Changes In My Lifetime - Offset Printing

ADD OLD PRINTING PRESSES FROM 1950

METAL CASTING ETC

 

Being the daughter of the owner and publisher of the local newspaper, The Vernon Daily Record, I witnessed technology changing the world first hand. When I was little, I would go to the newspaper office with Daddy and watch the employees set type manually with metal letters and plates for every story.  They had to melt down silver bars to carve out the plates. Once those were set, the plate was sent to the back to begin the printing on the paper. This area of the building was very dark to me, with the use of the black ink. There were many heavy black machines with moving mechanisms that rolled the paper to be printed. There was also a rickety old elevator that we would ride down to the basement where the HUGE rolls of paper were stored. In the 70s, Daddy changed over to “offset” printing which was more efficient and clean.  He travelled all over the country to learn about the process, and eventually invested time and money to change the Vernon Daily Record over to this process.