BITS: The boxcar institute training series videos
When we were children, we often wondered what we’d become in our adult lives. There were two obvious choices: turn into a movie star or a letterpress printer. Movie star? Printer? Movie star. Printer. But why couldn’t we become both?
Enter the Boxcar Institute Training Series, starring the dashing Pearl Press, the debonair Vandercook Universal III, the sidekicking polymer plates, the sultry Boxcar Base, and Harold. This will be an ongoing series focusing on printing well with photopolymer plates. Musical accompaniment is by Mouse on Mars. Click the chapter headings below the player to start the video.
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- Introduction. A heart-thumping letterpress music video that’ll make you want to get down and dance to the beat of your platens.
- Base lockup and cleaning. Grab your quoin key and play along.
- Adjusting roller height .This video will show how you can improve your printing with only a roll of 3M tape.
- Setting gauge pins and registering your plate . Gauge pins are your friends...but you have to keep an eye on them.
- Makeready. Once your lockup and your inking are all set, it's time to perfect your impression.
- Two colors, one plate. Demonstration of how to quickly print two colors runs with a single photopolymer plate on a Vandercook press. New!
- Mixing ink. Watch how to mix ink consistently with a Pantone formula guide and a scale. New!
- Heidelberg Windmill tips. A companion to the manual, this shows some of the unique steps for setting up the Heidelberg Windmill. New!