If you have 40 years in printing as I do, this video is a real joy. If you are a new self publisher, it will give you a much better feel for printing.

 http://vimeo.com/62635922

Here’s a glimpse of traditional printing, before on-demand printing

But actually, this is close to on-demand letterpress. This will open your eyes a bit to how printing works. It a beautiful glimpse of modern letterpress. Letterpress is that type of printing brought into civilization by Gutenberg. It triggered the renaissance and was at the top of all the lists of the most important innovations of the past millennium.

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