ABOUT THE PRESENTER – Dan Boston

Dan is an active volunteer printer and instructor in the museum’s letterpress studio with long-time interests and experience in hand-set letterpress type and platen press operation.  Currently, he prints in his own studio using lead type and photopolymer plates on tabletop presses, entirely for enjoyment.  As a teen, he had a very active letterpress printing business producing tickets, announcements, and stationery. Through the years, he has owned and used a variety of presses.  Dan has especially enjoyed demonstrating printing for visitors to the museum’s letterpress studio as well as refurbishing several of the museum’s presses.

Are you excited about letterpress printing and thinking about setting up shop or maybe just curious about what this would involve? Well, owning and operating a tabletop press is a great way to learn the essentials of letterpress printing especially with limited space and a limited budget! This seminar, presented in a fully equipped tabletop letterpress studio, will equip you to determine if a tabletop press could be right for you.

TOPICS COVERED:

• Tabletop press as a category and how they compare to other presses
• What a tabletop press can and cannot do
• Some examples of makes and models
• Skills to learn for tabletop printing common to all platen presses
• Suggestions for accessory equipment and supplies
• Considerations regarding type selection, quantity, and organization
• Arranging a shop/studio for tabletop printing
• How to evaluate a press before purchasing
• Additional resources: In-print, out-of-print, online, suppliers, organizations, meetings

At the end, we’ll have time for Q&A.

REGISTER » https://printingmuseum.doubleknot.com/event/tpm-talk-consider-a-tabletop-press/2938571

The event is FREE and open to all. It will be held virtually over Zoom. Please consider making a tax-deductible gift! Your donation helps keep our program fees accessible to all. Thank you! In order to best serve our community near and far, many of our online classes are pay-what-you-can. During programs, registrants can watch the instructor live or work alongside them, ask questions, and get feedback.

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

We are planning to make a recording of the program available, so you will be able to watch the entire program at your convenience even if you can’t join us live, although we do hope you will!