Olympic print

Posters to commemorate the history and venues of the Winter Olympics are being printed on a vintage KBA press by an Italian print college.

The 1915 Rollrenner sheetfed press is operated in Turin, close to where the 2006 Games will be held from 10 to 26 February.

The seven-colour posters will depict the Olympics from Chamonix in 1924 to the present day. The B1 press is operated at the Scuola Grafica Salesiana graphic arts college in Valdocco, Turin.

The press features a crank mechanism that incorporates a hypocycloidal drive.