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Coach House Press is unique in Canada

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This Challenge Gordon platen press was the orginal press at Coach House Press, started by Stan Bevington in 1965 .Fred Lum/The Globe and Mail

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A wooden tray with lead type that is still used in their lettter press printing process. Coach House Printing has gone through a number of events throughout it's history. In 2004, Campus Co-operative Residence Incorporated, from whom Coach House had been renting the building, would be demolishing the coach houses from which the company was named. In 2009, Coach House bought the buildings and continues to publish and print from their home on bpNichol Lane in the Bloor St. West and Spadina Ave area.Fred Lum/The Globe and Mail

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A stack of paper that will be printed on a Heidelberg offset press.Fred Lum/The Globe and Mail

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A large stack of paper is loaded onto a Heidelberg offset press.Fred Lum/The Globe and Mail

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Cans of ink under a Heidelberg offset press.Fred Lum/The Globe and Mail

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One of two offset presses that see duty at Coach House Press.Fred Lum/The Globe and Mail

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In the offset printing process, a plate (LEFT) transfers ink to a rubber blanket which will then transfer it to paper.Fred Lum/The Globe and Mail

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Shelves of ink used in the Heidelberg offset press.Fred Lum/The Globe and Mail

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On a Heidelberg offset press, paper (RIGHT) is rolled to meet the rubber blanket that will print pages of books printed at Coach House Press.Fred Lum/The Globe and Mail

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A detail of a stack of printed pages and garbage bin holding wasted pages.Fred Lum/The Globe and Mail

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Shelves hold book covers that are wrapped in paper in the bindery room.Fred Lum/The Globe and Mail

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A stack of signatures ( a folded sheet of printed paper) wait to be finished into a complete book.Fred Lum/The Globe and Mail

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The cover of a book is folded and ready to be filled with signatures (folded sheets of printed paper) .Fred Lum/The Globe and Mail

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A cutter trims excess paper from books inside Coach House Printing.Fred Lum/The Globe and Mail

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