FAG Standard 550
‹With its robust construction and precision engineering the FAG Standard 550 allows perfect printing from any printing elements – thanks to the guaranteed minute adjustable bed in .0005"› FAG Standard catalog, early 1950ies.
FAG Standard TP-550 from a German Catalog around 1960.
For washing up the whole inking system was liftet from the cylinder carriage and put separately on to the inkdrum. From a German Catalog around 1960.
Split steel riders DAS and centre side lay TC from an English advertisement from the 1960ies.
Optional Ink duct ES, to be fixed or removed in one movement was available on all FAG Standard Models. German Catalog around 1960.
Ink duct with distributor ES. Available as an optional equipment on all Standard 510 and 550 models. Original advertisement photo from the late 1950ies.
Standard 550 vs. 510
The FAG Standard Models 510 and 550 vary only in the adjustable bed that came with the Standard 550. All models TP, AP, CP, RP and LP would exist as a Standard 510 and also as a Standard 550. Also all of these models could be optional equipped with a power driven cylinder! (To get more informatina about the models TP, AP, CP , Rp and LP see FAG Standard 510)
The inking system with that early clutch system (pretty similar to the Vandercooks No 4) has been modified in several steps during the years.
Quickspecs
| Pressbed size: | 384x540mm |
| Paper size: | 370x530mm |
| Form size: | 375x500mm |
| Press size (l/w/h): | 2.1 / 0.9 / 1.1m |
| Press weight: | Hand cranked: 640kg Power driven: 700kg |
| Standard equipment: | ME, MR |
| Optional equipment: | AFR, BRO, DAS, ES, FRS, HFF, LAR, MC, PLA/VAK, RFP, SR, SSL, TC |
| Number of presses built: | |
| Serial numbers: | |
| Built in factory: | Singen, Germany |
| First / last press delivered: | 1946–1962 |
| Price range: | 12'550–20'000CHF (~1960) |
| Known presses still in use: | 15 |
Download files*
FAG Standard 510; FAG Standard 550; Instruction Manual (de)
FAG Standard 510; FAG Standard 550; Assembling Instructions (de) (fr)
FAG Standard 510; FAG Standard 550; Parts Catalog
FAG Standard 510; FAG Standard 550; Accessories
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*Download files are free for all registered users. Unregistered users please register here. Please note: for all automatic presses (Control and Swiss Proof Models) it is critical to first identify the generation of the electrical controls: SF1, SF2, SF3 or SF4. Though the schemas might look similar—they are not. An SF3 schema won't be good to fix the electical controls of an SF4 press!
Shop / Studios still working with the FAG Standard 550
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+ Abteilung Druckgrafik/ Institute for Graphics and Printmaking, University of Applied Arts, Vienna, Austria
+ Druckwerk Basel, Basel, Switzerland
+ Drukwerk Cursief, Rotterdam, Netherlands
+ Eric Andersen, Zürich, Switzerland
+ Familia Plomez, Madrid, Spain
+ Hofer, Kent, United Kingdom
+ Letterpress.fr, Paris, France
+ Officina Typo, Modena, Italy
+ P98a, Berlin, Germany
+ PoliphilusPresse, Gloggnitz, Austria, Austria
+ Satzwerstatt Solothurn, Solothurn, Switzerland
+ Schuldruckerei der Wolfbuschschule, Stuttgart, Germany
+ SKISS GmbH, Emmenbrücke/Luzern, Switzerland
+ Slow Print, Helmond, Netherlands
+ Someone.ca, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
+ The Tilbury Press, Sydney, Australia