Hi Shayna, I had a similar problem and getting brand new trucks solved it for me. I got Delrin trucks from NA Graphics. Good luck!

I found a good discussion here – http://www.briarpress.org/17461.

I should mention that the print on my wall was printed (I think) with Van Son rubber-based ink. It was a gift from a friend. Other prints hanging in the same area seem like they haven’t faded, at least not as much, but I don’t have ‘controls’ to compare them to. I’m tempted to do some tests as well – let’s compare our results!

Carrie,Do you have a community print shop nearby, or do you have the funds to travel to one? I recommend that you take a class where you can try out these presses before you buy one. I teach workshops at Asheville BookWorks where you can print on all of these types of presses, and some flatbed cylinder presses as well. You can get started working…[Read more]

For packing, I place red pressboard under the tympan and then place packing under the red pressboard. I use a whole variety of paper and card, usually scraps of what I have around, but stick to the kind that’s smooth and dense. I also like Mylar – it comes in a few thicknesses, and is nice and hard.I learned to wash up with mineral spirits, so I…[Read more]

I fold it up in a piece of tin foil and tape a little tap-out test on the outside so that I can see what color it is.

I occasionally make my own paper, depending on what I need for a particular project. I usually use my handmade papers for artist books,  fine press books or broadsides, but have made some papers on commission as well. I don’t have my own papermaking studio – I rent time at Asheville BookWorks.

Try Owosso – http://www.owossographic.com/ or AA Dies – http://aadieinc.com/. I haven’t had plates made from  either company yet, but I’ve spoken with both and they’re very helpful.

The calligrapher I work with is very selective about her paper, so I don’t provide her with paper, but she knows to work with black ink on bright white paper.I do something similar to Kathryn, but I scan in everything (all hand drawn things) at 1200 dpi as line art. Then I open the file in Photoshop and change the mode to bitmap. Again I’ll save…[Read more]

Hi Jolanta,If you click on Members at the top and do a search for Chicago in the members list, you might be able to find someone who teaches classes or offers an apprenticeship.

Yes! I had the Morgan Expansion Trucks, then switched to Delrin. Better results so far.

I recently had a similar problem. I took all the tape off my rails and cleaned the rails *really* well with a brass wire brush (the kind that spins on the end of a drill), and put a good clean layer of tape down. Then I ordered new trucks (Delrin). I think the new trucks did the trick; at least it’s been printing well for the last 2 weeks!

Thanks for the extra info, Kelly! It makes so much more sense to me now, knowing that the line is called a deadline, not the bar!

In case anyone else has been wondering, I just found out from Paul Moxon (of the amazing Vanderblog) that it’s called a ‘head dead bar’.