All the presses we use to produce our hand-prints require an individual run off of every sheet of paper. Easier tasks are carried out on the American Vandercook proof-press. For precious prints, we use a Washington press made by Dingler in 1850. On this press the prints are produced quite similarly to the manner in which Johann Gutenberg printed the first Bible in 1455: inking by hand, putting in the sheet of paper, shifting the print under the printing plate, lifting the bar (which gently presses the paper on the types) and, finally, taking out the printed sheets. Prints produced in this manner bear an outstanding depth of field which is rarely achieved in modern offset printing. Furthermore, this old printing method is the only one available for printing on difficult materials such as handmade paper or vellum.

Astonishingly, for small editions of 50 to 250 pieces our printing works can competes with modern printing technologies whose machines require a laborious preparation.