[steve B]

Originally Posted by Pat R

Edward Hett invented a multi color rotary sheet press in 1899 and he sold his invention to American Lithograph.

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Here's the thread I posted about his invention and sale to ALC.

https://www.net54baseball.com/showth...ighlight=Press

Damn, I must be getting old and forgetting stuff.

What's interesting is that most online histories of printing and lithography still don't mention Hett at all, but attribute the first rotary press with plates to someone else in (assuming I'm remembering it right) 1910.

I do wonder if Hetts press was built, or how and if it worked. I can see some potential problems, but there were rotary presses in newspaper work well before that. Just not lithographic presses.