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Title: The printing trades
Year: 1916 (1910s)
Authors: Shaw, Frank L. (Frank Leslie), b. 1882 Cleveland Foundation. Survey Committee. Cleveland education survey
Subjects: Printing industry Book industries and trade Vocational education
Publisher: Cleveland, Ohio : Survey Committee of the Cleveland Foundation
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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tuation, division ofwords, and some acquaintance with grammar.Language is the material he has to deal with inhis trade and the more he knows about it thebetter. The demand for artistic printing is steadilyincreasing, and the man who is looking for ad-vancement beyond routine work will find aknowledge of page proportion and balance,decorative design, and color harmony of greatvalue to him. The ability to do free-hand letter-ing is also an asset, as time can often be savedby sketching a job before setting it up. Machine OperatorsTypesetting for books, magazines, and news-papers is usually done on composing machines,either linotypes or monotypes. The linotype isthe more commonly used in Cleveland. The ma-chine is provided with a keyboard resemblingthat of a typewriter. As each key is struck bythe operator it releases a matrix, or mold of aletter, which falls into a trough. When the lineis complete, molten metal is forced against it.The metal cools quickly, forming a solid line oftype. 26
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The monotype consists of two machines, thekeyboard and the caster. The operationof the keyboard is similar to that of the lino-type, but instead of releasing matrices it punchesholes in a ribbon of paper at the top of themachine. This perforated paper, when placedin the caster, controls the action of the machinesomewhat as a perforated roll controls a playerpiano. As the paper passes through the casterthe type are cast, one at a time, in the order inwhich the letters and words were written on thekeyboard. The machine operator, like the hand-composi-tor, should have a thorough knowledge of spell-ing, punctuation, and the division of words.He needs a general knowledge of the principlesof typography. Union regulations require anumber of years experience in hand-composi-tion before machine operating may be taken up.Considerable practice is necessary to attain thehigh speed required. Nearly all work in news-paper plants is done at high pressure, and evenin job establishments the machine op

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