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«Il segno tipografico Lodovico Pavoni». Various equipment for typographic composition by hand from various printers denoted by members of the ATAB association and others.
From the dedication of Simone Quetti
Just some of the vast collection......
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Torchio tipografico in ghisa (funzionante),
Cast iron printing press (in working order), pressure printing "platina" [plan surface against opposite plan surface], by two torsion bars operated by a lever. The return of the flat surface is done using a counterweight. Built in Vienna by the firm "Hlöser in Wien" and dated March 14th, 1848 [four days before the Five Day rebellion of Milan against Austria]. You can print in the format 50x70 cm.
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Torchio litografico a stella in legno (funzionante)
Lithographic wood press star version (in working order), lithographic stones are used for the printing matrix. Built around 1800 by "Stew & Torch" in Turin, serial 225. It prints lithographs using as matrix a particular limestone. It consists primarily of a wagon which supports the lithographic stone that flows on a cylinder driven by a star wheel operated by hand, so that under pressure it allows the passage of the ink from the stone to the paper.
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Linotype mod. “Italtype Alfa”,
Linotype mod. "Italtype Alfa", with full characters stock (matrix) built in Milan in the sixties or so. It is the machine that gave life to the 'linotipia Simone Quetti" in Artogne.
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Macchina da stampa piano-cilindrica “Albert-Automat Frankenthal 52/72”, del 1950 circa (automatica funzionante).
Piano-cylindrical printing press "Albert-Automat Frankenthal 52/72", dated about 1950 (automatic, working). You can print a sheet of paper 50x70 cm in a completely automatic way. It takes the paper to print, it places it on the platform where it’s taken by pliers and placed on the cylinder against the mould previously inked. Once printed the piece of sheet is deposited on the plane.
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Macchina da stampa piano-cilindrica manuale, del fine 1800 circa (funzionante).
Manual plane-cylindrical printing machine, dated at the end of 1800 (in working order). It can print a sheet size 50x70 cm. By Turning its hand wheel, various actions are set in motion: the flat surface carrying the mould, the pressure cylinder and the inking and the tablet grinding . The paper is fixed by hand and the exit is with sticks.
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Macchina da stampa platina a stella “Heidelberg”, (automatica funzionante) del 1960 circa.
Platen printing machine star style "Heidelberg", (automatic, functioning) dated about 1960. Through a "star" movement it takes the sheet of paper and it puts it on the mould where it’s printed and deposited in the allocated space. You can print a sheet of 25x35 cm.
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Reprocamera “Agfa-Gavaert Repromaster 2200”, del 1980 circa (funzionante).
Reprocamera "Agfa-Gavaert Repromaster 2200", dated around 1980 (in working order). It is a high-precision camera, able to reproduce text, photographs and slides on film, used for printing. It has been replaced by the scanner.
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