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Bed and Platen presses were popular in the latter half of the 19th century for printers who specialised in the better class of work. Most printers were still a bit wary of the new cylinder presses and preferred to stick with the time honoured hand-press method of flatbed impression. This was effected by a common platen driven by toggles and had a bed carriage which was drawn back and forth alternatively (stop-and-start) by a slide-way built around a rotating drum. While one end printed, the other was being emptied and a fresh sheet fed onto points. Dual inking of the formes was accomplished with forme rollers mounted on a sliding frame and receiving ink from an ink table and ductor.
Many of these presses were exported to countries for banknote, postage stamp, bible printing and other better class productions. Other manufacturers were Napier & Son., Hopkinson & Cope, Harrild & Son, Marinoni and probably others.
Photo courtesy of Herwig Kempenaers.
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