The Columbus Dispatch's lino was in their building, still, as of last year, looking for a museum home. A bunch are in museums - the problem with this machinery and stuff like Heidelbergs and C&Ps is that they were all made around the turn of the century in cast iron and weigh a ton. In the 2000s there was a huge craze to refurbish the old machines and a lot are in cozy print shops, their sizes really useful for greeting cards and wedding invitations. But they're hard to move, maintain, provide adequate ventilation for, get parts for...
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The Columbus Dispatch's lino was in their building, still, as of last year, looking for a museum home. A bunch are in museums - the problem with this machinery and stuff like Heidelbergs and C&Ps is that they were all made around the turn of the century in cast iron and weigh a ton. In the 2000s there was a huge craze to refurbish the old machines and a lot are in cozy print shops, their sizes really useful for greeting cards and wedding invitations. But they're hard to move, maintain, provide adequate ventilation for, get parts for...