Block · one region of the page, as the scanner read it. It may hold a whole story, part of one, several, or an advertisement; stitching blocks into articles is the next step. Text is supplied OCR.
Page 6 · column 4 of 5 · from the scan, no model involved
placed against a metal plate coated with photo-sensitive chemicals. Then it is exposed to a bright light, which “burns” the images of the body type, photographs and advertisements into the plate. Other chemicals develop the image, producing a positive impression of the page on the metal plate.
That metal plate then travels downstairs to the web press, where the journey is completed.
Newspaper printing is based on the elementary scientific principle that oil and water don’t mix. The plates,
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