Adana Printing Machines - Other Presses of Note

Other Presses of Note

Some of the presses manufactured by Adana include the following:

• The 45/- (1922)
• Foolscap Folio Treadle Platen (1926)
• Steel version of the 45/- Press (1927)

• Model 3 Model 4 (1927)
• Octavo Treadle launched (1927)
• A tiny press for children, the Adana 'Baby' (1927)
• A starter kit called the 'Compactum' (1928)
• The Octavo Platen, Adana's first vertical platen (1933)
• Flat-Bed Rotary Series launched (1933)
• The High Speed No 1 launched, a vertical platen inspired by the designs of Kelsey (1934)
• Quarto 1A built on plywood base, single ink roller & rider roller, spring loaded ink disk rotation (1934)
• Flat-bed Rotary Series withdrawn, possibly because of infringement on designs by a mysterious company called Anvil Ltd (1935)
• High Speed No 2 (iron H/S 2, later alloy H.S. 2), inside chase 6" x 4" double the size of the No 1 (1935)
• No 3 Quarto, an iron press weighing over 100 lbs, inside chase 10" x 7.5" (1938)
• QFB - 1945 Flat-Bed, Quarto Flat Bed, plywood construction(1945)
• Treadle/Power Platen 47 (1947)
• T/P48 (Treadle/Power)inside chase 9.5" x 7" (1948)
• QH - Quarto Horizontal, the last flat-bed to be produced aluminium and steel castings (1950)
• No 3 H/S, inside chase 8.5" x 5.5" (1950)
• Adana Thermograph, for producing relief effects (1950)
• 8x5 - Adana Eight-Five (1953)
• Adana 9x6 Treadle Machine (1956)
• 5x3 - Adana Five-Three (1956)
• Ayers Jardine Showcard Press (1960)
• Adana P71/P71S (1970)