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INTERESTING JOBS AT KVP

inks are higily volatile, so they dry fast. The fumes are blown. outside from the oven. After being dried, the Paper again goes over and under a series

of rolls before reaching the Punch rolls, which punch holes in the' wrappers to guide the PaPer in the custbmer's wrapping machinerYn and the rewind shaft. The rewind man stations him' self irr this area, where he closelY checks that the holes are in exact rclationship to the Printing and, builds a good Printed

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the speed of the Pre$, it would be impossible for him to insPect with fris naked eYe, the register of the holes to the Printing while the press is in motion. Thw the presi is equipped with a stroboscope designed and made bY KVP

engineers, which when viewed bY the rewind man makes the design a.Dpear to stand still. If he no-

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tic'es the printing getting out of line during the run, he can make

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moves a compensating roll in or out as he maY desire. Helper Stores Rolls The printed roll is hauled awaY by the press helper for storage before waxing. These rolls weigh from 1,400 to 2,500 pounds, but the helper can handle them himself by means of a special truck vrhich even stands the rolls up on e:rci in the storage bay. Pressmqn, Roto-Grcvure Press T?re pressman's duties, of course, fntroducing I)on lVoodhams cmbrace the entire press. He is Thanks to years of research and The process differs from com- prirnarily concerned with getilng experience, KVP is among the mon letter-press printing, which the very best reproduction on each leaders of the nation in the pro- is the most suitable kind of print- run, and toward this end he is duction of top qua,lity soap wrap- ing for the greatest number of constantly checking every point of p€rs. jobs at KVP, in that the designs the machine and, with the reSome of America's largest man- in the reproducton cylinder are wurd man, must carefully inspect ufacturers of this traditional Sat- etched in reverse. fn other words. the sheet for quality and register urday night necessity look to KVP the portions of the plate which as Pressman DON WOODHAMS to give them a wrapper that is will print on the paper are de- is doing (see picture). unequaled in dependability and pressed, rather than elevated as is a,ppearance. the case with letter-press printing

Since this is sucn a sizeable discussed last week in the Wax Print article. Are 3 Men in Crew The three men who make up the Goss press crew are the pressrnan, who is in overall charge, the rewind man and the press helper. the pressman is ready to A part of the Aniline-Gravure When run, the press helper Print Department, this giant n^a- start his "puts up" an unprinted roll of chlne, manned by tiree men. is paper on the unwind shaft, from knov;n as the Goss roto-gravure which it will be wound into the press. press. Procees Still Fairly New Before reaching the reproducGravure printing is stln fairly tion cylinder, which does the printner*' to printing industry and re- ing, the sheet travels over and quires the utmost in technical under a Beries of rolls which serve know-how for successful opera- to keep the paper smooth and tion. F-or this reason its use is straight. One of these, called the still limited to forward looking Tole.do roll, swings to take up companies like KVP that have variations in tension. Adother adbuilt, through research and ex- adjustable roll takes out any perience, the knowledge required wrinkles that may appear in the to employ this type of printing. sheet. As the reproduction cylinder Gravure printing gives the most faithful reproduction of any type rotates in a pan of, special gravure of printing in common use today. ink, a doctor blade wipes all ink A comparison between the ciear from the top of the cylinder, with pictures in the roto-gravure sec- the reFult that paper contacting tion of your Sunday newspaper the main body of the cylinder will and other types of reproduction remain white while the ink rein the depressed cells of will show you its superiority. fts maining use is limited, however, to certain the plate will print on the sheet. tlpes of jobs and special orders Travels Through Oven that cannot ordinarily be handled Next the paper travels upward by "letter-press". through a drying oven. Gravure account, almost the entire production of KVP's larg:est printing press, which is capable of printing more paper tha.n any other press in the mill, is assigned to the soap industry.

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