Archive: 2017
April 10, 2017
2017 PINE print awards
We’re excited to have won seven “Pinnacle” awards in last week’s Printing Industries of New England (PINE) yearly event. The categories and projects are: Hardcover books: “Helena Blues” Art books: “A Golden Age of European Art” Booklets: “Pierpont Morgan’s Study” Calendars: “Convent of the Sacred Heart”… Read More
Categories: Around the Shop , Homepage , Shop News
April 10, 2017
Silver gilding
The edges of this book were gilded for us by New Hampshire Bindery. From their website: “Gilding – A process where each edge of a book is sanded and polished; then a thin film of gold or silver foil is transferred onto them with a heated silicon rubber roll. Gilding… Read More
Categories: Miscellaneous , Print Talk
April 1, 2017
Inside the Morgan
CLIENT: The Morgan Library & Museum DESIGN: Bessas & Ackerman… Read More
Categories: Books / Booklets , Fine Art / Photography , Our Work
March 31, 2017
Unboxing the new Indigo
Installation for our new Indigo 7900 is in progress. The new press has a spectrophotometer for improved color consistency; “One-Shot” which improves registration on synthetic papers; and a primer station to help with ink adhesion on papers that are not Indigo-certified. Read More
Categories: Around the Shop , Shop News
March 28, 2017
Good press …
Our press foreman checks a sheet from the exhibition book Exploratory Works on the same day as a New York Times article (screen capture; below) describes the exhibit. New York City rep Zoe Ames pictured at the exhibition opening (bottom); April 14 – July 16 at the Drawing Center… Read More
Categories: Around the Shop , Shop News
March 16, 2017
XCMYK color profiling
We are pleased to have completed our work as a beta site for Idealliance’s new XCMYK expanded gamut color profile. We were chosen for this work because of Idealliance’s confidence in our ability to print accurate, repeatable press sheets using stochastic screening. The new color profile will reflect the broader… Read More
Categories: Around the Shop , Shop News