he Galley Proof Press was originally devised to make a proof of the type setting before it was sent to the press for mass printing. The simple Galley Proofer became the machine of choice for high quality, limited edition jobs.  Robert O. Vandercook improved upon its design. This Galley Proofer was a product of Cropper Charlton & Co. Ltd, Engineers of Nottingham & London carrying manufacture No. 6023. Originally owned by an English Printer, who donated several of them to the Diocesan Press for missionary work in India and Sri Lanka. He also sold some of them to commercial pioneers in India like Addisson & Co. who operated on Mount Road, founded in 1873 and the Ananda Press that belonged to one Mr. V. Ranganathan Chetty who commenced business in 1891. The firm was doing considerable amount of printing for The Madras and South Central railway.  Anandha Press had the best of workmen in the Presidency and Mr. Chetty himself excelled getting the best of prints for his clients.

 This is where he put the Galley to the best  use. This Galley Proofer of 1915 was a pride of Mr. Hawkins of Addisson & Co., who opened a small printing press in 1873.  From here the firm grew to the point of a motor-car company by 1904.  They never gave up printing. They had everything latest.

All their machinery worked on by electricity. This proofing unit was condemned by Addison & Co. (sighted in the yard of AVANNA Industrial Reclamation in the Avanna Gardens on the then Edward Elliots Road now known as Dr. Radhakrishnan Road) and is now owned personally by Mr. Steve Borgia.  It went through restoration until 2005 and got listed in The STEVE BORGIA INDIAN HERITAGE MUSEUM at INDeco Hotels Swamimalai.

Most of these Proofers that came to India originally were employed in the Christian Literary Society (CLS) press very close to the Memorial building near the Fort, and have been used for missionary purposes until they were condemned as scrap around 1940s.