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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-i

• 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)