We are a long established, family run company, with a commitment to quality and value, and have a real dedication to our craft. Our heritage, passion and specialist expertise skill ensures that we take the greatest of care with your work, whether it be a large run full colour litho brochure or short run digital print booklet or a bespoke foiled & illustrated event invite.
We offer a specialist foiling and embossing service to add individuality. Artwork & Graphic Design Our studio consists of an experienced team of pre-press operators and graphic designers with a whole host of knowledge about the technical aspects of artwork files together with the capability, where required, to create artwork to your specification.
After a devastating spinal injury in 1968 at the age of 16 which left him paralysed from the neck down, Brian needed a interest to take up after 12 months of rehab. So after trying some letterpress printing (typesetting) as part of his rehab he bought an Adana 8 x 5 hand press and a small selection of typefaces.
We offer a specialist foiling and embossing service to add individuality. Artwork & Graphic Design Our studio consists of an experienced team of pre-press operators and graphic designers with a whole host of knowledge about the technical aspects of artwork files together with the capability, where required, to create artwork to your specification.
After a devastating spinal injury in 1968 at the age of 16 which left him paralysed from the neck down, Brian needed a interest to take up after 12 months of rehab. So after trying some letterpress printing (typesetting) as part of his rehab he bought an Adana 8 x 5 hand press and a small selection of typefaces.
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Behind him is: Harris Intertype Line Casting Machine, used to make "type" for printing.
Made by Harris Intertype Limited, Slough, Bucks and used by The Guardian Newspaper.
This typesetting machine was not only the last one built by Harris Intertype in 1976; it was the last of its kind ever made.
Rufford Printing Company was established in 1970, by Brian Smith using an Adana 85 handpress on his mothers kitchen table.
Typsetting all day, using metal monotype.
Gradually progressing to a Heidelberg Platen.
Made by Harris Intertype Limited, Slough, Bucks and used by The Guardian Newspaper.
This typesetting machine was not only the last one built by Harris Intertype in 1976; it was the last of its kind ever made.
Rufford Printing Company was established in 1970, by Brian Smith using an Adana 85 handpress on his mothers kitchen table.
Typsetting all day, using metal monotype.
Gradually progressing to a Heidelberg Platen.
The most commonly associated type of printing with the hot foil/stamping method.
This involves putting metallic colours onto a variety of substrates (The material you are printing onto eg:- paper or card) Gold and Silver are of course the most popular colours as you would expect, but there are approx another 30-40 other metallic colours available to choose from should you so wish.
Debossing is also a very practical process and particularly blind debossing ( indenting a material with out the use of foil) can look stunning on the cover of brochures.
This involves putting metallic colours onto a variety of substrates (The material you are printing onto eg:- paper or card) Gold and Silver are of course the most popular colours as you would expect, but there are approx another 30-40 other metallic colours available to choose from should you so wish.
Debossing is also a very practical process and particularly blind debossing ( indenting a material with out the use of foil) can look stunning on the cover of brochures.
Our studio consists of an experienced team of pre-press operators and graphic designers with a whole host of knowledge about the technical aspects of artwork files together with the capability, where required, to create artwork to your specification.
If you need us to do some artwork on your behalf it's no problem.
For unique, distinctive, quality printed material, you can rely on the experience of our graphic designer to provide a look tailored to your exact requirements.
We'll work with you to produce something you'll really love.
If you need us to do some artwork on your behalf it's no problem.
For unique, distinctive, quality printed material, you can rely on the experience of our graphic designer to provide a look tailored to your exact requirements.
We'll work with you to produce something you'll really love.
We are a family run business of craftsmen dedicated to creating beauty in print.
Our passion, letterpress, involves inking raised type and impressing it deeply onto soft paper using vintage printing presses.
This fusion of traditional 15th century printing methods and 21st century technology gives unique results.
Our Heidelberg Platens, Arab and Adana presses allow us to produce high quality craftsmanship at reasonable costs, in runs from one copy to tens of thousands of copies.
Letterpress is truly an ancient art, dating back to A.D 175 in China.
Our passion, letterpress, involves inking raised type and impressing it deeply onto soft paper using vintage printing presses.
This fusion of traditional 15th century printing methods and 21st century technology gives unique results.
Our Heidelberg Platens, Arab and Adana presses allow us to produce high quality craftsmanship at reasonable costs, in runs from one copy to tens of thousands of copies.
Letterpress is truly an ancient art, dating back to A.D 175 in China.
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