Books, Monographs, and Articles
| Brewer, Fredric. "Cylinder Pressman Shares His Expertise With Vandercook Printers" (Type & Press, Issue No. 63, Winter, 1990. || Useful response to Jacob Warner's complaint against his cylinder press printed in Issue No. 62. 452 kb PDF |
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| [British Printer] Specification Manual of Printing Machinery 1961-1962. Maclean-Hunter Ltd, 1961 |
| [British Printer] Specification Manual of Printing Machinery 1967. Maclean-Hunter Ltd, 1967 |
| [Cromwell] Makeready ... the details and techniques. Cromwell Paper Company, 1951. |
| DeWitt, Frank. Operation of the No. 3 Vandercook Proof Press. Rochester Athenaeum and Mechanics Institute, 1941. || Brief how-to booklet issued by the Department of Publishing and Printing. The school later became Rochester of Institute of Technology. |
| Duensing, O.F. Minimum Makeready Through Form Preparation. Vandercook & Sons, nd. || Reprint of address to Toronto Club of Printing House Pressmen, 1954. ||2.2 mb PDF |
| —. "Proofs, Definition and purpose of twenty-five different kinds of proofs that are used in composing rooms, engraving departments, and pressrooms". Ninth Graphic Arts Production Yearbook. Colton Press, 1950. || 332 kb PDF |
Farrell, David. Collegiate Book Arts Presses: A new Census of Printing Presses in American Colleges & Universities. Fine Print, 1982 |
| [Flader, Louis] The Vandercook Story. Photoengravers Bulletin, January 1964. || Excellent history of the development of Vandercook's manufacturing program with photographs of several models and views of the factory. 8.8 mb PDF |
| Flader, Louis. Story of a Visit to the New Vandercook Plant. Reprint from Photoengravers Bulletin, June 1954. || Feature article on company with photographs of several models and views of the factory.cf: "The Vandercook Story." 15.2mb PDF |
| Ganderton, V.S. Proof and Platen Presses. Pitman, 1946. || No.6 in Printing Theory and Practice series, John C.Tarr, gen.ed. Useful guide to all aspects of using cylinder printing presses. 5.5 mb PDF of "Chapter 1: Proofing Presses" |
| Gerry, Vance. "Making Ready on Grippered Cylinder Presses." Letter in Type & Press, Issue No. 63, Winter, 1990, p.6. || 232 kb PDF |
| "Gourmet Vandercook: Printing on a Press Never Really Designed for Printing, The." em>Devil's Artisan. No. 17. 1985. || Presswork advice from notable printers. Discusses Mylar top sheet packing, registration, and ink. Vendor data out of date. PDF available at http://devilsartisan.porcupinesquill.ca/ |
| Hargreaves, Geoffrey D. "Correcting in the Slip, The Development of Galley Proofs." The Library, December 1971, Vol. XXVI, No. 4 pp. 295-311. || Historical note on the production printers proofs from a bibliographic perspective. |
| Harris, Elizabeth M. Printing Presses in the Graphic Arts Collection, "Galley proof and hand cylinder presses" p.47. The National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution, 1996. || 812 kb PDF of Part 1; 940 kb PDF of Part 2 |
| Hinde, Charlie. "Tips for Vandercook Pressmen." Type & Press, Issue No. 64, Spring 1990, p.5. || Tips on tail slur, tympan packing, bed of press. 76 kb PDF |
| I.T.U. Lessons in Printing."How to Pull Proofs and Make Corrections." Lesson 2. International Typographical Union, 1970. || 3.3 mb PDF |
| I.T.U. Lessons in Printing."How to Pull Repro Proofs." Lesson 24. International Typographical Union, 1970) || 10.3 mb PDF |
| Jahn, Hugo. Printers' proofs : the methods by which they are made, marked, and corrected, with observations on proofreading, Typographical technical series for apprentices, pt. II, no. 17. (Committee on education United Typothetae of America, 1925. |
| Johnson, Bryan R. "Caring for your Vandercook." Small Press Magazine. January/February 1985. || Good advice regarding the purchase of a reconditioned press. Vendor data out of date. 788 kb PDF |
| [Korrex] Manual for the use of the Korrex Hanover proofpress. Compiled by Thomas Gravemaker. Letterpress Amsterdam, 2020. |
| Lange, Gerald. "Edition Printing on the Cylinder Proof Press: A Historical Perspective." Parenthesis: The Journal of the Fine Press Book Association, No. 3, May 1999. || Text available at Articles |
| Lange, Gerald. Printing Digital Type on the Hand-Operated Flatbed Cylinder Press. 4th ed. The Bieler Press, 2007. || Essential reading for printers working with photopolymer plates. Order from Bieler Press. |
| Lange, Gerald. "Whither the Vandercook." AbraCadaBrA, Number Six, Special Suspicions and Superstitions Issue. Spring of 1992. |
| Lawson, Alexander. "High Quality Reproduction Proofs Now Offered by Successful Printers to Their Customers." Inland Printer, July, 1954. || Post at the Alexander Lawson Archive. |
| Moxon, Paul. "Common Vandercook Operator Errors." Galley Gab, No. 10, October 2007.|| Text available at Articles |
| —. Vandercook Presses: Maintenance, History and Resources. Fameorshame Press, 2014. |
| Reproduction Proofs. Vandercook & Sons, 1965. || An outline of requirements and procedures for pulling high-quality repro proofs. 1.9mb pdf |
| Smith, A.H., Boxall L.E. and Charlesworth D.H. Determination of the Covering Power of News Ink Using the Vandercook Proof Press. Printing, Packaging & Allied Trades Research Association, 1958. || Not located: only copy in OCLC is lost. |
| "Smithsonian Institution Gets First Proof Press Invented by Vandercook." Printing Equipment News. March 1973. || Trade journal article. 2.2 mb PDF |
| Stewart, A A. Proof Presses. United Typothetae of America, 1918. || Part I, No. 5 in the Typographic Technical Series for Apprentices. 2 mb PDF pp 16-21 |
| Stillwell, Frank. "Some Basic Considerations of Proof Press Design in Terms of Process Engraving needs: Conclusions from Vandercook Development." British Printer, November 1960. |
| "R.O. Vandercook, Young Inventor." Inland Printer, March 1930, p.39. || Brief Profile. PDF coming soon. |
| Vandercook, R.O. "Growth of An Idea" Printing Equipment Engineer. November 1938. || Recollection of the how the author came to pursue the manufacturing of proof presses. |
| —. "Reducing Makeready Time." Inland Printer, Vol. 60. August 1930. p. 97-98 || A bit of promotion disguised as a letter to the editor. PDF Courtesy of Fritz Klinke, NA Graphics. 2.3 mb PDF |
| —. "Static Electricity in the Pressroom" (Inland Printer, Vol. 35. 1905) p. 745-747 || Written before the founding of his company it shows that he had a scientific bent, and suggests that he had some influence among Chicago printers of the time. 964 kb PDF |
| —. "Value of Trade Organizations in Developing Equipment." Graphic Arts Monthly, July 1937. |
| Vandercook and Son, Inc. v. Thorpe, 322 F. 2d 638 - Court of Appeals, 5th Circuit 1963. || Synopsis |
| Warner, Jacob L. "Printing on a Vandercook and Other Disillusionments."Type & Press, Issue No. 62, Fall 1989. || Reprinted from a monograph of the same title, see Books and Monographs above. Conveys a hobbyist's frustration from printing on an SP15. Text reveals the author is under-informed about his press. However, it fostered a useful rejoinder in Type & Press, Issue 63, by Fredric Brewer. 728 kb PDF |
| Warner, Jacob L. Printing on a Vandercook and Other Disillusionments. The Boxwooder, Number 171, October 1983 issue of The Boxwooder. || Reprinted in Type & Press, Issue No. 62, Fall 1989. See Journal Articles. |
| Williams, Fred. "The 'Vandy' A Splendid Press!" Type & Press, Issue 67. Winter, 1991. || Includes model specifications chart. 400 kb PDF |
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