THE OLD SCHOOL PRESS

Moments in the making of The Colours of Rome.

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Preparing the schedule

I can also now draw up my printing schedule. I’m going to go through all the text (black ink) first and then print all the yellow. For both colours I have to print the fronts and backs of sheets: I’ll print all the backs and then all the fronts – that will give the backs time to dry thoroughly before I back them up. Ditto for the yellow. And finally, three pages have a lino-cut on them, which I'll print separately.  Some sheets will go through the press five times.