Frank Gets Steamed
Frank begins by talking about the early steam-driven newspaper presses and the giant printing presses at the Los Angeles Times and segues into the decline of printed newspapers. They could be inkjet-printed but delivery to home or business could be the challenge.
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Discussion
By Alvaro Mantilla on Mar 29, 2024
It is indeed VERY SAD. As a former front to back newspaper reader, I miss my newsPAPER. I read articles online, but the feeling of reading the PAPER is unique. Same happened in South Florida. The former Miami Herald Press Room (with 3 GOSS Metroliners, each equiped with several color towers) was dismantled, and now all newspapers for the South Florida Market are being printed by The Sun Sentinel in Deerfield Beach. As a printer, one of the best feelings was to get into a newspaper pressroom and hear those huge presses running at 60K+ copies per hour! Times have changed, but other than the printed newspaper, I think the printing industry in general has still lots of opportunities.
By Mike Sternfeld on Mar 29, 2024
The LA Times sold their Olympic printing plant a couple of years ago and have been leasing it since then. Early this month the plant closed completely and all printing has been farmed out to another company as the daily and Sunday subscriptions have decreased.
Unfortunately the older presses were apparently not maintained well as the printing was very often out of registration, mainly on the black ink unit. The registration is much better now; however, I don't think that the current press(es) used have has many color units.
I was really upset that the plant was sold and now abandoned. It was the jewel of the company. I still subscribe to the LA Times and really cherish receiving it daily. This old timer (55+ years in the printing industry) still believes in a printed, not digital version.