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Definition: DARKROOMDARKROOM: An enclosed space with minimal light exposure for image processing.
FLOORMAN: a printer who worked on laying out the text and images for newspaper pages.
HOT METAL: a form of typesetting machinery that utilized molten lead to cast type; often used to refer to Linotype machines, which cast whole lines of…
LUDLOW: an early form used in newspaper printing that used hand-set characters to create type.
MAKE-UP: the arrangement of the elements of a newspaper page done by a floorman.
PAGINATION: a computer system which printers used to lay out the classified pages digitally.
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…
RAYCOMP: a computer system which printers used to lay out ad pages digitally.
SLIPBOARD: the large board used by printers and supervisors to indicate worker's senority and availability.
SLUG: a line of text cast in lead by a Linotype machine.