Stumptown Printers by Monocle
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libertangoHey, pub-your-ish, old-time-technology, lead-type, hand-cranked, small-personal-business people (I'm looking at you, ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
gerisullivan and fringefaan)... Monocle magazine has a great video report about Stumptown Printers in Portland, OR that you should see.
Monocle's interesting in general. If there can be such a thing as "Davos Man," then I suggest there can be such a thing as "FT 'Weekend' Person" -- and Monocle has that niche down pat. I may never be able to afford it, but it's interesting to get a look in now and then.
gerisullivan and fringefaan)... Monocle magazine has a great video report about Stumptown Printers in Portland, OR that you should see.Monocle's interesting in general. If there can be such a thing as "Davos Man," then I suggest there can be such a thing as "FT 'Weekend' Person" -- and Monocle has that niche down pat. I may never be able to afford it, but it's interesting to get a look in now and then.
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Date: 2009-12-09 06:36 pm (UTC)There's lots of that old equipment out there. Not just a few decades old, but back to the late 1800s, early 1900s old. Even printers that are filled with modern digital equipment and its totally amazing digital dots often have an ancient Heidelberg press for invitations and other small, handcrafted runs. The unique thing about Stumptown Printers is the market they're serving.
Press proofing it totally awesome. (The part where they talked about customers coming in and watching the process.) Laurie Toby Edison and I spent two days in rural Manitoba press proofing the cover and interior pages of Familiar Men.