https://ladiesofletterpress.com/members/garyjohanson/activity/ Activity feed for Gary Johanson. Sun, 12 Apr 2026 19:22:04 -0400 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 55bbff1d5dd2b643a67ff5586885e5b0 https://ladiesofletterpress.com/forums/topic/impression-issues/#post-7197 Tue, 08 May 2018 12:40:38 -0400 It’s true, I only change the vibrator rollers, I keep the other four in place all the time. I’ll try that, too! You know what’s funny? I posted this question on three different letterpress lists, and yours, here, is the one and only response I’ve had! I didn’t think my problem was that unique! 🙂

]]> 315a234aa183bb213e7a358195af85df https://ladiesofletterpress.com/forums/topic/impression-issues/#post-7191 Tue, 08 May 2018 00:36:23 -0400 Hi, Kseniya! No, can’t say I’ve ever used roller bearings. I will try raising the rollers with added rail tape at the top. It could be that one of the rollers, possibly the end roller which sets a bit higher by design, might in fact by skidding a bit. I’ll have to see where roller bearings for 10×15 and 8×12 chases might be available.

]]> 374456f478d19ae337f034ddcc1f6ae7 https://ladiesofletterpress.com/forums/topic/impression-issues/ Wed, 02 May 2018 01:51:57 -0400 Hi, it’s been a while since I posted. I am running into a problem I’ve not had before, it’s kinda baffling me. I’ll try to explain: it seems lately when I run, say, a 5×7 card, I am picking up what looks like “heeling”. If I was running typeset, I’d blame it on form imposition, but this is happening with polymer dies that I know are level, and…[Read more]

]]> 524861f3c64bdb4e680385e6ca2edfdb https://ladiesofletterpress.com/topic/looking-to-trade-polymer-plates-for-blog-post/#post-4148 Sun, 25 Oct 2015 03:13:23 -0400 Pete, maybe it’s the late hour, but I’m a little confused.  Do you want to put your stuff on, say, my blog, or do you want to put my stuff on your blog?  Thanks!  :)-gary // paper wren presshttp://www.paperwrenpress.comhttp://www.paperwrenpress.blogspot.comhttp://www.gjohanson.blogspot.comhttp://www.q5letterpress.blogspot.com ( “All Things Wireless & Letterpress”)

]]> abfa6ffbfb2647566103f0ec40cd2036 https://ladiesofletterpress.com/topic/i-need-belt-to-drive-my-c-and-p-motor-where-to-find/#post-4146 Thu, 19 Mar 2015 12:02:04 -0400 Hi, Monica, try Vbelt Supply:The link above takes you to a page that has belts 1.25″ wide and over 100″ length. I forget, I think my 8×12 uses a 120″ belt for the flywheel.  If you need to do any calculation for belt length vs press speed, I treated this some time back on my blog. gary // Paper Wren Presshttp://www.paperwrenpress.comhttp://www.paperwren.blogspot.com

]]> e8ab0051828942de9cf3cf6a2455bac2 https://ladiesofletterpress.com/topic/building-a-business/#post-4036 Sat, 22 Nov 2014 18:42:07 -0500 Thank you, Jessica.  You and Kelly have both confirmed what I have been thinking. I am laying a different set of plans out for the next year, which will major more locally, and more in terms of education.  What you both have pointed to does connect!  Heh, here is where I wish I had everything under one roof where I could have open house eve…[Read more]

]]> bcbadd9658447ee371533db860eaf812 https://ladiesofletterpress.com/topic/building-a-business/#post-4037 Fri, 21 Nov 2014 05:20:38 -0500 Thanks for the response, Kelly!  I had wondered as to whether I should appeal locally or not.  I have noted that when I do meet folks, at shows or shops, I spend half my time describing what Letterpress even is. This includes our local University here in DeLand, FL!!  It seems that before I even show what I do, I have to first teach a sh…[Read more]

]]> 884f360dea83c858211b9418ba781b87 https://ladiesofletterpress.com/topic/deciding-on-a-press/#post-3890 Thu, 25 Sep 2014 06:17:35 -0400 I would second the floor model idea, personally.  For one thing, you can probably get two 8x12s for the price of one Pilot.  Secondly, if you are going into business, you are probably going to print in quantity, and at some point your time sched. will become crammed enough that pulling the one armed bandit will be just too slow.  Pilots are gr…[Read more]

]]> 4ee68b10eb9a71c4e279f6b20636149b https://ladiesofletterpress.com/topic/proper-use-of-the-word-letterpress/#post-3904 Thu, 25 Sep 2014 05:52:54 -0400 Thank you for not calling it as having been “letterpressed”.  Sets the hair on the back of my neck on edge whenever I hear a proper noun used as a verb.  But all that aside . . . back when Letterpress was part of a standard commercial shop, and still a part of the daily production routine, Letterpress was the term given to the press type i…[Read more]

]]> c49aeec7e8ea75d11ef8c116671b6b53 https://ladiesofletterpress.com/topic/ludlow-is-alive/#post-3956 Sun, 24 Aug 2014 19:28:44 -0400 Ok, it’s taken a while, but here it is:  I photographed in fairly high rez all the pages of my Ludlow manual, about 155-odd pages.  My PDF maker choked on the images, so these are .jpg images at about 8 mB per image, in a zip file, which I uploaded to my site.  You can download it here.If that link didn’t come through, try th…[Read more]

]]> bc0b27658bc0d3636bcc7a9d343fb3ae https://ladiesofletterpress.com/topic/ludlow-is-alive/#post-3953 Sat, 09 Aug 2014 13:05:04 -0400 Barb, would a scan of a manual be of help?  I have a manual, it’s my only, as I am also in the process of obtaining a Ludlow.  It’s gonna be a protracted endeavor, because down here, it seems that turn-key operations are unobtainum.  I have to get a Model M here, mats there, mat cabinets over across the state, ludlow sticks over in Portland, pi…[Read more]

]]> 024038ac7a3d383f8aeaa66eb8e4e33b https://ladiesofletterpress.com/topic/creative-business-blog/#post-3378 Thu, 09 May 2013 16:00:23 -0400 Mary, it’s been a while since you posted this query.  It’s been almost a year, I am curious how you are doing.  Did you ever make the transition?-garyhttp://www.paperwrenpress.comhttp://www.gjohanson.blogspot.com

]]> 92cb370ef157c48cdd9111be52c087b7 https://ladiesofletterpress.com/topic/what-is-in-a-name/#post-3558 Thu, 09 May 2013 15:53:29 -0400 I almost always name my presses!  They are too important not to.  We name ships, aircraft, and if you go back to the early 1800s, in the days of the thwart-mounted 8-gauge bird guns of the Chesapeake, even the guns!  Even Swords received names! Oddly enough, my original 8×12 NS C&P that does yeoman duty is nameless. I never felt moved to name it…[Read more]

]]> 56aadbb02b89907b3b2b84afcdc04d67 https://ladiesofletterpress.com/topic/newbie-needs-advice-on-pricing/#post-3496 Tue, 26 Feb 2013 23:48:22 -0500 Well, it looks a little late for dealing with the actual quote needed, but i might comment anyway concerning pricing. One point is that no matter what, market value rules. That being said, the market value of letterpress printed products are substantially higher than most other processes. As a former calligrapher, i might advise against the…[Read more]

]]> 1b70b644dd51c911da58b74c515e283c https://ladiesofletterpress.com/topic/invitation-suite-papers/#post-3080 Sat, 23 Jun 2012 02:46:53 -0400 I think Crane Lettra is quite popular for this.  Check with Legion Papers.  

]]> 4048da91775e5d4ea61015d6f7cae5e0 https://ladiesofletterpress.com/topic/please-help-an-amateur-printer-decide-the-next-step-up-in-letterpress-printing/#post-3099 Mon, 28 May 2012 14:35:30 -0400 From a “traditional” letterpress point of view, so much depends on what you want to focus on.  Will you be setting traditional metal type, for instance?  If so, a platen press and that poco proofer would be ideal.  Will you be making posters or broadsides?  Cylinder presses, a Challenge Proofer, a Vandercook, wood type, etc., would be ideal.  We…[Read more]

]]> a7e91d1adcefef5a80103e91c7ad9e78 https://ladiesofletterpress.com/topic/edge-painting/#post-2730 Wed, 07 Mar 2012 03:56:18 -0500 Well, here I am adding commentary a year later, but after reading these posts, I wonder where you folks are with edge coating now, a year later?  Have any of y’all gotten the technique down to where you are comfortable with it?  Another thought: probably would be good to do the edge coating first, then print the face of the cards.  That way you wo…[Read more]

]]> fd1fd270d348a5ffd1f3d4a856e93e3f https://ladiesofletterpress.com/topic/business-card-paper/#post-3076 Wed, 29 Feb 2012 04:12:20 -0500 I just posted some photos on my blog, with you and also some of the gals from Letpress in mind. I’ve been around the block a few times with Letterpress, and something that I try to do is get folks to explore the other virtues of Letterpress, so it will not be totally defined by deep deboss.  That’s only one dynamic.  I find that the detail c…[Read more]

]]> fe7649cbbad63da1482769c4a4b7c0e0 https://ladiesofletterpress.com/topic/business-card-paper/#post-3074 Wed, 29 Feb 2012 02:14:19 -0500 Davina, at this point it’s been really hard for me to beat good ol’ 110 and 220 Lettra.  But don’t limit yourself just to the soft, open sized papers.  During my last workshop, I had my student run a copper add cut of an 1890 Old Series C&P ATF catalog cut as part of her prop card design.  We used the usual 110lb Lettra, which was. . . ni…[Read more]

]]> 9b49fbe12087cbc8d348141144eec10e https://ladiesofletterpress.com/topic/upgrade-from-pearl-to-c-and-p/#post-3026 Wed, 28 Dec 2011 03:33:52 -0500 Davina, in case you are accompanying the actual move, be sure to blog the whole thing if you can, and as is practicable.  It would be a great resource, plus very interesting viewing especially for us ‘topsiders’, to see some Australian scenery. Hang on.  The adventure begins!!:)-gary

]]> a18c964aa50d8be0f8d95573f122837c https://ladiesofletterpress.com/topic/upgrade-from-pearl-to-c-and-p/#post-3025 Mon, 26 Dec 2011 14:24:49 -0500 Ask if a video of the press in action is possible.  Or at least, detail photos.  What you want to look out for are welds, breaks, casting cracks, rail integrity, prior repairs, wear on the roller saddles (unlike your pearl, which uses hooks instead of saddles) – you more than likely will need to invest in a set of rollers and trucks. And even if y…[Read more]

]]> d5ed49f1021cf13d6faf36eff38e343d https://ladiesofletterpress.com/topic/where-is-your-shop-studio/#post-2527 Thu, 30 Jun 2011 04:45:49 -0400 I’m in a similar process: I started renting a storage facility to have a “resting place” for my new press and paper cutter until I find a more permanent home for them.  Lo and behold, turns out the same facility has front office air conditioned office space attached to a storage area with a bay door.  The unit has a front office, a rear r…[Read more]

]]> 3ac28475c105deddfb8c016a725597c8 https://ladiesofletterpress.com/topic/bookkeeping-suggestions/#post-2278 Thu, 30 Jun 2011 04:20:30 -0400 We are still in our pre-start up stage at G. Johanson, Printer, but I ran an Optical Clinic on Quickbooks 6.0 for years, and I intend to use it for my printing operation.  The initial walk through set-up should be pretty self explanitory, but admittedly Quickbooks probably did not have custom printing as a focus when they developed it.  But t…[Read more]

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