Thank you for sharing this insightful essay. I knew none of this. Nor do I know what came of these people - dedicated to a craft that washed away. I’ve known a couple of folks who have acquired these older printing presses to produce print materials with a pleasing throw-back aesthetic. I wonder if they might know…

What this makes me wonder is whether there are lessons we should be learning from Dean regarding how to support a current “craft-worker” class while acknowledging that technology changes are upon us.