Linofilmn.
/ˈlʌɪnəfɪlm/ Printing.
The proprietary name of an electronic photo-composing system. (See quots.) Also attributive.
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Monophoto1952
Photon1953
Linofilm1956
1956 Trade Marks Jrnl. 5 Dec. 1212/2 Linofilm... Phototypographic machines and tape perforating machines for use in setting and composing type photographically. Mergenthaler Linotype Company.., Brooklyn, City and State of New York, United States of America; manufacturers.
1961 Spectator 14 Apr. 509/3 He referred to..lino-film, and the demarcation problems which must be solved if photo-composing is to continue.
1965 J. Moran Composition of Reading Matter vii. 75 The Linofilm Magnetic-to-Punched Tape Converter accepts magnetic tape from standard computer and data processing equipment, and produced 15-hole Linofilm tape.
1973 S. Jennett Making of Bks. (ed. 5) v. 86 Most electronic photo-composing machines, however, operate from punched tape only about an inch wide, with six to nine levels or rows of perforations..—the Linofilm, taking tape of fifteen levels, is a notable exception.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
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