—Copper Plates
So with this problem highlighted, to use of a proofing press, was pretty much eliminated, instead the whole process would be need to be painstakingly carried out by hand.
One quick solution would be to scan in the heavily overprinted pages, and edit the images and recreate a laser printed version. However this clearly ruins the object of the project.
The other potential solution was to effectively mimic lithography, by de-greasing, rinsing, inking whilst wet and then drying the water on the plate each time. The blue film left on the raised type area repelled the water, allowing the ink to be replied. A hairdryer could then remove the water from the plate. This wasn't completely flawless however, so tissue paper could mask any areas still over inking. At this stage I was printing around 3 an hour.
