Patent Model for an Inking Apparatus for Color Printing
National Museum of American History

Patent Model for an Inking Apparatus for Color Printing

Hunt, Joshua · ca 1868

metal (overall material)
National Museum of American History
CC0 — Public Domain
National Museum of American History

This patent model demonstrates an invention for an inking apparatus for color printing; the invention was granted patent number 79910. The press combines two forms on the bed of a press, one to be printed in a single color, and the other in bands of several colors. Double sheets were printed, rotated, and printed again.

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