase. Shooting-stick. This is a wedge-shaped piece of hard wood, used with the mallet to drive the (pioins up tight; this process is called ‘ locking np.' The shooting-stick is placed with its smaller end against the quoins, whilst the larger end receives the blows of the mallet. Brush and Furpentine. These are used for cleaning the type, as explained on page 32. 'Fxco quires of demy printing paper, cut to the sizes most useful for the parlour jiress, one ({uire being of the octavo size, and one quire of the full size the ]iress will admit. Pair of damping slates. Before printing on the paper it is necessary it should be wetted, after which it is ])laced between the slates, to keep it flat, and distribute the moisture eipially. The particulars of this trifling but important jirocess, will be hereafter given on page 25, I.arge galley chase. This is an iron frame, measuring internally 7-k inches square, and fitted with an iron bottom. When the frame has no bottom it is called simply a chase, and it is invariably used in this condition by printers; but the addition of the bottom, which converts it into a galley chase, prevents the types from falling through when they may have been imperfectly locked up, an accident that might frequently happen to beginners with the ordinary chase. The large galley chase is of the full size the parlour press will admit, and is used for printing all pages exceed¬ ing 6 inches by 3; below that size, the small galley chase will be found the more convenient. c