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the paper box man, the label man, the prover and diverse others
There are many different kinds of workmen. One will succeed in turning out an enormous grist of miscellaneous, ordinary work; another is slow and careful, another is quick and careless, here is a bluffer who puts on the big front but who ought to go back to first principles and learn to feed up to his gauges; here a man who is good in one style of press upon which he has had experience, there an all-around man of ordinary ability, the embosser, the paper box man, the label man, the prover, the color pressman, and divers others, each differing widely in his abilities and knowledge. The prince among his fellows is the man who understands his machines, his inks, rollers and paper, who can add the extra touch which denotes the artist, and do it quickly, without puttering around in experimental fashion.
ex George F. Bradford. “School of Presswork, Part II. — Platen Presses” in The American Printer (“A Journal for Progressive Master Printers”) 43:6 (New York, February 1907) : 658-659 (658)
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