The San Francisco call., 1908-04-26

thoroughly equipped for the handling
OF large contracts is worthy Of careful
consideration.
Cylinder press room-From the days
of Faust and Gutenberg the genius
OF the inventors OF printing ma
chinery has been directed 10 the
accomplishment of two prime OBJ
jects-bettering the quality of printing
and increasing the output The cylin-
der press OF today. with a capacity of
5000 perfectly printed and registered
sheets per hour, stands as a monument
TO the untiring zeal of the inventors;
and the highway leading up to IL from
ths first hand press is strswn with
trials. failures and disappointments- OF
the many excellent presses on the mar
ket only the best are to be found in
Company. with the result that machin-
cry with the highest reputation for
rigidity OF impression. accuracy OF reg
lister, great speed and economy in opera
ton Is in use
A portion of the floor space of the
cylinder press room is allotted TO a
battery OF fast rotary presses. These
presses are many steps in advance of
all other printing machinery designed
for what is known as job printing.
They are fed automatically and have a
capacity for printing 1000 sheets per
hour, in one or two colors, numbered
and perforated if the character OF the
work requires it-and all al one opera
tion-
job press room-In no branch of the
printing business is the competition
termed Job press work--office sta
tionery. tags, business cards, menu
cards, circulars. programs. etc. To
successfully maintain position at the
head OF the procession and meet all
competition in this line of work, 1t is
absolutely necessary TO have the best
machinery made. and to this end the
very latest improved job presses were
lined up for this department They arc
justly celebrated for rapid work, ease
of operation. and clear. sharp impress
sion without slur. AS an evidence of
the truth of this statement may be men
toned the fact that many of the largest
customers OF the n 5. Crocker Com
pany accept and use Office stationery
printed on these machines as a good
substitute for steel die and iitho-
graphic printing, and in many cases
the resemblance is so close that the
eye Of the expert is required to detect
the difference
The endless amount Of detail necessary
to bring success. together with the re-
sponsibility attached to this line OF
work discouraged other local printers
from installing the requisite machin-
cry. and until the H S Crocker Com
pany, as the pioneer railroad ticket
printers of the west, Installed a COM
plete railroad ticket printing plant
many years ago, all the railroad and
steamship tickets used by the great
transportation lines entering San Fran
cisco were printed in the east Today
. they print practically all the railroad
and steamship tickets used by
railroads operating on the Pacific
coast as well as supplying all
railroad and steamship companies hav-
ing headquarters in this city. While
this is designated the railroad ticket
printing department" probably the
department of special printing would
be a more fitting title. as the machin-
cry on which the tickets are printed IS
adapted TO a large range OF work out
side OF purely ticket printing ANY
work up to certain sizes requiring
numbering and perforating can be
done at great saving on these presses.
the printing. numbering and perforat-
ing being done at one operation.
THE BINDERy
The reputation and success of a
printing plant depends largely upon
the bfndery operated In connection
with it The Crocker Company has in
stalled the most complete and up to
date bindery in the west, consisting Of
the following departments:
Ruling department-Ths machinery