Historical information
This is a set of 23 photographs of Lithographic Squadron staff undertaking printing tasks at the Army Survey Regiment, Fortuna, Bendigo, c1985. They are most likely operating the Komori, Planeta or Ultra-MAN-III offset printing presses. Although these photos are not annotated most personnel are positively identified. The following photos are also published with other items: .2P - 6072.6P, .4P – 6067.2P, .10P - 6065.10P, .13P - 6070.5P and .18P - 6066.4P.
Physical description
This is a set of 23 photographs of Lithographic Squadron staff undertaking printing tasks at the Army Survey Regiment, Fortuna, Bendigo, c1985. The photographs are on 35mm negative film and scanned at 96 dpi. They are part of the Army Survey Regiment’s Collection.
.1) - Photo, black & white, c1985, SPR Colin Yeats operates the Ultra-MAN-III offset printing press.
.2) - Photo, black & white, c1985, SPR Colin Yeats operates the Ultra-MAN-III offset printing press. WO2 Ralph Chant walks past.
.3) - Photo, black & white, c1985, an unidentified printer performs a map quality check.
.4) - Photo, black & white, c1985, SPR Daryl South operates the Ultra-MAN-III offset printing press.
.5) - Photo, black & white, c1985, Wohlenberg MCS-2 guillotine.
.6) - Photo, black & white, c1985, L to R: an unidentified printer and CPL Jim Ash operating the Planeta offset printing press.
.7) & .8) - Photo, black & white, c1985, L to R: CPL Dale Hudson and CPL Peter Breukel perform a map quality check at the Komori offset printing press.
.9) - Photo, black & white, c1985, Print Troop leadership L to R: SGT Jeff Willey, unidentified officer, CAPT Bob Coote, SSGT Steve Egan.
.10) - Photo, black & white, c1985, SPR Colin Yeats operates the Ultra-MAN-III offset printing press.
.11) - Photo, black & white, c1985, SSGT Steve Egan assesses printed maps in the map despatch work area. Ultra-MAN-III offset printing press is in the background.
.12) - Photo, black & white, c1985, L to R: CPL Jim Ash and CPL Stuart Ridge operate the Planeta offset printing press.
.13) - Photo, black & white, c1985, L to R: CPL Jim Ash, SPR Mark ‘Dogs’ Doherty and CPL Stuart Ridge operate the Planeta offset printing press. SPR Daryl South in background.
.14) - Photo, black & white, c1985, Komori offset printing press.
.15) - Photo, black & white, c1985, L to R: an unidentified printer, CPL Peter Dillon perform a map quality check.
.16) - Photo, black & white, c1985, L to R: CPL Dale Hudson and SPR Mark ‘Dogs’ Doherty ready to assist the Komori offset printing press operator.
.17) - Photo, black & white, c1985, an unidentified printer loads up printing paper.
.18) - Photo, black & white, c1985, an unidentified printer operates the Ultra-MAN-III offset printing press.
.19) to .21) - Photo, black & white, c1985, an unidentified printer operates the Planeta offset printing press.
.22) - Photo, black & white, c1985, SPR Mark ‘Dogs’ Doherty cleans up behind an Ultra-MAN-III offset printing press.
.23) - Photo, black & white, c1985, Lithographic Squadron OC – MAJ Terry Edwards takes a coffee break outside of the Print Room.
Inscriptions & markings
.1P to .23P – There are no annotations