The Albion and Etching Press

The Albion Press

The Albion Press is a model of an early iron hard printing press. Richard Whittaker in 1820 designed it. Albion Press were manufacted in London up till 1930's. They were used for commercial book printing. They worked using a simple toggle action, which presses ink onto a paper. The Albion Press has a wheel on the side of it. You can pull round the wheel which causes the board to move through and under the roller. That puts an even amount of pressure onto the surface you are printing on to. 

The Etching Press

Etching is a form of printing along with engraving. Using the Etching Press- There is a heavy copper or zinc plate, used as the press. It also has a big leaver, when you pull towards you, by pulling this down it pulls down the zinc or copper plate, which causes pressure to forced down into the object being printed onto. Daniel Hopfer had been believed to be the first to use the technique. Etching Presses trace back to the 1500's, they were used to decorate armour and weapons.