“On July 4, 1776, the delegates of the thirteen colonies meeting in Philadelphia declared: “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.” Then the hard part began, with...Read More

When you use paper, you give tree farmers a reason to plant more trees, maintain their forests and avoid selling their land for development. There are many misconceptions about the environmental impact of print on paper. Since printers and their suppliers use natural resources—trees—as a substrate for their products, many people think that by forgoing...Read More

By Bradley Zint, Daily Pilot In a back room at Hoover Printing, Jim Hoover looked over one of his small presses that, some six decades later, still runs and requires little maintenance. Hoover, 77, is probably one of a handful of people around who knows how to work a 1950s-era Kluge platinum letterpress. As is...Read More