Printers, of Barnes, Middlesex
1910 Edward Hunter and J.A. (Archie) Hughes of Anglo Engraving set up the Mezzogravure Co. They refined the revolutionary process of rotary photogravure printing. The work was done behind locked doors with a small staff vowed to secrecy.
Used a 15 inch calico printing machine made by John Wood (of Ramsbottom). The works director, John Threlfall, had been recruited from Waddingtons, the Croydon photo engravers.
Products were mainly calendar subjects and frontispieces for high-quality books.
WWI Printed a photogravure background on the nation’s food tickets, to make them hard to copy.
1918 Absorbed by Sun Engraving Co.
See Also
Loading...
Sources of Information
- History of Sun Printers [1]