Letterpress Printing

Let’s say, for example, that a reporter fished an event. He submits the news he gathered to the page editor who will assess the importance of the news. The page editor, then, prepares the news for print. The copy goes to the copy reader who edits it, designs the headline and writes the guideline on a separate sheet of paper.

The copy, as well as other articles, is submitted to the publication office for record purposes and then, submitted to the composing room. The composing room is where the linotype man sets the story. He arranges the slugs in the galley for galley proofs to be corrected by the staff’s proofreader. Be there any correction marked by the proofreader, the linotype man sets again.

The compositor assembles the slugs and the headlines in chase form according to the dummy sheet. The pages are proofread after which the linotype man sets the correction once more. If there are no more errors, the pages are okayed and sent to the press room. The paper is put to bed and the printing begins.