Old moving type print up for auction / 全套活版印刷鉛字 印刷行求售盼永久保存　　　　　　　　　　

Tainan's Qinghe printing company opened in 1958. To date, it has preserved a full range of letterpress printing type. With the rise of computer printing, the company is now putting these precious types up for sale. The company hopes that the collection will find a permanent place to be stored and preserved. Holding a sample of their work and giving a detailed explanation, while at the same time quickly taking client orders and choosing the print type, this company, Tainan's Qinghe opened in 1958. It not only has a full range of over 80,000 words of letterpress printing type, it even has the earliest printing industry hand-disk card printer which is still perfectly preserved. ==TSENG CHENG-CHIA, second generation printshop owner== There are about 80,000 characters maybe over 100,000 characters. We were one of the first, but the other businesses have all closed. They've all gone now. ==TSENG CHENG-CHIA, second generation printshop owner== You put ink on the roller and after it is coated, it rolls down, and rolls across the top of the letterplate Explaining and operating the earliest type of cranked disc business card printing presses in Taiwan, you can see Zheng Cheng-jia's love for his family heritage. However, times have changed and with the rise of computers, many typography companies have shut their doors. Zheng struggled for a decade and faced with a new era, has no choice but to sell. ==TSENG CHENG-CHIA, second generation printshop owner== It's a pity for it to just disappear, you can announce it all over Taiwan, this type of culture is dead (reporter) You want to keep it going ? Yes, yes Zheng is the second generation of the Qinghe print company and said that one buyer had wanted to use the characters as fishing weights, but he felt it was a pity to melt them down. He took the initiative to contact the National Museum of Taiwan History, National Science and Technology Museum, and other museums, but none had the funds to acquire the collection. Now Zheng can only hope someone can save these treasures, so that these precious typography tools will be preserved. TRANSLATED BY：CLARE LEAR ==清河印刷行第二代 鄭承家== 這鉛字的 這些全部都是鉛字 這裡也是 拿出作品仔細的介紹，一會兒又趕緊拿著客人的訂單挑選印刷鉛字，這間從民國47年開業至今的清河印刷行，不但擁有超過8萬字全套的活版印刷鉛字，甚至就連印刷界最早使用的手搖式圓盤名片印刷機都還保存好好的。 ==清河印刷行第二代 鄭承家== 大約估算是8萬字 有可能上10萬字 我們算是最早的 可是因為同業有的話 他們都收起來了 全部都毀滅不見了 ==清河印刷行第二代 鄭承家== 在墨棍 可以在上面沾到油墨 沾到油墨之後 滾下來的話 就可以滾到字版上面 邊說邊操作台灣印刷業，最早使用的手搖式圓盤名片印刷機，看得出來鄭承家對於這些家當非常的喜愛，但隨著時代變遷電腦興起，許多活版印刷步入歷史，鄭承家苦撐十多年，但也難敵時代變遷，老闆鄭承家無奈求售。 ==清河印刷行第二代 鄭承家== 就是很捨不得 (如果毀掉的話) 可以宣布中華民國全台灣 可以宣布文化死亡就對了 (你也是希望可以好好被保存就對了) 對 對 對 鄭承家表示，家中的鉛字曾經有製造釣魚用品的業者要收購，融化做鉛錘，但他覺得融掉太可惜而作罷，同時也主動接洽台灣歷史博物館、科學工藝館等類似館藏，但卻都沒經費可以收購，現在他只期盼這些寶物能有人保存收購，讓這些珍貴的活版印刷工具能夠繼續保存下去。 記者 溫正衡 台南報導