The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1915-07-20
THE STARS
NEW PRESS
FINEST PIECE OF PRINTING
MACHINERY IN FLORIDA
OUTSIDE THE BIG CITIES

The Star has just installed new,
twolrevolution, Miehle high speed
press. The press was made by the
Miehle Printing Press Manufacturing
Co. of Chicago and was sold to US by
the Dodson Printers Supply Co. of
Atlanta, southern agents for the
Miehle.
The press weighs about $4,000
pounds and is the first real first class
printing press ever installed in Cen
trail Florida. 1t supercedes a Potter
press in this office that has been doing
faithful service in this. and other Of
fees, as near as we can learn, for
over a quarter of a century. The old
press has been shipped to Atlanta,
where it will be worked over and do
another quarter of a century's service
in some other office. The solid brick
foundation on which it rested had been
enlarged and was all ready for the
new press when it arrived.
The new Miehle erected by Mr.. J.
A. Laney of Atlanta, sent here by his
firm to do the work. He was ably
assisted by Mr.. Lewis f. Yonce,
foreman of the Stars book and job
printing department, under whose
supervision the press will be operat-
ed
If a fine piece of machinery was
ever carefully and intelligently put
together, each of the thousands of in
tricate parts fitted to its proper
place and the whole blended into one
piece of mechanism to perform its al
most human functions, this press has
been so handled and this paper wishes
to state that Mr.. Laney knows his
business and does his work in most
thorough manner; you cannot hurry
him nor will he slight his work in the
smallest particular.
The factory says of this press:
"After correct mechanical principle
and design has been reached, the
most important factor in fine ma
chine building is material and work
manship. That the Miehle press is
correct in principle and design has
been amply proven by the great sue
cess it has attained. In the manu-
facture of the Miehle no cost is spar
ed on labor or equipment to insure
the workmanship being of the highest
standard obtainable, and the material
used is the best that can be bought
for the purpose"
The new press was installed by the
Star primarily for its book, pamphlet
and big circular work, but in its
present size and shape the Evening
Star will be printed on it, and this
afternoons paper is its first work,
printed before the press was thor
oughly adjusted and regulated and is,
therefore, not a fair sample of its
work.
The press will run safely and do
good work at the rate of $500 i'm
pressions per hour, and this is done
with very little vibration or noise. 1t
will deliver the sheets with the print
ed side either up or down, as desired,
and Its register Is so finely adjusted
that a mechanically perfect register
can be obtained. 1t is driven by an
electric motor installed by Mr.. Law
ton Bailey for Mr.. H. W. Tucker
which is attached to the frame Of the
press and driven by short belt on
direct drive.
With "clutch and brake" pedal, on
which the operators feet rest, he can
control the press, start and stop 1t
and "throw off the impression" in
stantly. Its twelve form rollers and
vibrators give the most perfect ink
distribution that it is possible to OBJ
tain.
The public is welcome to come in
and see the press in operation.
Some of the Users of the Miehle
In Florida, Jacksonville has seven,
81. Augustine four, Tampa, Talla-