Everyone inks the tympan sometimes

Everyone inks the tympan sometimes: How to change the tympan on a Vandercook Press by Amanda Wyatt Visconti is a 22-page zine tutorial on changing tympan and packing material on Vandercook cylinder floor presses like the SP-15, Universal, 3, and 4.

• CC BY-NC.
• #8 in my Letterpress for All! series of zine tutorials and advice aimed at making letterpress more accessible (including financially and physically) for more people. 1-4 are done but pending journal issue publication; 5-7 are drafted.

Versions: 3, 5/28/2026. Previously: v2 (5/27/2026); v1 (5/26/2026).

Available now:

• Full-color PDF of zine: suitable for reading on your computer, or printing in full color

Coming eventually:

• Accessible text transcript & PDF versions
• Zine Bakery catalogue entry for this zine containing blurb, descriptive metadata, etc.
• Printing & assembly instructions.