Printing Press - Cottrell, Rotary, 1914

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Summary:: This a Rotary Magazine Printing Press, manufactured by C. B. Cottrell & Sons, New York, USA in 1914. It printed from stereotype plates.

Letterpress is a term used to define the process of printing from a raised surface, be it type or block. The term takes it origins from the act of pressing a letter onto another substance, usually paper.

Sterotype is a type of printing plate used in letterpress, newspaper, and other high-speed press runs.
Stereotyping is a process in which a whole page of type is cast in a single mold so that a printing plate can be made from it. Until the invention of the stereotype, printing type had to be reset if a second printing was to be made.

The press was used by the Victorian Government Printing Office. It was ordered on 14 November 1913 and installed in February 1915.
Description:: 125 separate parts
Acquisition Information:: Donation from Victoria: Government Printing Office, 1977

Tagged with:	printing equipment, printing, printing presses
Themes this item is part of:	Stereotype & Cliche, Letterpress Printing, Information & Communication Collection
Primary Classification:	COMMUNICATIONS
Secondary Classification:	Printing
Tertiary Classification:	printing presses
Inscriptions:	Serial Number 10173
Manufacturer:	C. B. Cottrell & Sons, New York, United States of America, 1914
References:	http://australianscreen.com.au/titles/sydney-morning-herald/clip1/ - accessed 13 November 2008