Equipment + Facilities
Mason Print Shop 004
1 American French Tool Etching Press, 36” X 60” bed size, excellent condition
1 Vandercook Offset Lithography Press
1 Small Ramec-Alan Marsland etching press, 20” X 36” bed size,
recently reconditioned
Inking tables for intaglio
Shelves for ink storage
Cabinet for flammable products
1 Drying Rack with vacuum motor for intaglio editions
1 Large Drying Rack for silkscreen prints
1 Large silkscreen vacuum printing table
Several large and medium silkscreens with various mesh sizes
Large storage cupboard for screens coated with photoemulsion
Large Vacuum/Exposing Unit
Large wash out sink with Pressure Washer
Large rubber covered silkscreen printing table for Textile Grads for the printing of yardage

This studio is also stocked with inks for etching and silkscreen, bases and or inks for etching and silkscreen, solvents and screen cleaning products and assorted miscellaneous small tools and squeegees in assorted sizes, blotters, newsprint and a rag service. The Studio is equipped with two sets of overhead lights—white lights for working and yellow lights for photo-sensitive emulsions.

Benson Hall is primarily our undergraduate facility but grads have classes in Benson and contact between the grads and undergrads is encouraged. Benson Hall is a state-of-the-art facility and we continually repair, upgrade and purchase new equipment. Each floor is basically dedicated to one printmaking discipline. We also have a student run gallery on the first floor. All studios have excellent exhaust systems. All studios have rag service.

Lithography Studio, Benson Hall 101
2 Large Brand Lithography Presses, 36” X 54” bed size
1 Large American French Tool Lithography Press, 36” X 54” bed size
1 Large Takach Lithography Press, 36” X 54” bed size
1 Small lithography press
Large wash out and graining sink
Litho plate processing sink and acid room with flammable cabinet and acid cabinet
Stone storage for small, medium and large litho stones
1 Large Drying Rack

Intaglio Studio, Benson Hall 206
1 Large Brand Etching Press, 36’ X 60” bed size
1 Large American French Tool Etching Press, 36” X 60” bed size
1 Small American French Tool Etching Press, 20” X 36” bed size
1 Drying Rack with vacuum motor for intaglio editions
3 Inking tables
1 Jump Cutter Metal Shear
Paper soaking sink and clean paper area
Flammable storage cabinets and clean up area
Stone wash out sink
4 large acid bins, 2 for Ferric Chloride, 2 for Nitric Acid
Hot plate area with a counter for coating plates
Flammable cabinet for grounds and solvents
Hot inking stand
Rosin Box Rosin oven with hood exhaust
Spray paint aquatint booth
We also supply some inks, blotters, newsprint, files, c-clamps, etc.
Silkscreen Studio, Benson Hall 306
10 silkscreen vacuum printing tables for medium screens
1 Large vacuum printing table
1 Large motorized one-arm squeegee printing table
Screens
Squeegees
Screen storage racks for dry screen and photo-emulsion coated screens Flammable cabinets with clean up area
1 Large wash out sink with high-powered Quicky Pressure Washer
1 Small wash out and coating sink with garden hose spray wash-out
Large Vacuum/Exposing Unit
Small Nu Arc Vacuum/Exposing Unit
Steel facing tank
Small darkroom
Computer Lab, Mac G4, scanner and printers
Large scale Hewlitt-Packard Design Jet 800ps