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second-generation phototypesetter [1 record]

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Record 1 1998-03-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Typesetting and Imagesetting
DEF

Any of a range of photomechanical typesetters devices introduced in the late 1950s which are characterized by the use of photo font masters, magnetic data storage, and, in later designs, electronic processing of raw text within the machine.

OBS

In these machines, imaging is still based on the photographic principle of directing a light source through a series of negative images of the required character. In fact, imaging did not become digitized until third-generation typesetters.

OBS

Examples are the Photon 200, the Mergenthaler Linfilm, and the Intertype Fototronic.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Composition (Imprimerie)
DEF

Composeuse photomécanique dont les premiers modèles sont apparus à la fin des années 50 et qui se caractérise par l'emploi de caractères optiques, par le stockage de données sur support magnétique et, chez les derniers modèles, par le traitement électronique de texte.

OBS

Bien que la photocomposeuse elle-même commence à employer des technologies informatiques, le processus d'imagerie reste entièrement analogique.

Spanish

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