10x15 C&P Paper Size

I’ve run 11.5 x 17.5 on a 10x15 C&P using extension feed guides. Feeding paper is not that hard but make-ready on a large form is a real challenge. I had the benefit of a long fountain and a rider roller (and still had to double-roll); inking a large form without them is not recommended.

I have successfully printed 11x17 sheets on my 10x15 C&P, and each sheet contained 2 full pages of type, some with illustrations, and one sheet with halftones on both sides. I was printing from linotype material with hand set heads, linoleum cuts as well as regular photoengravings. But that was back when I was a teenager and hadn’t been told what the limitations of the press were. Now that I know better, I’d never try that again. And not knowing better at the time, I did that publication 2 years in a row. The second year’s effort contained the sheet with halftones again and included a drawing done by one of the art students in my high school, Joan Baez, so looking back, that printing job has added meaning to me now.

And while in college, I continued to print things that we are warned now days shouldn’t be tried on platens like the C&P. Here’s a link to a booklet I did that contained several large halftones printed at the same time with linotype material and hand set heads. See https://www.flickr.com/photos/53177163@N00/2086487480/in/photolist-thod3-uLD8p-fNRHD-fNHtj-jdiHY-qGyPW-9tEif-uLD5b-qGyPP-fNHu9-yKbnv-4k28Hn-4hzS6Q-uF4LE-fNHtz-fNHs8-6PkeHe-jdiJi-9uzyN-8uDHBk-qGL2G-4bnN35-4k6aDU-4hzSjw-fNRHR-jdiJQ-qGyQa-6ZHhgN-qLPwh-8uDGuR-Dyu8cW-DbPP6D-ELe53r-E8AQKG-DbSNeP-DaV1zd-CLX75x-FDrXnU-GfHHby-JFbDp5-HMYFsa-FtozYN-ArUHXW-EfsWz5-ChC6Fg-xZayRJ-y8c3f2-GmFSp5-kgNgHd-kgLQrc

Most impressive presswork, Fritz.

Great work on that halftone Fritz. One question, though. Is the stock coated or no?
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Michael Hurley
Titivilus Press
Memphis, TN

Coated gloss and I think it was 70# paper. I don’t mind working with coated paper and prefer gloss over dull coated. I have done long runs with coated stock using halftones with my Miehle Vertical and since it has an offset spray unit, and by going easy on the ink, I have no problem with offset (or “setoff” if you’re of the age that throws around the word Font to describe all things related to type).