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The video shows some photo plates embedded into pages alongside the text plates made from lead. Does anyone know what type of machines created those?

projektfu 6y ago
I can’t find a picture of the particular machine but it’sa form of relief printing using etched metal. https://printedpicture.artgallery.yale.edu/photography-ink-relief-and-intaglio-printing https://printedpicture.artgallery.yale.edu/photography-ink-r...
- 082349872349872 6y ago
  My brief stint in journalism was after hot metal but before full computerisation. We typeset by keyboarding into a machine that produced column-wide printed output. Afterwards, to do layout, 'Cut' was done with a blade, and 'Paste' was literal. (in this vid, too: 25:32) Never saw how the actual back-end printing was done, but we did cadge used printing plates from the big paper downtown when we needed thin aluminium sheet for other hacks. Are 24:32 cordwood modules? 25:13 the days when storage was dangerous if it fell on you (now it's probably riskier that you might choke on it).
  - projektfu 6y ago
    It was probably offset printing. The plates were etched metal positives from film negatives. A soft intermediate picks up an even layer of ink from the plate and deposits it on wet paper. The paper is then oven dried. (IIRC, it has been a long time)
csim 6y ago
You can see photoengraving in action in this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8eZBD4U6RD4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8eZBD4U6RD4
js2 6y ago
"The Art and Technique of Photoengraving - 1950s: This film, created by Horan Engraving in the 1950s, shows the entire process of photoengraving. Starting with taking a photo, it shows camera work, engraving, etching, plate preparation, touch-up, zinc & copper plates, one-color process, four-color process and more. If you want to learn how a photograph becomes a printing plate and a final print in a newspaper or book, look no further." https://vimeo.com/134626010 https://vimeo.com/134626010

projektfu 6y ago

I can’t find a picture of the particular machine but it’sa form of relief printing using etched metal. https://printedpicture.artgallery.yale.edu/photography-ink-relief-and-intaglio-printing https://printedpicture.artgallery.yale.edu/photography-ink-r...

082349872349872 6y ago
My brief stint in journalism was after hot metal but before full computerisation. We typeset by keyboarding into a machine that produced column-wide printed output. Afterwards, to do layout, 'Cut' was done with a blade, and 'Paste' was literal. (in this vid, too: 25:32) Never saw how the actual back-end printing was done, but we did cadge used printing plates from the big paper downtown when we needed thin aluminium sheet for other hacks. Are 24:32 cordwood modules? 25:13 the days when storage was dangerous if it fell on you (now it's probably riskier that you might choke on it).
- projektfu 6y ago
  It was probably offset printing. The plates were etched metal positives from film negatives. A soft intermediate picks up an even layer of ink from the plate and deposits it on wet paper. The paper is then oven dried. (IIRC, it has been a long time)

csim 6y ago

You can see photoengraving in action in this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8eZBD4U6RD4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8eZBD4U6RD4

js2 6y ago

"The Art and Technique of Photoengraving - 1950s: This film, created by Horan Engraving in the 1950s, shows the entire process of photoengraving. Starting with taking a photo, it shows camera work, engraving, etching, plate preparation, touch-up, zinc & copper plates, one-color process, four-color process and more. If you want to learn how a photograph becomes a printing plate and a final print in a newspaper or book, look no further." https://vimeo.com/134626010 https://vimeo.com/134626010