单词 | teletypesetter |
释义 | teletypesettern. Now historical and rare. An apparatus used for remotely setting type by telegraph, typically controlled by tape on which instructions are encoded as patterns of perforations. The first teletypesetter was invented by Walter W. Morey in 1928. ΘΚΠ society > communication > telecommunication > telegraphy or telephony > telegraphy > telegraph > [noun] > types of > printing telegraphs printing telegraph1841 telotype1850 printer1859 pantelegraph1860 magneto-printer1883 typo-telegraph1888 teletyper1895 telecryptograph1904 teletype1904 teletypewriter1904 Creed1911 teleprinter1911 teletypesetter1928 telex1968 1928 Syracuse (N.Y.) Herald 6 Dec. 10/5 The teletypesetter is a device of extraordinary ingenuity which appears destined to effect a substantial modification of the composition methods of daily newspapers. 1928 N.Y. Times 7 Dec. 1/2 Frank E. Gannett, head of the Gannett newspapers..threw the switch which set in motion the new device known as the Teletypesetter. 1931 Official Gaz. (U.S. Patent Office) 17 Mar. 551/1 Teletypesetter. For electrically-controlled typesetting and typecasting apparatus. 1967 R. R. Karch & E. J. Buber Graphic Arts Procedures: Offset Processes ii. 40 The RCA-301 computer accepts punched paper tape and produces a new tape, adding justification (otherwise keyboarded by the Teletypesetter operator). 2008 V. Mosco & C. McKercher Laboring Communication iv. 90 The switch to teletypesetters and cold type was matched, and at times led, by computerization in other parts of the newspaper. Derivatives ˌteleˈtypesetting n. the action or process of setting type by means of a teletypesetter. ΘΚΠ society > communication > telecommunication > telegraphy or telephony > telegraphy > [noun] > telegraphing > teleprinting or teletypesetting teletyping1904 teletypesetting1928 1928 Amer. Photo-engraver Dec. 124/1 The tape, now hundreds of miles from the sending station is fed into another small Teletypesetting unit. 1961 Spectator 14 Apr. 509 He referred to teletypesetting, the process by which the Guardian proposes to print in London as well as Manchester. 2015 J. J. Regazzi Scholarly Communications vi. 121 What made teletypesetting so remarkable was that typesetting machines were now operable by remote control. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1928 |
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