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Offset Printing Principle and Herald Press Details
The article explains offset printing with plates finished by lacquer and gummed to prevent oxidation. It notes Charles Crowell applying a plate, Jim Edwards and Wayne Snow bending edges, and Snow and Edwards mounting the plate on a press cylinder. The Herald's Color King press can print 20 regular pages or 40 like this section, is 596 feet long with five roll stands and five units powered by a 40 horsepower motor, and operates at about 19 000 pages per hour. It describes the water oil mechanism, blanket roller transfer, and the paper storage area adjacent to the press room sized 22 by 06 feet, holding over 40 tons of newsprint, with the press room measuring 70 by 16 feet and a 14 foot ceiling.
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Charles Crowell
Jim Edwards
Wayne Snow
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Fairchild Color King