Print Media

This vintage educational film demonstrates letterpress printing; a foundational printing process used before digital design and offset printing became standard.

The video demonstrates hand composing; a traditional typesetting technique used in letterpress printing where individual letters (called type) are picked and assembled manually to form lines of text.

This video shows the modern printing process used in newspaper production.

This video follows a visit to the San Francisco Center for the Book, where participants learn the traditional art of letterpress printing — an early form of printing that uses physical, movable type and mechanical presses to transfer ink onto paper.

This video provides an overview of modern print technology, focusing on how digital printing systems work, especially advanced commercial printers like HP Indigo and similar digital press machines.

This video explains how a sheet-fed offset printing press operates — one of the most widely used commercial printing methods in the industry.

This video demonstrates how a web offset printing press works — a high-speed commercial printing method used to produce large volumes of printed materials such as newspapers, magazines, catalogs, and other continuous-run publications.

This video explains the paper manufacturing process — how raw wood and other fibers are transformed into paper used for writing, printing, and packaging. It shows step-by-step how wood logs are debarked and chipped, then broken down into pulp through chemical and mechanical processes.

This short clip is from Vantage with Palki Sharma, a news show that explains modern social and cultural trends.

This video offers a detailed technology tour of the Xerox Iridesse Production Press, a high-end digital printing press used in commercial print production. It showcases how the machine combines automation and advanced imaging to produce high-quality printed output with rich color and metallic effects.

This video showcases the Xerox Iridesse Production Press, a high-end digital printing press designed for professional commercial print environments. It highlights how the machine uses advanced imaging and multiple print stations to produce rich, vibrant prints with specialty dry inks like gold, silver, and clear enhancements.