Seth Smith Kauffman (photos) and Tyson Miller (text) traveled to The Papers Inc. in Milford, IN, to take photos and interview the people who print The Record.
Seth Smith Kauffman for The Record 
Seth Smith Kauffman for The Record
Jon Anthony fine-tunes settings on the press as issues of The Record emerge. Seth Smith Kauffman for The Record
Seth Smith Kauffman for The Record
Jon Anthony stands at the controls of the press. The press can print 40,000 papers an hour. All 500 copies of The Record are printed in three minutes. Seth Smith Kauffman for The Record
Rich Krygowski digs through a pile of used plates. After the files are sent to the printers, a computer burns the images onto aluminum plates, which are used to transfer the ink onto the paper. Krygowski ran the press for years before moving away from production. Now he works in outside sales and customer service. He lives in his RV full time and works remotely. For color pages, it takes four aluminum plates to transfer the entire page. One for blue, one for yellow, one for red and one for black. After the plates have been used the are sent off to be recycled. Seth Smith Kauffman for The Record
Eric Burch maneuvers a roll of paper into position. Paper can vary in grade and width – The Record is printed on newsprint, a lighter type of paper. Seth Smith Kauffman for The Record
The first few issues off the press usually aren’t up to snuff. Above, early prints of The Record sit in a dumpster. These copies didn’t have color on the front page. Seth Smith Kauffman for The Record
Seth Smith Kauffman for The Record
