The final run of the Arizona Daily Star's Tucson printing press
The Arizona Daily Star's Goss Metroliner press printed its final daily newspaper on May 19, 2019. A small group of current and former employees gathered to watch the final press run of nearly 37,000 copies, which took about an hour and 20 minutes.
The Daily Star will be printed by the Arizona Republic in Phoenix, effective with the Tuesday, May 21 edition.
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John Lundgren brings the final run of the Arizona Daily Star's presses to a slow halt, as the daily paper is printed for the last time in the Star pressroom on May 19, 2019.
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Press supervisor Chris Barrett checks the final edition as John Lundgren, director of print operations, who has worked on this press since 1976, gazes at the huge press runs at 55,000 copes per hour during the final run of the Tucson printing press of the Arizona Daily Star on May 19, 2019.
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Arizona Daily Star employees and family members watch the final run of the Tucson printing press of the Arizona Daily Star on May 19, 2019.
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For the last daily paper comes out of the folder as the presses run for the last time to print the daily paper at the Arizona Daily Star, Sunday, May 19, 2019, Tucson, Ariz.
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The last run of the daily paper speeds under the under the idle pages of the special section about the last day of the presses at the Arizona Daily Star, Sunday, May 19, 2019, Tucson, Ariz.
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Packaging center employees including Josh Cruikshank, right, bundle the newpapers during the final run of the Tucson printing press of the Arizona Daily Star on May 19, 2019.
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Tools on the wall of the pressroom during the final run of the Tucson printing press of the Arizona Daily Star on May 19, 2019.
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The printing press "run sheet" during the final run of the Tucson printing press of the Arizona Daily Star on May 19, 2019.
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Press supervisor Chris Barrett, top, and press operator Erik Vigil during the final run of the Tucson printing press of the Arizona Daily Star on May 19, 2019.
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Sunday night press crew, including Chris Barrett, press supervisor, director of print operations John Lundgren, and press operators Temujin Gerritson and Erik Vigil during the final run of the Tucson printing press of the Arizona Daily Star on May 19, 2019.
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Press supervisor Chris Barrett removes the plate for the front page from the press after the final run of the Tucson printing press of the Arizona Daily Star on May 19, 2019.
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A goodbye message on the wall of the pressroom during the final run of the Tucson printing press of the Arizona Daily Star on May 19, 2019.
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