General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

7

Total Parts

10

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

Wide, dark film strip perforated along single long edge, and in centre; also bears clear opaque printed text and graphics; silver metal and dark brown synthetic end caps.

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

75.0 cm

Width

4.5 cm

Height

N/A

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Printing

Category

Typesetting

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Compugraphic

Country

United States of America

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

1970s.

Canada

Used at the Perth Courier newspaper in Perth, ON.

Function

Provides a negative image and type characters for the production of photographic positive text.

Technical

The Compugraphic JR is a direct keyboard entry phototypesetting system for composition from 5.5 points to 24 points on line lengths to 45 picas. The units operated with a single track film strip containing two duplexed 96 character fonts. As characters are photographed through the revolving font strip, the image passes through the lens and is exposed on photographic paper.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

"1.75", " U.S. PATENT NO./ 3,710,707/ MADE IN U.S.A." and "23191/ BC2/ NEWS 3/ NEWS BOLD 3/ 09.0 PT. 0.8.0 SET" printed on film strip.

Missing

Appears complete.

Finish

Wide, dark film strip perforated along single long edge, and in centre; also bears clear opaque printed text and graphics; silver metal and dark brown synthetic end caps.

Decoration

N/A