Amid the latest in wide-format, inkjet, and high-speed toner printers, PacPrint visitors were intrigued and surprised by a striking display of operational historic printing machines.
27 May, 2025The event, which will take place on 20 October from 11am to 1pm at the Penrith Museum of Printing in NSW, will explore the art of box wood engraving.
2 October, 2024The Penrith Museum of Printing is seeking contributions to enhance the museum’s exhibits for the enjoyment of future generations.
27 June, 2024Now that the museum has achieved its crowdfunding target, it has proceeded with plans to relocate the Don Dorrigo Gazette’s Heidelberg Zylinder Automat press to its premises in Penrith
17 August, 2023It is aiming to raise $5,000 by 30 September in a bid to raise funds for the relocation of the Heidelberg press that was used to print Australia’s last letterpress newspaper, the Don Dorrigo Gazette
8 August, 2023The growth of digital, in addition to mechanical-related issues of the machines used to print the paper, led to the decision to end its operations after running for more than 110 years
11 July, 2023Wide Format Online’s Andy McCourt was a guest speaker at the event, discussing the use of boxwood engraving for illustrations in letterpress printing in newspapers
29 June, 2023The site tour will feature traditional presses in operation and will be followed by a roast lunch at Club Paceway on 20 June
13 June, 2023The team will host live demonstrations showing how printing on paper was done with traditional letterpress technologies, and give visitors the opportunity to have their names typeset on a 1890 Pearl printing press
27 April, 2023Penrith Museum of Printing president Bob Lockley will demonstrate how to produce hot lines of type before dinner and harness racing on October 20
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