Letterpress Techniques: Overprinting With Neon Pantones!
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- Опубліковано 7 лют 2025
- We demonstrate the use of our antique Chandler & Price letterpress to craft a colorful business card using a technique called overprinting. With the use of three Pantone colors and two printing plates, we show how overlapping the colors in a design can create striking and unique results. This behind the scenes video also shows how we set up our press and register our colors. Follow along to see this press in action! We’ll be using Pantone Yellow 012, Pantone 806 Neon Pink, and Pantone 801 Fluorescent Blue! The combination of these colors can produce an incredible effect.
This turn of the century press dates back to 1912 when it was manufactured in Ohio based on the original patent from 1899. It’s a Gordon Style letterpress with one of the largest printable areas manufactured at that time. Using all new ink rollers and some elbow grease, we brought this press back to life and have been using it to print and die-cut some of our most challenging print projects yet. Hand feeding each sheet helps us keep a close eye on color, registration, and quality which helps us produce the finest work possible.
We hope to engage with creatives all over the world to promote challenging and inspiring designs. If you are a designer working in print and have a concept that pushes the limits… please reach out! We always enjoy collaborating with talented industry leaders to further the craft of letterpress!
By sharing these videos, we hope to help artists and creatives learn more about the process behind our printing and create a community where print design will flourish. Please leave any questions or comments in the comment section below and be sure to subscribe. We have so many more videos on the way!
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After 30 years in print, many of which spent on Heidelberg platen and cylinder presses, its good to see this craft being maintained and good to see it done well too, attention to detail is everything. I miss my machines ;)
How many price of this machin
It was a Chandler & Price letterpress that got me hooked on printing back in high school. It was a craft back then. Nice to see these presses still in use!
I grew up in a print shop that my Father purchased 4 months before I was born. Closed the doors after 39 years. Also worked for his Uncles Print Shop. They rolled letterpress newspaper mats, he had a cylinder, hand feeds and a windmill. Knew nothing about offset, until he got drafted and stationed at Fort Hood, 1963. The joy it brings my Dad when I find Videos of presses that he's always used as reference whenever I ran into a snag, along with my personal gratitude. Having said all that, really unique how you packed the Tympan to achieve impression. I often seen my dad use a torn sheet of paper, run his finger on the side of the press for grease, go behind the platen, add grease and torn sheet to any low-spots, just never seen him make-ready to register.
We had two of these in our print shop class in junior high. NO! Nobody ever got hurt. Respect.
I love these old machines, the gentle quiet movements are fantastic, glad to see they are still being used to produce high quality prints.
As someone who did this manually many years ago and now uses tons of business cards, you’re going to be my go to company for my next batch of business cards. Your skills are impeccable!
Thank you very much! It took years and years of practice and learning to adapt to all the different designs that come through!
Jukebox Print I can tell you work hard at it! I love your videos
Took me back 65 years to my first year as as a apprentice printer. Did a 7 year apprenticeship-Love the Chandler and Price-will never wear out.
Please post MORE. I love this content, the presentation, the filming and editing. So good!
Agreed with Adrock, please keep posting. Also, I want to know which paper you are using in this video for print..?? Can I but it online somewhere, please share link if any..??
Bro I have no clue why your videos capture my attention, maybe it is simply the fact that the printing press changed the world. You are a master at this craft, thanks for your time and effort.
Never realised it was such an involved process until I saw these videos. Great to watch
Most people don’t get the chance to see how this kind of work is done. We’ve been making these videos just to show how much work really goes on behind the scenes. Thanks for your comment!
As a long-time Letterpress printer, with all sizes of the C&Ps - from the Pilot up to the 12x18 we call "Big Ben", I enjoyed the familiar sound of your press running with the old Kemble motor. And, I was pleased to see you practicing pretty nearly the same techniques that I was taught over fifty years ago. Although we were taught to "kiss the paper", and not make as deep an impression as is popular today, your impression appears to be just right for the paper you printing on - and your register is indeed "dead-on" or, as we tend to say "dot for dot". Very pleasing video passing on some very correct techniques of this craft. Thank you.
Thank you Alan! The only thing I would've done differently is mounted each plate upside down so that they were right side up as they were being delivered. Just as type is supposed to be: reverse and upside down.
That Impression on the Paper is so Beautiful.
M Umair thank you! It takes a while to level the press for that kind of impression. It has to be just right!
Love the colours and the simplicity of the card.
Sure brings back memories. I haven’t used anything like this since the 70's
I love, love, love the old press! Old machinery in general, but the o'l press looks and sounds amazing.
We love them too!
I do like it. Have started this process since 1978.
Learned letter press in high school
It was very satisfying. Its a true art Ran large offset for 35 years.
I went to a museum that had an active print shop with these machines, and now I'm here. I kinda want to learn how to do this now.
Find yourself a "print finishing" shop and tell them you're willing to learn!
Nice and interesting ! Cool to see those antique machines still working in a precise and silent way. Lucky guy doing an artistic job. Thanks for sharing
Inspirational! Love your press, I have never seen an ink plate like that and four rollers, wonderful.
So fascinating! I could watch this for hours! Thank you for sharing!
I loved this video! I'm a printer by trade myself. Of course this press is before my time. Thank you for the video! My dad is also a printer and he definitely would remember this type of printing!
That is awesome!
Nice press and speed control rocks!
the machine is a beauty. When I studied graphic design in the late 80ies, I were taught all the old and basic techniques and this sure brings me back on memory lane (-:
any books you recall that you'd recommend for Graphic Design?
Typographic Desk Reference
&
The Elements of Typographic Style
H. Jima
I’d say that styles has changed a lot, but there are still some basic “rules” to work with. Don’t use too many fonts at the same time, keep the design simple and consistent and don’t be afraid of showing the (white) paper.
(I know that it’s been trending with words of wisdom written with all sort of fonts, but if you look close you’ll see that they go together, but only because they’re kept in same colors).
Jukebox Print
Yeah, I’m sort of a typography nerd too. I love fonts and designing logotypes, even though it’s harder to keep a business with all the freebies on the internet. I’ve designed a few logos that are still in use +30 years later.
I love your old print machines. The Heidelberg you have is called a “flyswatter” in Danish 😂
What a mechanical marvell these machines are, love watching them whirr away 👍
Amazing really!
it is so nice seeing the process and how the skill is needed on the swift pass through of paper.
really cool result on the font off set...with perfect image. It really stands out!
Wow that's printing system was very brilliant i miss them we have that machine 20 years before and accuracy was amazing i miss that printing machine
Digital printing just doesn't compare!
I am glad your video pop up into my suggestions. Keep going.. we would love to see more.
I like the way you show all those fixtures that we don't know they exist. greetings from El Salvador (Central America).
Rodolfo Cabrera thank you! I try to be as detailed as possible.
this was the most satisfying video I watched in a while. Love the old school printing machines and techniques.
Another fantastic video!!
Beautiful indeed... I'm a manual typesetter as a profession, so I have a very warm feeling in my heart seeing this. :-)
i like the way you make it look easy, real smooth
Great video!What a cute little machine! Great video!What a cute little machine!!
Thank you 🤗
Love the gizmoness of that machine. Hand feeding looks sketchy. Be careful. Love these videos.
Really neat to hear how they used melted wax back in the day.
Been a press operator for 20 years on everything from the Heidelberg windmill letterpress to a modern sm74 and I've never seen baby blue ink forms before
I've used when I was aged fifteen. My first job was with 'Fabian Press' in Lassel Street, Greenwich, South London. I started working on a Heidelburg Platon. Unfortunately, I did not stay long, three or four months or so. But I will always remember doing a three-colour job, I can appreciate the work involved. I should have stayed, but we all made bad choices when we were young. However, I still have an Andana 5x4 press with a good amount of type. Unfortunately, my eyesight can't see the type clearly now to put them back in their case. Certane experience and love you never forget.
Please continue with the videos, learning so much.
Found out about this channel yesterday! Love it, definitely some great explanations and videos.
I like how the text takes advantage of this too.
I was trained in letterpress printing at a Tech high school here in CT in the 1970's. I loved it and resisted the move toward offset printing, but letterpress was a 'dying' art. I had a small shop for a few years in my parent's basement with a 6x10 kelsey. I can only imagine all the type cases emptied, used for arts and crafts and the type melted down for fishing weights. 😳
I miss having the equipment around as it would be fun to print jobs that are appreciated for the impression marks! I love it.
Thanks for stirring up some good memories. I could use some and those were good times.
Cheers,
Pete
We remember the days of our Adana 5x8 in the attic with just a case of 12pt Caslon to learn with...
We're years away from that now but not much has changed! Thanks for your comment Pete.
Mannnnn..... U reminded me of the days when I started to train on this machine..... So many times my fingers got caught between the plates.... 😂😂😂😂
It's nostalgic for me.
you made me so happy to see one working again, I operated one of those for 20 years and then they got a Kluge, after I retired the company sold all of them, they could not find any one that could operate them.
Fifty years for me.
Great video and information. Well done.
Glad you liked it! Thank you!
I love these presses. When I was in school I graduated in 1988, I wanted to get into printing so bad with this style printers, unfortunately, I could not find a job and we were transitioning from old to new but I'm 50 now and still wish I could do it I just love the way they look work everything.
that right hand should be awarded for consistency 😁
Love it, keep them coming
Love that Impression!
I'm in love with this process
Awesome video. Thank you!
one more cool video. Than the last one, since this press is lot familiar (what I often see here in shops), it is more interesting to watch how it is done. Loved it :)
fallen in love with letterpress. just. like. that. :-)
That's how it starts!
You are in Toronto! That's great news.
This is amazing! BRAVO!!
i deal with antiques and you cant beat the old school way of doing things. sure you can do it other ways and faster, but odds are the new machines will be in the landfill in 10 years.
I can play all day with this machine. Thanks for sharing these videos.
I have a newfound love and respect for the time & effort that goes into this craft and line of work. Honestly mindblown 🤯 new subscriber and look forward to watching more vids 🤘🏼
Wow, amazing. There such a beauty to this craft. ❣️
Wow! Great press, wonderful skill! I have a C&P power guillotine form that vintage. I want to computerize the backgauge, lol.
Excellent.
Many thanks!
Old model but best model
Really cool
Love this video
This is the content i signed up for, love it
After all it is wonderful. Exact location. Cool color. Great. 모든 내용을 다 이해는 못했지만 너무 잘 봤습니다.
"Printers used wax because tape hadn't been invented." Haha! We had masking tape but still used wax in the 70s and 80s. Your press is in great shape. Excellent work!
I like the fact that 'voda' is Chech for water, so is 'woda' in Polish and 'вода' in Russian (all pronounced the same) and the third color in the large V forms a droplet.
Marcin Zdun i like the fact that in these languages “water” is just a “k” away from vodka
@@waterunderthebridge7950 that because -ka added when you wan't to make something shorter, smaller, cuter or not so serious. Baba - Babka - Babushka. Voda - Vodka - Vodochka - maximum of cuteness :)
@@SergeyRAD LOLKA :B
@@SergeyRAD Yeah, except in my language there is a stepping away from the root in the process, the o becomes ó [u], and the d is voiceless (as in [vutka] for wódka). But I digress... :)
Same in serbian😄 вода
I ran letterpress for many years, and this press was my first.
I’m sure the deep impression is intentional in this case, (pun intended) but it wasn’t when letterpress was the prime printing method. We were chastised if you could feel the image in the backside - we were told - “this is printing, not embossing.”
The catch is, our clientele now expect deep impression and without it we receive complaints. It would be nice to really finesse the makeready for fine kiss printing but there's no pleasing people with that!
nostalgia y recuerdos de mis inicios en las artes graficas... esto si era arte desde su armado tipografico has la limpieza de la maquina ... =)
excelente video ademas....
Thank You, Kindly share. Keep up....
Reaching for it is how the Chandler and Price I ran in the past got its name. The snapper.
You have to treat these machines like a wild dog. Never get too close!
Believe it or not, vintage machines like these are still used commercially in my country. We had a printing business back in the day. My dad was a veteran in the field with over 30 years of experience. We had 2 Heidelbergs KOR and KORD. The KOR was one of the earliest models, and a manual Victoria press like this one, removed the printing parts and repurposed just for die-cutting.
We used this press as our main die cutting machine for many years before adjusting the bed height for printing. A manual Victoria press would be a dream to have. I love presses with perfect parallel impression.
Yes i would like to see moreeeee and moreeeee
I would love to see more and I’m a first timer watching and new subscriber.
wow, very cool !
Thank you!
Pensé que nunca volvería a ver una de estas,y menos imprimiendo en linotipo en 3 colores, maneje una de estas durante años, saludos y felicitaciones por el vídeo.
Nice content
I own a clamshell diecutter which works exactly like that press. You could easily register the next workpiece by placing a carbon copy paper on the moving mold and let the plate strike it to create impressions onto the background paper, then hollows out a piece of your to-be-printed stock at key locations of the image and align them to the striked image on the mold and move the holding clip to that paper's resting position. It sounds complicated, but its actually more precise and gets the job done in one go.
I know exactly what you're talking about. We'll use carbon paper for large forme die cutting and to feel out registration and impression on more complicated work - but for something as simple as this it isn't exactly necessary. We can't show every possible step in our videos and everyone seems to have their own style of preparing their makeready. Clamshells are good fun, especially the 40" ones with foil... Thanks for your input!
I ran job presses from 1952-54 until I joined the Air Force in 1954. I fed a lot of business cards and envelopes.
The school got us jobs when we turned 16. Up until then, we would have a week of classes, and then a week of shop.
FANTASTIC!!!!
Glad you like it!
NOT EASY, it's a DELICATE process... and NICE FINAL PRODUCT !!!!
Did not know that I needed to subscribe to another channel. :-)
BRAVO!
Thank you!
These are great
Exallant job....!
Thank you!
this is so beautiful :)
Cool counter-rotating ink discs. You don’t see many that are actually functional these days, not that they were a big hit back in the day or that they make much difference. You can definitely see and hear the wear in the press- visually in the backlash of the ink-disc and audibly in the various clanks on the press. The ratchet on the back side of the ink disc is creating some of those sounds, but there are others. When you run enough of these presses for long enough, you start hearing things... Speaking of sounds, I thought I heard the air pump on a windmill running in the background during some of those clips... The motor is struggling a bit- basically the pulley is too small -the arc of contact is too small and the belt slips, more at times and less at times. That’s why you hear the motor speed up and slow down as the load from the press changes. Dollars to doughnuts, your drive pulley is super polished from the belt slipping. There is no harm in this except premature wear of both belt and pulley, but they are easily and cheaply enough replaced. And the only solution would be a half shaft to step the speed down in two steps. (Assuming you wanted to keep the motor/speed controller original and not go 3-phase with a VFD). Great video. Keep up the good work!
Love from my heart
God I love those machines.
You said it.
nice press btw.
Love it...
I like that, "Never ever consider reaching for it!" did that once on a 10 x 15 Windmill, when sheets kept dropping off the pickup vacuum tubes. I still have the scars........
Ooouch!
must of been on a Heidelberg
Thanks for the clear explanation and sharing the techniques on letterpress printing!
Somewhere on UA-cam there’s a video of a woman running a hand fed platen press at a really frightening speed. I did a bit of letterpress back in the ‘70#, but always slowly.
@@srfurley I remember reading in an old Golding & Co. manual that an experienced operator could handfeed a press at 3000 impressions per hour. Most people don't even run their motors that fast...
Hello my son, I remember my youth, when I finished this machine there was no internet system in my country at that time, now I remember my machine
Dad?
MARAVILLOSO TRABAJO DE ARTE... YO CUENTO CON UNA CHANDLER Y LA USO PARA SUAJE Y DOBLEZ... ESTA ES UNA EXCELENTE IDEAAA, GRACIAS
Trabalho com tipografia até hoje, parabéns
Great content, would be nice to keep seeing the rage of results you can achieve with that.
I am wondering how do they know how much ink will be needed. Very interesting to watch. Please post more.
You tend to get a feel for it over time. It’s also kind of a sensory thing where the sound and feel of it lets you know. If there’s too much, we just clean off one or two rollers.
Thank you for telling me. It is very interesting.
Thanks sir 🙏
..."our antique Chandler & Price letterpress" ....I'm 46....I used these in 9th-12th Grade.....sooo many memories, old ANTIGUEY memories lol
What named this machine?