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DIRECT ENTRY PHOTOTYPESETTING MACHINE [1 record]

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Record 1 1996-09-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Typesetting and Imagesetting
  • Printing Machines and Equipment
DEF

Self-contained phototypesetter that combines input, output, and computer in the same unit (on-line): as the keyboard operator types, the copy is set.

OBS

Like all phototypesetting systems, direct-entry machines vary in many ways: the number of typefaces available, the on-line type size range, the number of units to the em, etc.

Key term(s)
  • direct entry phototypesetting machine
  • direct entry phototypesetter

French

Domaine(s)
  • Composition (Imprimerie)
  • Équipement (Imprimerie et arts graphiques)
DEF

Photocomposeuse intégrant une unité d'entrée, une unité de sortie, un ordinateur et un clavier; permet à tout professionnel des arts graphiques de disposer en quelques instants d'une composition en caractère Helvetica, Times, ou autres prête à la reproduction photographique.

Spanish

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