How Paper Boxes Are Made / A practical and instructive book telling how the beginner may manufacture all kinds of paper boxes, with special chapters on the printing department for paper box plants, embossing, gold-leafing, label work, etc.

by Robert F. Salade

THE JOHN THOMSON PRINTING PRESS

This is another of the first-class platen printing presses which is particularly suitable for the printing department of a paper-box plant. The John Thomson Printing Press is also known as the “Colt’s Armory” press, and it is famous for excellent color and half-tone work. The finest embossing, also light cutting and creasing, can be handled on this machine. For long runs of the finest close-register color work, for “holly” wrappers, pictures, fancy wrappers, etc., there is no better machine than the John Thomson press and many of these machines are being used on work of this class.

John Thomson Printing Press

Many of the larger-size paper box wrappers, printed in colors, and embossed in gold, are produced on John Thomson printing presses, including the embossed work. Advertising novelties, cardboard fans, and other kinds of paper “cut-outs” are cut out on these machines. Cutting and creasing for all kinds of cartons are also done on the John Thomson printing presses, although heavy cutting and creasing should be done on regular cutting and creasing presses.

Later on the writer will explain how embossing and gold-leafing are done on platen printing presses.

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