Enhanced application printing ink hand proofing device

An anilox roll printing ink hand proofing device, which comprises:

• a. a base frame, having an elongated member adapted to receive a handle and sideframes;
• b. a handle connected to said base frame, said handle including a hollow elongated member and containing a pressure rod in said hollow elongated member, and including pressure rod adjustment means connected to said pressure rod and to said handle so as to be movable relative to one of said rod and said handle so as to adjust a position of said rod relative to said handle for the purpose of at least indirectly changing pressure on an anilox roll against a transfer roll, and including pressure rod release means attached to one of said rod, said pressure rod adjustment means and said handle, said pressure rod release means having a first, fixed position wherein said pressure rod is in an engaged location applying pressure, at lease indirectly, to an anilox roll, and having a second, different fixed position wherein said pressure rod is in a disengaged location wherein no pressure is applied to an anilox roll;
• c. sideframes located at opposite ends of said base frame elongated member and adapted to receive an anilox roll and a transfer roll so that at least one of said anilox roll and said transfer roll is movable relative to one another;
• d. an anilox roll nesting subframe, which is adapted to receive and rotatably mount an anilox roll therein, and which is adapted to movably mount within said sideframes and against said pressure rod so as to be moveable by said pressure rod so as to force an anilox roll against a transfer roll at predesired pressure levels;
• e. an anilox roll rotatably nested in said subframe and having end pins extending from said anilox roll and located within said sideframes;
• f. a doctor blade adjustively mounted on said subframe and located against said anilox roll;
• g. blade adjustment means connected to at least one of said blade and said subframe and adapted to adjust a blade level;
• and,
• h. a transfer roll rotatably mounted within said sideframes and against said anilox roll.