Order Only: Daddy's printing press

[alt_luna]

This is a secret that the other members of the Institute know about, but I think the Order should know, too.

Daddy had two printing presses, a larger one that he used most of the time, and a smaller one, his first press, that he used as backup. The Ministry confiscated the larger press when the Quibbler was shut down, but he had the smaller one stored in the back of our garden shed, because he wasn't using it anymore, and they didn't find it. Daddy then buried it, along with the printing plates.

I know where it is buried, and it would be easier for me to get to it now, during the summer months.

Could the Order use a printing press?

Comments

[alt_lee]

What's it take to run one? Space and ink and paper, yeah? Besides the plates and whatever.

I'd still like to see about radio at Aldrich Town, but radio's not going to reach everyone, yeah? And some stuff's better in print, maybe.

[alt_sirius]

Luna Lovegood, that's brilliant.

I'm sure we could figure out how to install it at Grimmauld.

The question is how to keep it supplied - materials and content. And what content we ought to produce.

[alt_bill]

Sorry, I should have responded to this sooner, but I've been utterly swamped at work.

I think this is a excellent idea, too, and thanks, Luna, for offering us the press. Twelve Grimmauld Place is certainly one possibility. I wonder, though: do we want to write and produce whatever we print with it ourselves, or should we consider enlisting the aid of some of our affiliated groups? Or both? I wonder, for example, whether we might consider placing it at Aldrich Town, along with Lee's proposed radio station? (Lee, do you think you might have any interest in this project, too?)

Distribution of whatever we print will take some careful planning. Perhaps we can enlist the buttonholders to assist us, or at least to offer suggestions?