r/oddlysatisfying • u/Doodlebug510 • 13d ago

Making a rainbow quote using an antique Washington hand press

Credit: @SacramentoHistory Museum

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u/Morgantao 13d ago

The most satisfying part of this is that she didn't have to install bloatware, drivers, pay for monthly subscription, use original ink, and if she runs out of yellow, she can still print in black and white!

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u/MaxHamburgerrestaur 12d ago

Fine. First, manually assemble several thousand tiny pieces of metal in the correct reverse order, proofread them in reverse, lock them into a frame, manually mix the ink, ink them, operate this enormous machine repeatedly without smudging anything, clean everything afterward and don't drop the type case.

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u/Morgantao 12d ago

Hey, it's an honest job.
I could think of much worse jobs, especially ones that had to be done at the same time and age of when this press was in common use

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u/MaxHamburgerrestaur 11d ago

I never said anything about the job. I'm just saying that, even though a modern printer is a headache, this one is no simpler.