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Health & Safety Handbook

This handbook outlines many of the correct health and safety procedures pertaining to the print shop. It is the responsibility of ICPC members and users to be familiar with and follow these procedures in our studio.

 
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ICPC wishlist

Help us improve our community-access studio by donating items or supporting their purchase. Our current needs include:
Registration Punch • Wood Type • Signature Punch
Papermaking Equipment • Heat Press

The Iowa City Press Co-op studio includes the following equipment and tools.

Relief/Intaglio

Consumable materials provided for members & open studio users:
>> paper towels & shop rags
>> tape
>> emulsion remover
>> low-toxic cleaning supplies
>> newsprint
>> letterpress ink

These supplies are available for purchase in the studio:
PRINTMAKING PAPER
>> quarter sheet selection….......................$1/ea.
>> Sekishu (24x39”)........................$0.03/sq. in.
>> French paper Dur-O-Tone (26x40”)......$2/ea.
SCREENPRINTING
>> emulsion to coat small screen……………….$1
>> emulsion to coat med/large screen…..….$2
*we stock Ulano Proclaim Dual-Cure emulsion
BOOKBINDING
>> white linen thread (18/3)................$0.10/yd.
>> colored linen thread (18/3)...................$0.25/yd.
>> book cloth ......................$5/yard
>> wire binding coil (11") .......................$0.25/ea.
DIGITAL PRINTING
>> inkjet transparency (13x19”)……$2
>> inkjet transparency (11x17”)……$1.50
>> inkjet transparency (8.5x11”)……$1
>> laser printing/copying...............$0.02/sheet
 

Bring your own plates & ink!

  • Intaglio press, 24”x46” bed (manual) (beveled plates only)

  • Charles Brand intaglio & relief press, 30” x 48” bed (manual)

  • Baby intaglio & relief press, 7.25”x12.5” bed (manual)

  • Vertical etching tank with Ferric Chloride (copper plates only)

  • Glass inking surfaces

  • Brayers and tarlatan

  • Hand tools for relief and intaglio

Silkscreen

  • Darkroom with exposure unit (24”x48”) and power washout

  • 4 portable screen printing stations with hinge clamps

  • 1 adjustable-height drafting table with hinge clamps

  • Screens of various sizes and mesh counts

  • squeegees (4”-16”)

  • scoop coaters, spatulas, sponges, and small buckets

Letterpress

  • Showcard Sign Press, 14”x22” bed

  • 5"×8" Kelsey tabletop platen press

  • Vandercook No. 3 proof press (14" x 20" max. sheet size)

  • 12" x 18" Boxcar Base

  • 20+ fonts of wood and metal type

Digital

  • iMac with Adobe Creative Suite

  • Canon Pixma Pro-200 inkjet printer (13” max. printing width)

  • B/W copier (up to 11x17”)

  • 8.5x11" flatbed scanner

Bookbinding

  • Board shear

  • Challenge guillotine cutter (19” cutting width)

  • Book press (16”x20” platen with 3.5” daylight)

  • Small sewing frames

  • Punching cradle

  • Kwikprint 55 foil stamper

  • Miscellaneous tools including bone folders, needles, awls, metal triangles, glue brushes, dividers, and weights

DIY Publishing/Zines

  • Risograph SF5130 with black, yellow, blue, and fluorescent pink drums (prints up to 8.5”x14” on up to 11”x17” paper)

  • Kyocera b/w copier (up to 11”x17”)

  • HP Color Laserjet Pro printer & scanner (up to 8.5”x14”)

  • 22.5" Kuttrimmer

  • Skrebba heavy-duty saddle stapler

  • long-arm stapler

  • WireMac-31 twin-loop wire binding machine (up to 11”)

  • CoilMac-41 spiral binding machine (up to 11”)

  • Auto-Book booklet maker

General

  • Self-healing gridded cutting mats

  • Rulers, tear bar, cutting tools

  • Drying rack

  • Stack dryer (24” x 36”)

  • Flat files and small locker storage

  • Work tables