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Glossary - Pagination.mp4
PAGINATION: a computer system which printers used to lay out the classified pages digitally.

Glossary - Paste-Up.mp4
PASTE-UP: to cut, fit, and glue the printed headlines, body text, and graphic elements of a newspaper page together into a single page, to be photographed and made into a printing plate.

Glossary - RayComp.mp4
RAYCOMP: a computer system which printers used to lay out ad pages digitally.

Glossary - Slipboard.mp4
SLIPBOARD: the large board used by printers and supervisors to indicate worker's senority and availability.

Glossary - Slug.mp4
SLUG: a line of text cast in lead by a Linotype machine.

Glossary - Slug2.mp4
TO REPLACE A SLUG: to remove a slug, or line of text, from a galley, and replace it with a corrected slug.

Glossary - Typesetter.vtt
TYPESETTER: a printer that keyed text into a machine that punched holes in paper tape. This tape was fed into a linotype machine to cast the text in hot metal for printing.

A color photo of two fair-skinned older men in a large office room, one sitting at a desk and the other standing beside, each of them conversing with the other mid-sign. Both men wear vertical striped, collared button down shirts and glasses. The desk has a large box shaped computer and other items.
Both Moore and Sugyiama worked on graphic designs for advertisements in The Washington Post. The open floorplan of the department later changed, adding cubicles.

A color photograph of a fair-skinned middle-aged man, seated at a computer work station. In front of him is a box-style desktop computer screen. Around him are stacks of papers. Beside the computer is an old TTY device.
In the 1990s, employees of the Ad Department, like Dick Moore, used computer programs to edit and layout pages of Ads. This reflected the transition from hot metal and cold type to digital page layout.

A photograph of a newspaper front page. Main page text reads, "Dorothy C. Havens Retires; Post Printer for 27 Years Plans European Tour; Will Live in Florida, story on page C1, Best Wishes Dorothy, March 23, 1973."
Printers at thePost often used the tools of their workspace to create their own newspaper pages. Here, one printer has substituted components from the front page and inserted a fake news story which celebrates the retirement of Dorothy Havens, the…
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