06.01.104
Offizin Haag-Drugulin
FAG Swiss Proof 52
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Serial number
Equipped with
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.
LAR / Automatic wash up device incorporated in special drawer, lever operated ductor blade.
SSL / Quick action lock up bar, to block mounted plates and composition on machine bed.
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About Offizin Haag-Drugulin
Hans-Ulrich Frey
FAG Swiss Proof 52
About this press
Equipped with
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.)
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About Hans-Ulrich Frey
P98a, Berlin, Germany
FAG Swiss Proof 52
About this press
Serial number
06.02.079
Built/delivered in:
1979
Originally delivered to
it was at Horus in HAmburg
With current holder since
10/2016
Equipped with
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.
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About P98a
p98a.com ↗
Atelier de la Cerisaie, Paris, France
FAG Swiss Proof 52
06.01.095 at Atelier de la Cerisaie, 2017
About this press
Serial number
06.01.095
With current holder since
1980s?
Equipped with
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.
SSL / Quick action lock up bar, to block mounted plates and composition on machine bed.
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About Atelier de la Cerisaie
Studio run by English émigré, Michael Caine, successor to Jean-Luc Lerebourg. Press used essentially for bookwork (often limited edition livres d'artiste) but also general jobbing work (invitations, business cards, bilboquets); posters; imprimées de toute sorte. MC also publishes his books and prints under name Editions Petropolis, using this press for editioning his own wood engravings. One-man operation with studio closed Mon Tues pm, owner teaching relief printmaking and typography at école Estienne. An excellent press!
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Papiermühle Basel, Basel, Switzerland
FAG Swiss Proof 52
Stefan Meier on the FAG Swiss Proof 52 ‹Though temporarily in storage now, we used this press to print chromatic wood cuts for editions. Since the renovation and reorganisation of the printing department at Papiermühle Basel in 2011, this press has been put in our storage for later use.›
06.01.201 in use at Papiermühle Basel
Temporarily storage
About this press
Serial number
06.01.201
Originally delivered to
BaZ-Druckerei, Basel
With current holder since
1984
Equipped with
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.
LAR / Automatic wash up device incorporated in special drawer, lever operated ductor blade.
MVA / Cylinder drive with motor, STEPLESS SPEED ADJUSTMENT. Automatic cylinder return with time adjuster for sheet delivery.
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About Papiermühle Basel
At Basel Paper Mill we print business cards, certificates and diplompas, wedding invitations, birth announcements and invitation cards. We also do family chronicles, chromatic wood cuts or copper engravings. Since we cast our own type, we can also set and print larger copies. We print high quality reproductions of 18th and 19th century books. We use hand composition aswell as Monotype and Linotype.
papiermuseum.ch ↗
Offizin Haag-Drugulin, Dresden, Germany
FAG Swiss Proof 52
About this press
Equipped with
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 Offizin Haag-Drugulin
offizin-haag-drugulin.de ↗
Atelier Dugrip-Picard-Jacomet, Sète, France
FAG Swiss Proof 52
About this press
Serial number
06.02.029
Built/delivered in:
1976
With current holder since
October 9 2013
Equipped with
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 Atelier Dugrip-Picard-Jacomet
Gravure sur bois et édition d'art Woodcut and art publishing
twitter.com ↗
Taller Experimental de Gráfica, La Habana, Cuba
FAG Swiss Proof 52
Photos courtesy Luis Miguel Valdes www.lasiemprehabana.com
About this press
Serial number
06.01.194
Equipped with
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.
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 Taller Experimental de Gráfica
University for the Creative Arts, Epsom, Surrey, United Kingdom
FAG Swiss Proof 52
Detail
About this press
Serial number
06.01.002
With current holder since
Since April 2012
Equipped with
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.
SSL / Quick action lock up bar, to block mounted plates and composition on machine bed.
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About University for the Creative Arts, Epsom
The Print Area runs alongside the Graphic Design BA at UCA Epsom. We facilitate screenprinting, letterpress, relief, dry-point etching & photopolymer plates.
printarea.gdnm.org ↗
Satzwerstatt Solothurn, Solothurn, Switzerland
FAG Swiss Proof 52
Arthur Fischbach on the FAG Swiss Proof 52 ‹We use this press to print experimental typo layouts in the size of A2. We bought this press in 2002 from a printshop in Basel that went out of business.›
06.01.094 at Satzwerkstatt Solothurn, 2013
About this press
Serial number
06.01.094
With current holder since
2002
Equipped with
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 Satzwerstatt Solothurn
«Satzwerkstatt Solothurn» is run by «Grafische Vereinigung Solothurn» that was foundet in 1904. On the occasion of the 100 year jubilee in 2004, the «GVS» organised a widely noticed exhibition with some experimental typo prints from the «Satzwerkstatt Solothurn». A small group of volunteers is running the workshop and keeping the heritage of «GVS» alive.
Horus Kunstmalerei GmbH, Hamburg, Germany
FAG Swiss Proof 52
06.02.079 at Horus Kunstmalerei GmbH, 2013
About this press
Serial number
06.02.079
Built/delivered in:
1979
With current holder since
2009
Equipped with
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.
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About Horus Kunstmalerei GmbH
Horus is an artistic wall painting business with 10 employees. We produce art prints in small editions, especially for customer relationship management. We don't take orders from third parties. Beside of the FAG SP52 we also have an A4 Heidelberg platen.
horus-hamburg.de ↗
Martin Thönen, Atelier TypoPresse + Holzschnittatelier, Bern + Schmitten, Switzerland
FAG Swiss Proof 52
Martin Thönen on the FAG Swiss Proof 52 ‹I bought this press new in 1973. The Swiss Proof 52 is situatet at my wood cut studio in Bern, Switzerland.
I use my presses to print wood cuts, wood cut calendars, wood cut cards, artists books, artists portfolios, wood cut catalogs, invitationcards and posters for exhibitions.›
The Swiss Proof 52 at my wood cut studio in Bern, Switzerland, 2012
This is machine number 74 of the first serie.
About this press
Serial number
06.01.74
Built/delivered in:
1973
Originally delivered to
Holzschnittatelier, Martin Thönen, Bern
With current holder since
1973
Equipped with
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.
LAR / Automatic wash up device incorporated in special drawer, lever operated ductor blade.
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About Martin Thönen, Atelier TypoPresse + Holzschnittatelier
Martin Thönen is a skilled typesetter. He did his education at «Schule für Gestaltung» in Bern, Vevey, Geneva and Essen. He graduated at «Technikerschule für die Druckindustrie» in Bern. Since 1965 he is working with woodcuts on his own printing presses.
martinthoenen.ch ↗
Whittington Press, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom
FAG Swiss Proof 52
Pat Randle on the FAG Swiss Proof 52 ‹This Press is in use every day at Whittington for the production of books, posters and all general 'jobbing' work. The Press is also used by local artists who use it to edition wood-engravings and lino cuts.›
Fag Swiss Proof 52 at the Whittington Press
View from above the wooden feed-board on the 52
Polyurethane rollers which we always prefer to rubber
A wood-engraver with block set up and ready to print
Hand set type ready to print
About this press
Serial number
06.01.046
With current holder since
1980
Equipped with
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.
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About Whittington Press
The Whittington Press was started in 1971 by John and Rose Randle and has now published over 400 books, including 30 editions of its yearly journal, Matrix. The Press employs a monotype operator for 2 days a week and a variety of engravers and artists have access to the machinery.
whittingtonpress.com ↗
Graphos, Uster, Switzerland
FAG Swiss Proof 52
Sepp Schlegel on the FAG Swiss Proof 52 ‹We use this press mostly for bigger sized wood- and linocuts. The cylinder sheet brush (BRO) has been disassembled over the time. This press has a Ink Duct with distributor (ES), which keeps the inking perfect for longer runs. The quality is remarkably good!›
06.01.013 at Graphos Uster, 2012
ES – Ink Duct with distributor.
ES – Ink Duct with distributor.
Speed adjustment of the ink duct.
About this press
Serial number
06.01.013
With current holder since
2009
Equipped with
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.
ES / Ink Duct with distributor
LAR / Automatic wash up device incorporated in special drawer, lever operated ductor blade.
MC / Cylinder drive with motor and FIXED SPEED SETTING.
SAM / Safety device for motor-driven machine.
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