Teletypesetter

The teletypesetter system ( TTS ) was used for fast and remote set. Different typesetting machines can be controlled with the individual components of the system. The method of remote data transmission is similar to that of the teleprinter .

The letters to be set were entered via an electronic perforator . This consisted of a typewriter keyboard with additional control keys and a device for embossing punched strips. This contained characters and control commands for the typesetting machine in coded form (see also: punch card ). The line width was set before the line was set; a counter showed the remaining space. For long-distance transmission, the punched tape transmitter converted the signals into electrical impulses, which could then be sent via wire. The transmitter managed up to 520 pulses per minute. The punched tape receiver stamped a second punched tape. A clear writing device was connected in parallel, which printed the plain text on the perforated tape. Finally, the punched tape was inserted into the setting machine on the setting machine. This then controlled the setting process.

The Teletype system was also available in a stationary version, in which case only the perforator and the reader or the automatic setting machine were used.

Text could be entered about twice as fast via the electronic perforator as via the mechanical button on the typesetting machine. The typesetting machine controlled the typesetting machine with an average of 20,000 characters per hour.

The system was used at Lumitype or as a "Lino-Quick Perforator" at Linotype -Quick .

literature

• Sepp Dußler, Fritz Kolling: Modern typesetting . 4th edition. Verlag Documentation Saur KG, Pullach 1974, ISBN 3-7940-8703-8 .