They dominated the 20th century proof press industry by developing the first and the most widely used proof presses that did not rely on gravity for the force of their impression.
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They also made 4 color letterpress wet proof presses; model 604 which was brought out in 1947 and 10 years later replaced by model 30-26 which was made until 1972.
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Beginning in 1827 Schelter & Giesecke manufactured letterpress presses, cylinder proof presses and platen presses; and after World War I also of web-fed, letterpress and flexo printing presses.
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The app's press is modeled after a Vandercook SP-15 ( considered to be a top-of-the-line proof press in its time, and coveted by artists and designers today ).
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RBS has a collection of printing presses and equipment that includes a full-scale reproduction of a wooden common press ( of the sort Benjamin Franklin might have used ), a 19th-century Washington iron hand-press ( such presses could be broken down and loaded into a Conestoga wagon ), and a 20th-century flatbed cylinder proof press ( a Vandercook SP-15, favorite of modern private-press letterpress printers ).
