The American Printer: A Manual of Typography: Containing practical directions for managing all departments of a printing office, as well as complete instructions for apprentices; with several useful tables, numerous schemes for imposing forms in every variety, hints to authors, etc.MacKellar, Thomas
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The American Printer: A Manual of Typography: Containing practical directions for managing all departments of a printing office, as well as complete instructions for apprentices; with several useful tables, numerous schemes for imposing forms in every variety, hints to authors, etc.
MacKellar, Thomas
Graphic design (Typography); Printing -- United States -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.; Printing industry -- United States
When a new companion is put on the work after the respective shares of
letter are made up, and if there be not a sufficiency to carry on all
the companionship without making up more, he must bring on an additional
quantity before he can be allowed to partake of any part of that which
comes from the press.
MAKING UP FURNITURE.
The companions in rotation should make up the furniture in turn, the one
who has the last matter in the first sheet leading off. Should an odd
sheet be wanted, it will be better to throw for the chance of making it
up.
IMPOSING AND DISTRIBUTING LETTER.
The person to whose turn it falls to impose must lay up the form for
distribution. To prevent disputes, it will be well to prepare a blank
form, as follows, which may be filled up as the work proceeds:—
+-------------+-------------------------------------------+-----------+
| | THE GREAT INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION. | |
| +-------------------------------------------+ |
| |BEATTY. | |
| | +-------------------------------------+ |
| | |GOUDY. | |
| | | +-------------------------------+ |
| | | |FARROE. | BY WHOM |
| SIGNATURES. | | | +-------------------------+ IMPOSED. |
| | | | |WILSON. | |
| | | | | +-------------------+ |
| | | | | |CLARK. | |
| | | | | | +-------------+ |
| | | | | | |MCGUIGAN. | |
| | | | | | | +-------+ |
| | | | | | | |MAYHEW.| |
+-------------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-------+-----------+
| B | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | Clark. |
| C | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | McGuigan. |
| D | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | Farroe. |
| E | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | Wilson. |
| F | | | | | | | | |
+-------------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-------+-----------+
When the form is laid up, the letter should be divided equally, and, if
possible, each person should distribute the matter originally composed by
him; by this means, the sorts which may have made his case uneven will
return to him. If any man absent himself beyond a reasonable time, his
undistributed matter should be divided equally among his companions, and
when he returns he may have his share of the next division.
CORRECTING, ETC.
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