The Mail-Journal, Volume 12, Number 18, Milford, Kosciusko County, 28 May 1975 — Page 25

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Jan Beer was caught by our photographer at the 7200 photo display machine. The machine, purchased in July of 1971, is a direct keyboard-operated display phototypesetter which produces copy for display advertising and larger news heads in the 14 to 72 point range. Copy is produced on a continuous roll of 35mm paper. It provides a production capability heretofore unattainable in the larger point sizes. The keyboard input speed ranges from three to 14 characters per second, depending upon the point size. Intercharacter spacing is determined automatically by the control circuitry of the unit. No calculations by the operator are necessary. The cassette from the 7200 is also developed in the Ektamatic processor.

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Elaine Stichter is in charge of the composing room and oversees its daily operations. She has been a member of the staff since November of 1971. Shown left, she is checking the advertising schedule of one of the papers. Members of her department work on ad composition and page make-up, assignments varying with the work load. In all, 20 light tables are in the composing room. An auxiliary composing room, used for special editions and during heavy-load days, has additional lay-out area including four light tables. All of the women in the composing room are pasteup artists. They are skilled at laying out ads and making up pages. They run the art work and type to be pasted on ads or pages through a waxer (there are three located in the composing rooms). The waxers use melted wax to coat the back of the paper and make an adhesive surface. The wax holds well, however, it allows the copy to be moved about. Unlike glue, wax does not dry.

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Three of the women who work in the composing room turned away from their work long enough for the photographer to snap this photo. From left are Yvonne Coburn, Theresa Thompson and Shirley Graff.