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American Type Founders Company
COLT'S ARMORY MODEL 6-C PRINTING PRESS
SIZE: 14x22 INCH-HALF SUPER-ROYAL
The Colt's Armory Model 6-C Printing Press has three form rollers and is built along the same
lines as the Model 5-C with the exception that the platen bed and frisket frame are considerably
heavier and consequently stronger,
which makes the Model 6-C excep-
tionally well adapted for printing
wooden toy blocks, checkers, grad-
uated rules (straight and beveled),
book cover stamping (hot or cold),
inlaying book covers, light em-
bossing (hot or cold), impressing
gold foil, cutting out register dials,
besides the general run of a good
grade of commercial printing. As
in the case of the Model 5-C and the
Laureate Press, all pins, studs and
rollers of the Model 6-C are of high
carbon hardened steel, and they,
together with the cranks and shafts,
are ground to precise dimensions.
The platen motion is exceedingly
smooth, swings out to a wide angle
and has a slow-moving dwell, which
is conducive to rapid feeding and
close register.
The ink fountain and distributing
system of the Colt'sArmory Model
6-C Printing Press is designed along
the same lines as the Model 5-C,
described on page 901 and possesses
the essentials necessary to adequately take care of a large variety of special work, besides the
regular run of commercial job printing. The Model 6-C will be found a great acquisition in any
establishment doing a considerable amount of special printing. It is essential, however, for the
realization of the best results, and for mutual satisfaction between seller and purchaser, that we
be informed in advance of the purpose or purposes for which the press is to be used. As a general
rule it is far better to use a press for a single specific purpose rather than to indiscriminately
employ it on too wide a variety of work. Nevertheless, in the hands of a competent pressman,
unusual and excellent results in specialty printing can be obtained on the Model 6-C Press.
For example, a battery of presses of this type are used by the Bank of England for printing its
India Rupee Notes from relief-engraved gun-metal plates. The make-ready for each denomina-
tion is on parchment, interchanges on the platen, and the endurance thereof is interminable.
The equipment for the Colt's Armory Model 6-C Printing Press consists of 6 form roller
stocks, 4 distributor stocks, 2 vibrator stocks, 6 form roller wheels 115 1; inch in diameter, 6 form
roller wheels 1/8 inch in diameter, 3 steel interlocked chases, 2 feed tables, 2 feed table standards,
and 3 frisket fingers.
The press without feed tables measures 48x51 inches. The face of each feed table is 141/2x22
inches. The space through which the press will pass assembled is 51 inches, and disassembled
it may be passed through a space of 32  inches.There are 8  revolutions of the flywheel to
each impression and one horsepower will drive the press.
NOTE.-Colt's Armory Presses are guaranteed by the manufacturers to be free from defects caused by internal
flaws, or defective hardening. Any working part of the machine containing such defect will be replaced without
charge. If such exist, it is because they are hidden.
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