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What future is there for the printed word?. By looking at the impact of the printing press in the 15th century, we can get some clues to the future. Presents a brief history of printing and literacy using...
Six slide books, the first two giving a general introduction to print-making, its equipment and techniques. Later books give a detailed account of relief and intaglio, lithography and screenprinting, colour...
Discusses the development of black-and-white photography, and explains the three-layer principle of the colour process. Many printing processes also rely on photochemistry, the diazo process (dye line...
An introduction to the French press from its beginnings until the Revolution. With French commentary.
A case study of the automation of the inking system of a large printing press. Illustrates problem-solving techniques.
Records the last night on which the ‘New York Times’ was printed using ‘hot type’ cast from molten lead. Linotype setting, page make-up, stereotype matting, curved metal-plate casting and the final...
Illustrates the earliest detailed account of the working of the printing press, as published by Christophe Plantin in 1567. Professor Dana W Atchley III narrates from Plantin’s text as experts carry out...
Slovak newsfilm. A printing factory in Bratislava where a hundred thousand copies of Shakespeare’s complete works are being made ready for shipment.
PhD student Luke Carter, of the School of Metallurgy and Materials at the University of Birmingham, presents this video which introduces his research into the effects of selective laser melting fabrication...
Former Wadham Research Associate Dr John Miles describes the process behind the printing of Shakespeare’s First Folio.
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