PI's 45th ANNIVERSARY -- The Lighter Side
The article concluded that offset "can hold its own against competition, in varying degrees in the fields of quality, versatility, long runs, economy and speed." Unfortunately for the letterpress process, it would lose even more ground to its then poor stepchild, web offset.
DO YA LIKE SWEET MUSIC?: Our good friends at Bergstrom Paper commissioned Chicago composer William S. Walker to write "six musical compositions inspired by the rhythm of printing presses." They comprised one of the hottest-selling, long-playing albums of 1967, "Impressions in Color." Who could forget such smash hits as "Press Party," "Opus in Offset," and the signature anthem, "Printer's Devil." At $3 a pop, these records sold like hotcakes. Wonder if it's available on CD?
