Below are Fall 2007 letterpress classes offered through the San Francisco Center for the Book. Feel free to drop a line with any questions about these exciting new offerings!
Pre-Press: Thinking Ahead for Letterpress Printing with
John Sullivan
Area:
Printing
Status: Available
Workshop ID: t3-090107-prt3
Sat Sep 01 10am-4pm
$110, materials fee includedIn this class John covers the details for careful planning and design to ensure successful printing. Subjects include document layout and setup for creating files to output negatives for photopolymer plates. This includes suggestions for artwork formats, imposition, double-sided printing and color separations. John will demonstrate printing and setup procedures.
Prerequisite: Letterpress I-III or permission from instructor.
We’re pleased to feature Saturday classes this fall at Logos Graphics, just ten blocks from the Center in the Mission district’s Project Artaud. John Sullivan has operated Logos Graphics for thirty years, offering full digital pre-press, photopolymer plate making, letterpress, offset and intaglio printmaking.
Tools List for Workshop
All materials provided
Running Film and Making Plates: Focus on Photopolymer with
John Sullivan
Area:
Printing
Status: Available
Workshop ID: t3-091507-prt2
Sat Sep 15 10am-4pm
$110, materials fee included
From plate type to substrate, learn professional tips for photopolymer platemaking and printing. John will demonstrate how to lockup a Boxcar base, register your plates, and back-trim your paper. Prerequisite:
Letterpress I-III or permission from instructor. This class does not qualify you to rent the Center’s platemaker.
Tools List for Workshop
All materials provided
Heidelberg Windmill Press I: An Overview with
John Sullivan
Area:
Printing
Status: Available
Workshop ID: t3-092207-prt
Sat Sep 22 10am-4pm
$110 plus $15 materials fee
A fast and fiercely efficient machine, the automated Heidelberg Windmill platen press is the choice of many letterpress professionals. John will go over workflow of the press, covering the many different parts, the swift speed and the press in action. Students will be able to try their hand at running the press.
Prerequisite:
Letterpress I-III.
Tools List for Workshop
All materials provided
Heidelberg Windmill Press II: Impression and Delivery with
John Sullivan
Area:
Printing
Status: Available
Workshop ID: t3-092907-prt2
Sat Sep 29 10am-4pm
$110 plus $15 materials fee
Learn the specifics of the impression settings and delivery tray. Using its suction windmill arms, the Heidelberg takes paper from the tray and delivers it to the tympan on which it is printed and then moved to the finished pile. Students will print, adjust impression, check for evenness and position the delivery tray.
Prerequisite:
Letterpress I-III and
Heidelberg Windmill Press I.
Tools List for Workshop
All materials provided
Heidelberg WIndmill Press III: Inking and Maintenance with
John Sullivan
Area:
Printing
Status: Available
Workshop ID: t3-100607-prt2
Sat Oct 06 10am-4pm
$110 plus $15 materials fee
Learn the features and benefits of various ink types as they relate to letterpress printing and the Heidelberg. Topics will include printing order of multiple color jobs, scale measuring and mixing and inking the fountain. John will also cover trimming with guide and gripper marks, press oiling and wash up.
Prerequisite:
Letterpress I-III and
Heidelberg Windmill Press I-II.
Tools List for Workshop
All materials provided
See Also:
Sat Sep 01: Pre-Press: Thinking Ahead for Letterpress Printing (Available)
Sat Sep 15: Running Film and Making Plates: Focus on Photopolymer (Available)
Sat Sep 22: Heidelberg Windmill Press I: An Overview (Available)
Sat Sep 29: Heidelberg Windmill Press II: Impression and Delivery (Available)
Sat Oct 06: Heidelberg Windmill Press III: Inking and Maintenance (Available)