02.05.051
tellus grafik, Stockholm, Sweden
FAG Control 405
Jenny Olsson on the FAG Control 405 ‹On our FAG Control 405 we print texts and images from lead and wooden types. We also make cliches out of laser cut wood and photopolymer materials as well as traditional woodcuts.›
About this press
Serial number
With current holder since
2017
Equipped with
LAR / Automatic wash up device incorporated in special drawer, lever operated ductor blade.
ME / Two speed power driven inking system with ink drum. Normal speed for printing. Acceleration for ink distribution and wash-up.
LAR / Automatic wash up device incorporated in special drawer, lever operated ductor blade.
MC / Cylinder drive with motor and FIXED SPEED SETTING.
ME / Two speed power driven inking system with ink drum. Normal speed for printing. Acceleration for ink distribution and wash-up.
SAM / Safety device for motor-driven machine.
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About tellus grafik
Tellus grafik is a printshop and studio at Midsommarkransen in Stockholm. I (Jenny) have printed for artists in the last ten years. Since 2017 I have the opportunity to do it in my own printshop; tellus grafik. I print intaglio (for example: etchings, drypoints, photopolymers) but also other techniques such as monotypes, woodcuts, letterpress and silk screen. On our FAG Control 405 we print small texts and images from led and wooden types. We also make cliches out of laser cut wood and photopolymer materials as well as traditional woodcuts.
tellusgrafik.se ↗
St.Joost School of Art and Design, Breda, Netherlands
FAG Control 405
About this press
Serial number
0204094
With current holder since
20+ years
Equipped with
LAR / Automatic wash up device incorporated in special drawer, lever operated ductor blade.
ME / Two speed power driven inking system with ink drum. Normal speed for printing. Acceleration for ink distribution and wash-up.
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About St.Joost School of Art and Design
The printroom at St.Joost School of Art and Design is equiped with 3 FAG proof presses, a FAG offset press, etching presses, riso printers and silkscreen facilities. An elaborate type collection is available to the students as well.
stjoost.nl ↗
HBKsaar, Saarbrücken, Germany
FAG Control 405
Indra Kupferschmid on the FAG Control 405 ‹We mostly use this press for poster works, invitation cards, artistic printing. The automatic wash-up blade has been disassembled.›
04.02.027 at HBKSaar, 2012
04.02.027 at HBKSaar, 2012
Machine number 027 of the second series
About this press
Serial number
402027
Equipped with
LAR / Automatic wash up device incorporated in special drawer, lever operated ductor blade.
ME / Two speed power driven inking system with ink drum. Normal speed for printing. Acceleration for ink distribution and wash-up.
MR / Micro adjustable bed movement with clock indicating accurate height in fractions of thousands of an inch. Height is measured directly off table.
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About HBKsaar
Print shop at Academy of Fine Arts Saarbrücken, Germany, for all kinds of student work, fine art / graphic as well as communication design.
OFFICINA HELVETICA, Biel, Switzerland
FAG Control 405
About this press
Serial number
02.06.076
Originally delivered to
Ernst Schär, Bern
With current holder since
2015
Equipped with
LAR / Automatic wash up device incorporated in special drawer, lever operated ductor blade.
ME / Two speed power driven inking system with ink drum. Normal speed for printing. Acceleration for ink distribution and wash-up.
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About OFFICINA HELVETICA
Verein mit dem Ziel die Handwerke des Buchdrucks und der Lithografie lebendig zu erhalten, auszuüben und weiterzugeben.
officina-helvetica.ch ↗
Alan Qualtrough, Plymouth, United Kingdom
FAG Control 405
About this press
Serial number
16.622
Equipped with
LAR / Automatic wash up device incorporated in special drawer, lever operated ductor blade.
ME / Two speed power driven inking system with ink drum. Normal speed for printing. Acceleration for ink distribution and wash-up.
MR / Micro adjustable bed movement with clock indicating accurate height in fractions of thousands of an inch. Height is measured directly off table.
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About Alan Qualtrough
Begiaundi Press, San Sebastian, Spain
FAG Control 405
Jose Luis Lanzagorta on the FAG Control 405 ‹We have this press since 2015. It comes from Zurich, but we have no further information about it in the past. We use it to print limited edtion posters with wood and lead type, as well as MDF, cardboard, plexiglass and other materials.›
About this press
Serial number
02.04.019
With current holder since
2015
Equipped with
LAR / Automatic wash up device incorporated in special drawer, lever operated ductor blade.
ME / Two speed power driven inking system with ink drum. Normal speed for printing. Acceleration for ink distribution and wash-up.
BRO / Cylinder sheet brush, adjustable, clears cylinder automatically as grippers pass to release sheet.
SSL / Quick action lock up bar, to block mounted plates and composition on machine bed.
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About Begiaundi Press
Begiaundi Press is a project initiated by the graphic design firm Estudio Lanzagorta, in 2014. It is a letterpress printing workshop for graphic experimentation and research, aimed to produce limited print editions on a typographic press, using both lead and wood movable type, as well as other materials, from linoleum, MDF, plexiglass, cardboard... to espadrille soles and coins. [Begiaundi in Basque means «big eye», and names a large squid, an animal which protects itself expelling its own ink].
Plymouth College of Art, Plymouth, Devon, United Kingdom
FAG Control 405
India Wilkins on the FAG Control 405 ‹It is used for printing metal and wood type. It is a bit quirky, sometimes the buttons don't seem to work and you have to press them a few times to make them kick in.›
About this press
Serial number
02.07.062
With current holder since
2012
Equipped with
LAR / Automatic wash up device incorporated in special drawer, lever operated ductor blade.
ME / Two speed power driven inking system with ink drum. Normal speed for printing. Acceleration for ink distribution and wash-up.
MR / Micro adjustable bed movement with clock indicating accurate height in fractions of thousands of an inch. Height is measured directly off table.
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About Plymouth College of Art
The workshop is part of the college of art and the equipment is accessed by students from 17 years of age upwards.
Carissimo Letterpress, Vienna, Austria
FAG Control 405
Alessandro Carissimo on the FAG Control 405 ‹We use this press mainly for printing with our wood type and for bigger formats like posters. We lovingly baptized her Sofia Loren. We also own a Leizig Phönix printing press, called Maria Addolorata. Together they are a perfect team!›
Sofia Loren
Sofia Loren
About this press
Serial number
16611
Built/delivered in:
1962
With current holder since
2014
Equipped with
LAR / Automatic wash up device incorporated in special drawer, lever operated ductor blade.
ME / Two speed power driven inking system with ink drum. Normal speed for printing. Acceleration for ink distribution and wash-up.
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About Carissimo Letterpress
In unserem Grafik und Letterpress Printstudio interpretieren wir den klassischen Buchdruck auf moderne Weise. Traditionelle Handwerkskunst, zeitgemäße Typografie und Grafik und feine Papiere sind die Zutaten um außergewöhnliche Druckprodukte herzustellen. Gedruckt wird auf unserer Druckerpresse "Maria Addolorata" oder wenn es mal ein größeres Format sein soll gerne auch auf unserer Proofpress "Sofia Loren". Wir sind aus Freude am Handwerk Letterpress Drucker geworden. Bei uns gibt es keine Industrieware sondern mit Liebe, Geduld und Präzision gearbeitete Druckprodukte die bleibende Eindrücke schaffen.
carissimo-letterpress.com ↗
Museum für Druckkunst, Leipzig, Germany
FAG Control 405
Left: Our FAG Control 405, Right: Our FAG Standard 510
About this press
Equipped with
LAR / Automatic wash up device incorporated in special drawer, lever operated ductor blade.
ME / Two speed power driven inking system with ink drum. Normal speed for printing. Acceleration for ink distribution and wash-up.
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About Museum für Druckkunst
druckkunst-museum.de ↗
HKB Druckatelier, Bern, Switzerland
FAG Control 405
Ursula Jakob on the FAG Control 405 ‹We use this press for artistic printmaking projects with our students.›
02.06.055 at the printmaking workshop of HKB, 2015
About this press
Serial number
02.06.055
With current holder since
unknown
Equipped with
LAR / Automatic wash up device incorporated in special drawer, lever operated ductor blade.
ME / Two speed power driven inking system with ink drum. Normal speed for printing. Acceleration for ink distribution and wash-up.
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About HKB Druckatelier
The spacious printmaking workshop at HKB (Bern University of the Arts) provides great infrastructure in the fields of silkscreen, letterpress/relief printing, etching and stone lithography.
hkb.bfh.ch ↗
Rainbow, Sachsen, Germany
FAG Control 405
during Colored Gigs Festival 2014
About this press
With current holder since
2012
Equipped with
LAR / Automatic wash up device incorporated in special drawer, lever operated ductor blade.
ME / Two speed power driven inking system with ink drum. Normal speed for printing. Acceleration for ink distribution and wash-up.
BRO / Cylinder sheet brush, adjustable, clears cylinder automatically as grippers pass to release sheet.
MC / Cylinder drive with motor and FIXED SPEED SETTING.
MR / Micro adjustable bed movement with clock indicating accurate height in fractions of thousands of an inch. Height is measured directly off table.
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About Rainbow
We are a Collective of four People running a design studio and printshop called RAINBOW. We work together in Leipzig since 2013. We make mainly posters for bands with silkscreen and letterpress.
rainbow-posters.com ↗
Strong Arm Press, Brisbane, Australia
FAG Control 405
Our FAG Control 405 at the Strong Arm Press, 2014.
Transportation of the press in early 2013.
About this press
With current holder since
2013
Equipped with
LAR / Automatic wash up device incorporated in special drawer, lever operated ductor blade.
ME / Two speed power driven inking system with ink drum. Normal speed for printing. Acceleration for ink distribution and wash-up.
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About Strong Arm Press
The Print Faculty, Cheltenham, United Kingdom
FAG Control 405
Tom Mayo on the FAG Control 405 ‹The press is used for a variety of jobs on a daily basis, producing posters, cards and other ephemera printed from lead and wood type, and occasionally laser cut letter forms and photopolymer plates.›
About this press
Serial number
402035
With current holder since
2014
Equipped with
LAR / Automatic wash up device incorporated in special drawer, lever operated ductor blade.
ME / Two speed power driven inking system with ink drum. Normal speed for printing. Acceleration for ink distribution and wash-up.
BRO / Cylinder sheet brush, adjustable, clears cylinder automatically as grippers pass to release sheet.
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About The Print Faculty
The Print Faculty is a letterpress design and print studio based in Cheltenham, UK. As well as producing limited edition prints, bespoke business cards and other ephemera, the faculty runs courses for students and design professionals.
http://coming soon... ↗
Clondalkin, Dublin, Ireland
FAG Control 405
Larry Byrne on the FAG Control 405 ‹Used every day to proof letter press plates.›
02.07.114 at Clondalkin in Dublin, 2014
About this press
Serial number
02.07.114
With current holder since
30+ years
Equipped with
LAR / Automatic wash up device incorporated in special drawer, lever operated ductor blade.
ME / Two speed power driven inking system with ink drum. Normal speed for printing. Acceleration for ink distribution and wash-up.
AR / Automatic cylinder return with time adjuster for sheet delivery. (This setting is advisable for orders of Cylinder drive MC.)
BRO / Cylinder sheet brush, adjustable, clears cylinder automatically as grippers pass to release sheet.
MC / Cylinder drive with motor and FIXED SPEED SETTING.
SSL / Quick action lock up bar, to block mounted plates and composition on machine bed.
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About Clondalkin
Lilla Tryckeriet, Stockholm, Sweden
FAG Control 405
John Losciale on the FAG Control 405 ‹I bougth this press in early 2014. It´s still in a garage dismantled. I'm looking for a new place in Stockholm where I can house both the machines (I have a windmill too) and my designstudio›
403078 at the previous owners place in Stockholm, 2014.
About this press
Serial number
403078
With current holder since
2014
Equipped with
LAR / Automatic wash up device incorporated in special drawer, lever operated ductor blade.
ME / Two speed power driven inking system with ink drum. Normal speed for printing. Acceleration for ink distribution and wash-up.
SSL / Quick action lock up bar, to block mounted plates and composition on machine bed.
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About Lilla Tryckeriet
Typorama, Bischofszell, Switzerland
FAG Control 405
Paul Wirth on the FAG Control 405 ‹We use this press quite often at Typorama for small editions of prints. Just now we're planning a small Knigge-Series in 5 volumes in an edition of 30 booklets each, 32 to 48 pages each.›
FAG Control 405 at Typorama Bischofszell, 2013
About this press
Serial number
02.05.031
Originally delivered to
Ziegler, Winterthur
Equipped with
LAR / Automatic wash up device incorporated in special drawer, lever operated ductor blade.
ME / Two speed power driven inking system with ink drum. Normal speed for printing. Acceleration for ink distribution and wash-up.
BRO / Cylinder sheet brush, adjustable, clears cylinder automatically as grippers pass to release sheet.
MVA / Cylinder drive with motor, STEPLESS SPEED ADJUSTMENT. Automatic cylinder return with time adjuster for sheet delivery.
SAM / Safety device for motor-driven machine.
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About Typorama
Typorama is a working typographic letterpress and hot metal composition museum. With a typesetting departement, a big machine composition collection from the 19th and the 20th century and and a printing departement Typorama is preserving and encouraging the use of letterpress technique.
typorama.ch ↗
Stamperia 74b, Milano, Italy
FAG Control 405
Gianluca Craca on the FAG Control 405 ‹As a print studio, we're using this press in many different ways, based on the idea of the artist that could be a typographic poster or a xilography with many colors. But, most of the time, we simply use it as a table! In general the objective of a FAG is to create editions of many copies and this doesn't happen really often. But all the time that's a chance, we're so happy to race it!›
At Stamperia 74b, 2013
The cover plate of the adjustable bed is missing.
About this press
Equipped with
LAR / Automatic wash up device incorporated in special drawer, lever operated ductor blade.
ME / Two speed power driven inking system with ink drum. Normal speed for printing. Acceleration for ink distribution and wash-up.
MR / Micro adjustable bed movement with clock indicating accurate height in fractions of thousands of an inch. Height is measured directly off table.
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About Stamperia 74b
We're a printmaking studio for artist, students and everyone who want to know something more about printmaking. Under the guide of Moreno Chiodini, with over 40 years of experience in many print lab, we manage to assist many artists with all different kind of projects.
74b.it ↗
Andante Handpresse, Berlin-Friedrichshagen, Germany
FAG Control 405
Peter Rensch on the FAG Control 405 ‹I bought this press in 1987. I mainly print my own artist books, using handset metal type and woodcuts. I also print single-sheet art prints for myself and in commission for other artists. The press has been moved three times. You can see the traces of daily use on the press.›
16652 at my studio in Berlin-Friedrichshafen, 2013
MF stands for marbre-fix – which means fixed press bed.
About this press
Serial number
16652
With current holder since
1987
Equipped with
LAR / Automatic wash up device incorporated in special drawer, lever operated ductor blade.
ME / Two speed power driven inking system with ink drum. Normal speed for printing. Acceleration for ink distribution and wash-up.
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About Andante Handpresse
I started using this press for my own artist books which have original graphics, mostly colour woodcuts and handset metal type. The books are limited edition and are signed and numbered. I also print books in commission from other artists. I show my work regularly at the Frankfurt Book Fair and other exhibitions.
grafikbrief.de ↗
Central Saint Martins, University of the Arts London, London, United Kingdom
FAG Control 405
Phil Baines on the FAG Control 405 ‹The press is used to print students work and has been the main press in the college’s letterpress room for 30 years at least. In more recent years we have added a Vandercook, a Heidelberg Platten, and a couple of Adanas.›
Fourth location in the last 30 years.
Bed adjustment dial
Build plate
About this press
Serial number
02.05.060
Originally delivered to
We think the press came from PAL Printing Aids of Pentonville Rd
With current holder since
Possibly mid 1960s
Equipped with
LAR / Automatic wash up device incorporated in special drawer, lever operated ductor blade.
ME / Two speed power driven inking system with ink drum. Normal speed for printing. Acceleration for ink distribution and wash-up.
MC / Cylinder drive with motor and FIXED SPEED SETTING.
MR / Micro adjustable bed movement with clock indicating accurate height in fractions of thousands of an inch. Height is measured directly off table.
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About Central Saint Martins, University of the Arts London
The letterpress workshop is one of a number of print facilities at the college. It is open to all students but its primary users are those from the Graphic Communication Design programme. All students will have an induction here as part of a wider introduction to typography, and are then free to use the room for any project work they choose. In terms of type, we have comprehensive ranges of Caslon, Baskerville, Bell and Univers; and a wide range of other interesting display types from both 19C & 20C. The letterpress workshop is run by Helen Ingham.
Escola Massana, Barcelona, Spain
FAG Control 405
Iñaki Granell on the FAG Control 405 ‹At the Escola Massana, Arts & Design Center in Barcelona since 1929, we use our FAG Control 405 for proofing our letterpress compositions, linocut and photopolymer plates in Typography, one of the main subjects in Graphic Design Vocational Training Degree.
It works as its very first day and it's already part of our family here. "She" is very much appreciated by the students, who have the opportunity of experiencing on traditional letterpress, which today is pedagogically invaluable in the digital environment of our craft.›
02.04.023 at the pressroom, 2013.
Rollers closeup.
Model plaquette.
About this press
Serial number
02.04.023
With current holder since
2010
Equipped with
LAR / Automatic wash up device incorporated in special drawer, lever operated ductor blade.
ME / Two speed power driven inking system with ink drum. Normal speed for printing. Acceleration for ink distribution and wash-up.
MR / Micro adjustable bed movement with clock indicating accurate height in fractions of thousands of an inch. Height is measured directly off table.
RFP / Register Plate Base, normal height 21.6mm. For close register proofing of origninal plates. Micro screw and spring lays allow movement of unit with fixed plates, for dot in register.
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Met Regelmaat, 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord Brabant, Netherlands
FAG Control 405
About this press
Serial number
02.06.029
With current holder since
2002
Equipped with
LAR / Automatic wash up device incorporated in special drawer, lever operated ductor blade.
ME / Two speed power driven inking system with ink drum. Normal speed for printing. Acceleration for ink distribution and wash-up.
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About Met Regelmaat
F+F, Zürich, Switzerland
FAG Control 405
FAG Control 405 (40350) at F+F, Zürich
Serial number on the side of the pressbed.
About this press
Serial number
40350
Equipped with
LAR / Automatic wash up device incorporated in special drawer, lever operated ductor blade.
ME / Two speed power driven inking system with ink drum. Normal speed for printing. Acceleration for ink distribution and wash-up.
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About F+F
ffzh.ch ↗
Hermann Bob Gelzer, Lenzburg, Switzerland
FAG Control 405
Hermann Bob Gelzer on the FAG Control 405 ‹I got this press around 2002 from an old printshop that went out of business near Bern, Switzerland. I use this press for my experimental woodcuts and monotypings.›
FAG Control 403060, 2012
About this press
Serial number
403060
With current holder since
2002
Equipped with
LAR / Automatic wash up device incorporated in special drawer, lever operated ductor blade.
ME / Two speed power driven inking system with ink drum. Normal speed for printing. Acceleration for ink distribution and wash-up.
BRO / Cylinder sheet brush, adjustable, clears cylinder automatically as grippers pass to release sheet.
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About Hermann Bob Gelzer
Since 1997, Herman Bob Gelzer is working with paintings and experimental woodcuts at his studio at the old ‹Wisa Gloria Fabrik› in Lenzburg, Switzerland. Besides of water colour and oil paintings he's also been working for quite some time on his experimental woodcuts. For example his work ‹Improvisationen auf Bauplastik›. Since he has owned his FAG Control 405 he has also been working on his smaller sized cuts and monotypings. Hermann Bob Gelzer has been contributing to different exhibitions in Switzerland and abroad.
gelzerart.info ↗
Romano Hänni, Studio for Design, Letterpress Shop, Basel, Switzerland
FAG Control 405
Romano Hänni on the FAG Control 405 ‹This press is used for printing hand composed letterpress work and woodcuts. Originally the press was with cylinder drive and motor. It has been changed to hand crank in 1983.›
FAG Control 405, inked with blue, composing with brass lines, ready for printing.
About this press
Serial number
02.05.006
Built/delivered in:
1967
Originally delivered to
Fritz Schwager, Handsetzerei, Basel
With current holder since
1983
Equipped with
LAR / Automatic wash up device incorporated in special drawer, lever operated ductor blade.
ME / Two speed power driven inking system with ink drum. Normal speed for printing. Acceleration for ink distribution and wash-up.
MC / Cylinder drive with motor and FIXED SPEED SETTING.
MR / Micro adjustable bed movement with clock indicating accurate height in fractions of thousands of an inch. Height is measured directly off table.
SSL / Quick action lock up bar, to block mounted plates and composition on machine bed.
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About Romano Hänni, Studio for Design, Letterpress Shop
Since 1984, Romano Hänni is creating experimental hand-set, letterpress printed books in his letterpress type shop in Basel/Switzerland. Produced beside the computer design work as a self-employed typographic designer. He only works with pieces of type and materials that are available in his type shop. He consciously avoid using printing plates. The books are printed on a FAG Control 405. Hänni teaches, runs courses, gives presentations and takes part in exhibitions on his handprinted books and on book and newspaper design. He teaches individual and group courses in lead typesetting and letterpress printing in his letterpress shop in Basel.
romano-haenni.ch ↗
El Calotipo Printing Studio, Zaragoza, Spain
FAG Control 405
About this press
Serial number
02.04.061
With current holder since
2011
Equipped with
LAR / Automatic wash up device incorporated in special drawer, lever operated ductor blade.
ME / Two speed power driven inking system with ink drum. Normal speed for printing. Acceleration for ink distribution and wash-up.
AR / Automatic cylinder return with time adjuster for sheet delivery. (This setting is advisable for orders of Cylinder drive MC.)
BRO / Cylinder sheet brush, adjustable, clears cylinder automatically as grippers pass to release sheet.
MR / Micro adjustable bed movement with clock indicating accurate height in fractions of thousands of an inch. Height is measured directly off table.
SSL / Quick action lock up bar, to block mounted plates and composition on machine bed.
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About El Calotipo Printing Studio
El Calotipo is a Book Arts and Design Center where we work in letterpress printing, screenprinting, engraving and relieve process to create original products, services and features. We produce selected publishers, design according to your needs and make workshops and provide you with all our resources.
elcalotipo.com ↗
Graficki Atelje Mrakuzic, 10430 Samobor, Croatia
FAG Control 405
situation origin
About this press
Serial number
02.04.047
Originally delivered to
FAG Factory/Graficki Fakultet u Zagrebu
With current holder since
31.01.2012.
Equipped with
LAR / Automatic wash up device incorporated in special drawer, lever operated ductor blade.
ME / Two speed power driven inking system with ink drum. Normal speed for printing. Acceleration for ink distribution and wash-up.
AR / Automatic cylinder return with time adjuster for sheet delivery. (This setting is advisable for orders of Cylinder drive MC.)
MR / Micro adjustable bed movement with clock indicating accurate height in fractions of thousands of an inch. Height is measured directly off table.
MVA / Cylinder drive with motor, STEPLESS SPEED ADJUSTMENT. Automatic cylinder return with time adjuster for sheet delivery.
SSL / Quick action lock up bar, to block mounted plates and composition on machine bed.
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About Graficki Atelje Mrakuzic
Maschinenraum, Berlin, Germany
FAG Control 405
About this press
Serial number
02.07.076
With current holder since
2007
Equipped with
LAR / Automatic wash up device incorporated in special drawer, lever operated ductor blade.
ME / Two speed power driven inking system with ink drum. Normal speed for printing. Acceleration for ink distribution and wash-up.
BRO / Cylinder sheet brush, adjustable, clears cylinder automatically as grippers pass to release sheet.
MR / Micro adjustable bed movement with clock indicating accurate height in fractions of thousands of an inch. Height is measured directly off table.
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About Maschinenraum
MASCHINENRAUM is the relief print studio by the artists Claas Gutsche and Philipp Hennevogl. We founded Maschienenraum in the beginning of 2012. Our goal was to set up a professional relief print workshop, which suits perfect our artistic needs. Furthermore, we wish that the print studio is open to collaboration with other practising artists, as well as to beginners.
maschinenraum-berlin.de ↗
Tasmania Polytechnic, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
FAG Control 405
Gilbert Bantoft on the FAG Control 405 ‹We use it for printing Lino cuts, Photopolymer plates and conventional letterpress type.
We find it useful for reduction prints from Lino as the registration is spot on. I run evening classes in letterpress and besides the Fag we have a Chandler & Price 15x10, a Vandercook No 17 press, 3 Adana 5x3, 2 Adana 8x5 and a Heidelberg Platen. The FAG is our most used press.›
About this press
Serial number
02.04.006
Equipped with
LAR / Automatic wash up device incorporated in special drawer, lever operated ductor blade.
ME / Two speed power driven inking system with ink drum. Normal speed for printing. Acceleration for ink distribution and wash-up.
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About Tasmania Polytechnic
I am a full time Technician in the creative Arts dept. My background is in Hand and Machine composition. I also run evening classes in Letterpress. Cheers Gil
Druckwerkstatt, Lenzburg, Switzerland
FAG Control 405
02.07.101 at Druckwerkstatt, 2012
About this press
Serial number
02.07.101
Equipped with
LAR / Automatic wash up device incorporated in special drawer, lever operated ductor blade.
ME / Two speed power driven inking system with ink drum. Normal speed for printing. Acceleration for ink distribution and wash-up.
MR / Micro adjustable bed movement with clock indicating accurate height in fractions of thousands of an inch. Height is measured directly off table.
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About Druckwerkstatt
druckwerkstatt-olten.ch ↗
MIAT museum, Ghent, Belgium
FAG Control 405
Armina Ghazaryan on the FAG Control 405 ‹This press is used for proofing and production.›
About this press
Serial number
02.04.103
Built/delivered in:
1950
Originally delivered to
MIAT museum (Ghent, Belgium)
With current holder since
2005
Equipped with
LAR / Automatic wash up device incorporated in special drawer, lever operated ductor blade.
ME / Two speed power driven inking system with ink drum. Normal speed for printing. Acceleration for ink distribution and wash-up.
BRO / Cylinder sheet brush, adjustable, clears cylinder automatically as grippers pass to release sheet.
FRS / Register Punch. To be used with Register Plate Base RFP to punch holes of accurate dimensions on colour plates and facilitate positioning on base.
SSL / Quick action lock up bar, to block mounted plates and composition on machine bed.
More info about the press
About MIAT museum
The MIAT (Museum for Industrial Archeology and Textile) in Ghent, Belgium has a printing department which evolved from small static collection of printing presses to a diversified and active department with about twenty volunteers.
miat.gent.be ↗
Graphos, Uster, Switzerland
FAG Control 405
Sepp Schlegel on the FAG Control 405 ‹We use this press for mostly proofing and smaller sized jobs like business cards for visitors.›
02.04.075 at Graphos, Uster, 2012
About this press
Serial number
02.04.075
With current holder since
2009
Equipped with
LAR / Automatic wash up device incorporated in special drawer, lever operated ductor blade.
ME / Two speed power driven inking system with ink drum. Normal speed for printing. Acceleration for ink distribution and wash-up.
BRO / Cylinder sheet brush, adjustable, clears cylinder automatically as grippers pass to release sheet.
MR / Micro adjustable bed movement with clock indicating accurate height in fractions of thousands of an inch. Height is measured directly off table.
SSL / Quick action lock up bar, to block mounted plates and composition on machine bed.
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About Graphos
graphosuster.ch ↗
R.B. Typolab (BfGZ/ZHdK), Zürich, Switzerland
FAG Control 405
R. Barmettler on the FAG Control 405 ‹Since this press has an adjustable press bed, we use it for very different paper thicknesses from 30g/m2 up to 300g/m2. After undertaking serious and systematic concept and design development work, we print mostly business cards, stationery, invitation cards, book covers and small posters. We also use this press for printing additional elements to existing brochures. This is the most used proof press at R.B. Typolab.›
02.05.69 at R.B. Typolab in Zurich, 2012
RFP Register Base Plate.
About this press
Serial number
02.05.69
Equipped with
LAR / Automatic wash up device incorporated in special drawer, lever operated ductor blade.
ME / Two speed power driven inking system with ink drum. Normal speed for printing. Acceleration for ink distribution and wash-up.
BRO / Cylinder sheet brush, adjustable, clears cylinder automatically as grippers pass to release sheet.
MR / Micro adjustable bed movement with clock indicating accurate height in fractions of thousands of an inch. Height is measured directly off table.
RFP / Register Plate Base, normal height 21.6mm. For close register proofing of origninal plates. Micro screw and spring lays allow movement of unit with fixed plates, for dot in register.
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About R.B. Typolab (BfGZ/ZHdK)
R.B. Typolab (BfGZ/ZHdK) is a university workshop based in Zürich. It arose from a fusion of two workshops (Werkstätte f. Typographie und Buchdruck BfGZ / Typowerkstatt HGKZ, today ZHdK) in the year 2000. Rudolf Barmettler uses this workshop as an introduction to typography for first year students of the Visual Communication Department (ZHdK) as well as for interdisciplinary typographic induction weeks of the Department of Design (ZHdK). Additionally he has been been teaching an evening workshop (40 evenings a year) for over 10 years now. BfGZ teacher René Wäger and Gilde Gutenberg teach Polygraf aprentices in the second year. In the workshop there are about 650 cases of lead type, wood type, bakelite type and magnesium type. Besides the 3 FAG proofpresses there there are other pieces of equipment that include a Vandercook Uni IV (Serial 21477), a Heidelberg Platen press, a Giez platen press, some waxing machines, a FAG heavy duty saw trimmer and some more... Rudolf Barmettler's students mostly produce business cards, invitation cards, flyers, cd-covers, book-covers, posters and poster series, calendars, poetry books, magazines, proofs and lots of printing experiments.
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babyinktwice, Zürich+Glarus, Switzerland
FAG Control 405
Dafi Kühne on the FAG Control 405 ‹This press is just 38 numbers "older" than my other FAG Control 405. I use this machine for proofing and also for production.›
02.07.030 just after cleaning and refurbishing.
Lifting the press into my studio in spring 2012.
The press during cleaning action.
About this press
Serial number
02.07.030
Built/delivered in:
1976
With current holder since
2012
Equipped with
LAR / Automatic wash up device incorporated in special drawer, lever operated ductor blade.
ME / Two speed power driven inking system with ink drum. Normal speed for printing. Acceleration for ink distribution and wash-up.
AR / Automatic cylinder return with time adjuster for sheet delivery. (This setting is advisable for orders of Cylinder drive MC.)
MR / Micro adjustable bed movement with clock indicating accurate height in fractions of thousands of an inch. Height is measured directly off table.
MVA / Cylinder drive with motor, STEPLESS SPEED ADJUSTMENT. Automatic cylinder return with time adjuster for sheet delivery.
SAM / Safety device for motor-driven machine.
SSL / Quick action lock up bar, to block mounted plates and composition on machine bed.
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About babyinktwice
Babyinkwice is a Zürich+Glarus (Switzerland) based graphic design and letterpress studio focused on designing and printing posters, invitation cards, brochures & magazines for music-, art-, theatre- and filmprojects. The combination of actual graphic design with the old technique plays a very important role. Using a Macbook, 4 letterpress proofing presses and 1 production printing press from the 60ies, old lead- & woodtype, new lasercut wood-, plexiglas or linoblocks, photopolymer plates, handcut lino or cardboard and so on...
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babyinktwice, Zürich+Glarus, Switzerland
FAG Control 405
Dafi Kühne on the FAG Control 405 ‹This is the most used press at babyinktwice. I use this press for proofing during the design process and also for production of smaller poster works and postcards.›
02.07.068 at babyinktwice, 2012
From the serial number and with the help of Mr. Orville at FAG I found out that this press was produced and delivered in 1977.
Analog image of the press at the old printmaker I bought it from in 2009.
Truck transfer. (Analog image)
Lifting it into my studio. (Analog image)
About this press
Serial number
02.07.068
Built/delivered in:
1977
With current holder since
2009
Equipped with
LAR / Automatic wash up device incorporated in special drawer, lever operated ductor blade.
ME / Two speed power driven inking system with ink drum. Normal speed for printing. Acceleration for ink distribution and wash-up.
AR / Automatic cylinder return with time adjuster for sheet delivery. (This setting is advisable for orders of Cylinder drive MC.)
BRO / Cylinder sheet brush, adjustable, clears cylinder automatically as grippers pass to release sheet.
MR / Micro adjustable bed movement with clock indicating accurate height in fractions of thousands of an inch. Height is measured directly off table.
MVA / Cylinder drive with motor, STEPLESS SPEED ADJUSTMENT. Automatic cylinder return with time adjuster for sheet delivery.
SAM / Safety device for motor-driven machine.
More info about the press
Other presses at this studio
About babyinktwice
Babyinkwice is a Zürich+Glarus (Switzerland) based graphic design and letterpress studio focused on designing and printing posters, invitation cards, brochures & magazines for music-, art-, theatre- and filmprojects. The combination of actual graphic design with the old technique plays a very important role. Using a Macbook, 4 letterpress proofing presses and 1 production printing press from the 60ies, old lead- & woodtype, new lasercut wood-, plexiglas or linoblocks, photopolymer plates, handcut lino or cardboard and so on...