This table lists 31 Asbern proof presses worldwide. Manufactured c.1950s-70s in Ausburg, West Germany, Asbern’s were imported to the U.S. by E.G. Linder a printing equipment dealer in Los Angeles. To add or correct data, use the Contact Form. Please note if press has a power carriage. If you have an operation manual please consider scanning and allowing this site to post it as a PDF.
Model SN Owner Location Year/Notes
A 7517 Lyceum Press USA CA Anaheim 1964
A 8467 Point Jaune Museum Switzerland St. Gallen 1969
AD-1 7211 Black Rock Press/U. of Nevada Reno USA NV Reno 1963
AD-1 7803 Tank Dive Press USA IL Normal 1965
ADR-1 Bjorn Letterpress USA UT Provo
ADR-1 Castle Press USA CA Pasadena
ADR-1 7101 Tom Killion USA CA Pt. Reyes 1963
ADR-1 7206 Kennedy Prints USA AL Gordo 1963
ADR-1 7440 Spork Press USA AZ Tuscon 1964
ADR-1 7533 Cincinnati Art Academy USA OH Cincinnati 1964
ADR-1 7542 Montana State University USA MT Bozeman 1965
ADR-1 7800 HuiPress Publications USA HI Makawao 1965
ADR-1 7801 U. of California-Riverside/Special Collections Dept. USA CA Riverside 1965
ADR-1 7895 U. Utah/Book Arts USA UT Salt Lake City 1966
ADR-1 7909 Mike Carter Australia Sydney 1966
ADR-1 7927 Thomas H. Cremanns Germany Düsseldorf 1966
ADR-1 7987 Press at Colorado College USA CO Colorado Springs 1966
ADR-1 7988 Mackie Osborne USA CA Los Angeles 1966
ADR-1 8038 KeaganMeegan USA OR Portland 1966
ADR-1 8364 Sirima Sataman USA CA Santa Cruz 1968
ADR-1 8456 The Hungry Workshop Australia Melbourne 1969
ADR-1 8730 Actus Reus Press / Lawrence Finn Australia Sydney 1971
ADR-2 6859 Haandverket Norway Fredrikstad 1962
Pak 1 3423 Stigbergets Stamp och Press Sweden Stockholm; 1954
PI-1X 7326 EMPrint Press USA SD Sandhills 1964
unknown Holloway Press/U. of Auckland New Zealand Auckland
unknown Idaho State University USA ID Pocatello
unknown Limerick Printmakers Ireland Limerick
unknown Many Names Press USA CA Capitola
unknown Tom Killion USA CA Pt. Reyes In storage
unknown Wai-te-ata Press/Victoria University of Wellington New Zealand Wellington