English subtitles for clip: File:Door toename automatisering in krantenbedrijf verdwijnt het oude zettersvak Weeknummer, 77-14 - Open Beelden - 13160.ogv

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The automation in the newspaper world, where

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lead is being replaced by electronics, leads

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at this moment to far reaching changes, both in

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technology and for the personnel in the printing business.

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The old handicraft is increasingly being replaced by the computer.

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As before the making of a newspaper begins at the

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editorial office, where most of the articles are written.

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Since the turn of the century the texts were typeset

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with the use of the Linotype typesetting machine,

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in which all letters hit by the typesetter

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are immediately cast into lead lines,

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according to an ingeneous casting process,

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that is partially hidden from view.

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The cast lines are automatically assembled to columns.

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Although even here automation came in the course of time

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with the help of punched ribbons, the large title letters

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still had to be typeset manually.

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The ordering of heads, articles and photographs

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on the pages is performed by the lay-out men.

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These men possess a great skill in

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quickly reading of texts which are mirrored and upside down.

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The corrections of just one misplaced character

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requires the replacement of at least an entire line.

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old typesetters profession disappears

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your newspaper is being typeset by a computer

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A text that has been put into a computer can be

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recalled with a push on a button and additions,

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movements or corrections can be

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performed at hight speed.

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The computer controls a photo typesetting machine,

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that can print columns and texts, including

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the head lines, on photographic paper

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at a speed of 150 characters per second.

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The lay-out man only needs a knive to put the texts from the

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photographic paper, that has been covered with a layer of

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gum arabic, onto the right spot.

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Of course the introduction of this new technique

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has had consequences for the old-school graphical designers.

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For some it meant early retirement, for many

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retraining for a new graphical profession.

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After a negative has been made of every complete page,

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this is transferred photographically onto

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a layer of liquid synthetic resin.

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This plastic printing sheet is then affixed on one of

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the cilinders of the rolling press used for printing the newspaper.

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There where the newspaper printing shops are in a transition phase

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one can often still find plastic and lead

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printing sheets next to each other on the cilinders.

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But lead will disappear from everywhere within the foreseeable future.

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The great rate of 60,000 newspapers per hour, at which

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this printing press turns out a complete edition in

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a very short time, signifies the care for speed

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that the newspaper community has.

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Due to the new electronic typesetting and lay-out

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techniques the latest news will now reach

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the reader even faster.