On the first of January 1977 the Royal Government Press of Bhutan, received a new year's gift in the form of a fully automatic Original Heidelberg platen machine. An all purpose machine, the most ...

PITTSFIELD — Times change and so do printing presses. Due to the advances in printing technology, machines that were considered cutting edge 30 years ago have become obsolete. "The world's turned into ...

The noise art artist Tietchens composed an audio piece from the working sounds of a historical printing press: The Heidelberg platen (letterpress) can certainly be understood as a rhythm machine ...