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MUSEUM ARCHIVES
Some of the Members of the John Jarrold Printing Museum
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SOME FIRSTS AT JARROLDS
Writing in Lithographer Week in 1979, W. P. Jaspert listed these
FIRSTS AT JARROLD PRINTING
Use of 35mm transparencies in colour reproduction.
Installation of the largest 4-colour litho press in Europe.
Use of scanners in colour reproduction.
Largest web offset installation at one time in Europe.
Changeover from letterpress to litho.
Attendance of printers at the Frankfurt Book Fair.
Instigation of foreign language editions. |
JOHN JARROLD MUSEUM ARCHIVE PICTURES
Jarrold lithographers, c.1922. Note the litho stone, and mirror for laterally reversing lettering.
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Pages secured with wooden quoins.
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Pages secured with mechanical quoins.
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The use of the largest presses for higher productivity
7/0 letterpress machine c.1950.
Sheet size 73 x 50 in.
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Miehle 60 x 40 letterpress perfector
Sheet size 61 x 42 in.
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Miehle 5/0 letterpress perfector.
Sheet size 68 x 45 in.
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Ambassador sheet-fed single colour perfector litho press, c.1950.
Sheet size 78 x 54 in.
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HARRIS 4-COLOUR SHEET-FED LITHO PRESS
The Harris 4-colour sheet-fed litho press had a sheet size of 1752 x 1270mm. It was shipped to England from America in the Queen Mary in 1948, and erected at Jarrolds.
Operated by the brothers Charles and William Kent, It was the first large 4-colour litho press to be installed in the UK.
Once established, it was in continuous production for over 30 years serving, mainly, the growing market for children's annuals.
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Arthur Handford and Mr 'Dusty' Miller fitting cylinder to Johannesburg sheet-fed gravure press, c.1930.
Jarrolds were able to print in all three major processes.
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Jarrolds camera department, c.1950's.
Prior to the development of electronic reproduction of pictures,
large camera departments were necessary
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Jarrolds bindery, c.1960.
Some 300 girls were employed in the bindery on many hand-work operations.
Semi-automatic sewers fed by hand were in regular use.
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