G.T.O Printers

G.T.O Printers THE HOME OF LETTERPRESS PRINTING. Minutes from the Birkenhead shops. Wedding and all invite printing in classic letterpress. Business stationery on time.

GTO Printers is a small commercial print shop with a bent these days towards letterpress. We are one of the few printers offering wedding and all social stationery made on an Original Heidelberg press.

21/02/2026

I love my original Heidelberg. From any angle

15/02/2026

Trimming the invoice books. My Polar guillotine is programmable, and I put in a programme for these. After each cut it automatically moves to the next cut, for big jobs with lots of different cuts it’s great. It’s very accurate. Do other people have a Polar 55 ?

I’m completing the presswork with a numbering run. The numbering boxes are quite easy to use, lock them up in position, ...
13/02/2026

I’m completing the presswork with a numbering run. The numbering boxes are quite easy to use, lock them up in position, set the numbers and run. There’s a bit more than that, but it’s pretty straight forward. Numbering boxes were something that were used regularly in the past.

12/02/2026

I’m into some perforating today. I’ll be printing and numbering next. It’s pretty straight forward on a Heidelberg.

I’m wanting to sell this proof press. It’s working fine. The bed can be lowered to take a galley. Although it looks rust...
13/12/2025

I’m wanting to sell this proof press. It’s working fine. The bed can be lowered to take a galley. Although it looks rusty, it’s not, it’s the sun on it. I printed the poster on it yesterday. I don’t blame the spelling on the Cropper, I had no “s”s. It will be on trademe in the next couple of days. If someone is desperate for a proof press you can contact me right away and make a decent offer. 022 272 6771. This print is 330x410mm, which is getting close to the maximum print area. It’s a two man lift, I’m in Birkenhead, just over the bridge in Auckland. A nice stocking filler?

More photos from the tote bag workshop. workshop next Saturday will be cancelled if two more attendees don’...
16/11/2025

More photos from the tote bag workshop. workshop next Saturday will be cancelled if two more attendees don’t sign up before Wednesday. Next workshops will be in #2026

We had a letterpress workshop yesterday, printing calico tote bags. With a bit of planning, the Albion did the job well....
14/11/2025

We had a letterpress workshop yesterday, printing calico tote bags. With a bit of planning, the Albion did the job well. Thanks to Maryam for putting time aside to help me.

Are you in Wellington? Wood poster workshop, print your own letterpress business card workshop, Heidelberg platen worksh...
09/10/2025

Are you in Wellington? Wood poster workshop, print your own letterpress business card workshop, Heidelberg platen workshop. It’s all happening, starting TONIGHT.

People have been asking me when my Adana workshop is to happen, I’ve set the date for Saturday November 8.There are many...
14/09/2025

People have been asking me when my Adana workshop is to happen, I’ve set the date for Saturday November 8.

There are many Adana 8x5 presses around the country, if you’re lucky you may own one. They are benchtop size and classed as a hobby press, but can print very acceptable results when set up correctly. They don’t take up too much room, and are an easy press to use. And they become available for sale more than most presses.
The workshop will teach what I see as essential maintenance tasks and best practices to get the most out of an Adana. It will include checking the rollers for height and for good inking of the type, getting the packing correct, levelling the bed for even print, oiling, washing up, locking up for best print, and trouble shooting common issues. And of course we’ll do some printing on them.
If you have an Adana you should bring it. If you don’t already have one I will bring two for people to learn on. If you know someone with an Adana, suggest they may like to join us.
It will be a 10.30 - 3.30 workshop at the Birkenhead Library on Saturday November 8 2025. Cost $140.00.

An enjoyable poster workshop on Saturday. Fleur, Christopher and Steffan, thanks for your participation. Worth the effor...
14/09/2025

An enjoyable poster workshop on Saturday. Fleur, Christopher and Steffan, thanks for your participation. Worth the effort to get all the stuff there and back. The next poster workshop is in Wellington, over two evenings, October 9 and 10. Details on the Wellington Printing Museum for this and other workshops that weekend. Including a Heidelberg workshop!

Today I received this lovely and very appropriate Father’s Day card from my daughter. A water colour, her own work. Than...
07/09/2025

Today I received this lovely and very appropriate Father’s Day card from my daughter. A water colour, her own work. Thanks Mand xx

New rollers going on the press. The old ones were getting glazed and not ink receptive. I’m looking forward to dirtying ...
30/08/2025

New rollers going on the press. The old ones were getting glazed and not ink receptive. I’m looking forward to dirtying them! New rollers make a noticeable difference to your print quality, and washups. It’s worth doing.

Address

7 Telephone Road, Birkenhead
Auckland
0626

Opening Hours

Monday 9:30am - 5:01pm
Tuesday 9:29am - 5:02pm
Wednesday 9:30am - 5:30pm
Thursday 9am - 5pm
Friday 9:01am - 5:30pm

Telephone

+64220726771

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