The term stripping was also used for other changes to a prepared page, such as a spelling correction, or a stop press story in a newspaper. Skilled workers would spend many hours stripping pieces of film together in the correct sequence and orientation.
These sheets were combined manually on a light table, in a process called stripping.
When pages were set using movable type, pages were assembled in a metal frame called a chase, and locked into place using wedges called quoins.īy the late twentieth century, most typesetting was onto photographic film. Imposition has been a requirement since the earliest days of printing. A little copy is then created, and this can help paginate the product. This is made by folding several sheets of paper in the way the press will print and fold the product. To understand how the pages are related to each other, an imposition dummy may be used. These fibers must run lengthwise along the fold, which influences the alignment, hence the position, of the pages on the printed sheet.
The arrangement of pages on the printer’s sheet is affected by five different parameters:
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