Get inky with the San José Printers’ Guild!
Volunteers are welcome to get involved with the San José Printers’ Guild! Stop by the shop on a weekend afternoon to talk to us and find out more, or attend our monthly meeting.
Upcoming Workshops: Tabletop Press Printing; Letterpress Posters
Print your own card design from handset metal type and dingbats, using a tabletop press; create a poster from our collection of vintage wood type and engravings.
Sidewalk Sale 2026
Thanks for all who came out and made our Sidewalk Sale a success on August 8! Lots of good things found new homes: presses, type, type cases, racks, slugs, cuts, books, ephemera, and assorted “stuff” that has accumulated.
Contact us about availability:
- 5×8 Kelsey press, with rollers and complete kit of supplies
- Challenge 15 GP proof press with new rollers, prints 15×24” sheet
- Fonts of type and ornaments, new and used
- Quoins and keys, Hi-speed, Wickersham, and Challenge
- Composing sticks
Thanks for joining us at the Bay Area Printers’ Fair & Wayzgoose on April 25, 2026!
Things to do:
- Shop the marketplace of 30+ vendors and exhibitors
- Buy letterpress printed cards, art prints, book arts, fine papers, ink, handset type, vintage books, jewelry, and ephemera
- Visit the Print Shop to see printing presses, tools, supplies, and equipment for printing and related crafts
- Print your own wood type poster
- READ MORE HERE
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“And right in the heart of Silicon Valley, there’s a place for those typophiles to celebrate their love: the print shop at History Park in San Jose — the epicenter of the annual Printers Fair and Wayzgoose (a word of vague origin that means printers’ party).”
— Sal Pizarro, Mercury News
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