May 18, 1965 G. J. H. SAUSELE 3,183,817 CHANGEABLE TYPOGRAPHIC MAKE-UP SYSTEM Filed Oct. 3, 1962 4. Sheets-Sheet 1 277. INVENTOR 2o-, 2, 4-6- by 7%-4- (36, 2-4-7%z- ATTORNEYS May 18, 1965 G. J. H. SAUSELE 3,183,817 CHANGEABLE TYPOGRAPHIC MAKE-UP SYSTEM Filed Oct. 3, 1962 4. Sheets-Sheet 2 INVENTOR 24 27-9. %-4-2-4- by 7-4-2 C-6, 7, 4-, 24.4- ATTORNEYS May 18, 1965 G. J. H. SAUSELE 3,183,817 CHANGEABLE TYPOGRAPHIC MAKE-UP SYSTEM Filed Oct. 3, 1962 4. Sheets-Sheet 3 INVENTOR BY 7%z / (34. 2-, 4-2%. ATTORNEYS May 18, 1965 G. J. H. SAUSELE 3,183,817 CHANGEABLE TYPOGRAPHIC MAKE-UP SYSTEM Filed Oct. 3, 1962 4. Sheets-Sheet 4 7%. , (3 & 2, 2-4 Y2%Z- ATTORNEYS 3,183,817 United States Patent Office Patented May 18, 1965 2 3,183,87 material must be rigid enough to withstand normal han CHANGEABLE TYPORAAEC MAKE-UP SYSTEM dling and yet soft enough so that it can be cut with the George J. H. Sausele, New Providence, N.J., assigar to sharp biade in the cutting fixture which is a component American Type Founders Co., Inc., Elizabeth, N.J., a part of the novel system. corporation of Delaware According to one method of procedure, the galley Fied Oct. 3, 1952, Ser. No. 228,045 sheets from the photo-typesetting machine are cut in 3 Clairas. (C. 95-85) single column widths either before or after having been coated on their reverse surfaces with a pressure sensitive This invention relates to typographic make-up Systems wax, usually in a known type of hot wax coating machine. and more particularly to such systems as are adapted for O The strips of paper are then applied to the strips or bars the photo-mechanical make-up for recurring but fre of the base material described, the adherence of the sheets quently altered composition. Such as directories, catalogs, to the blocks or bars being ensured by rubbing the Sur and classified advertisement sections of periodicals. faces of the sheets briskly as a burnishing operation, the In recent monthe more and more newspapers, includ heat and pressure of burnishing effecting a good bond of ing some of quite substantial circulation, have gone over the paper to the base material. to offset printing rather than by the use of hot metal letter Another method of laminating the make-up components press cast type, and while they all employ photo-type involves coating the base material with a pressure sensi setting methods for their general make-up, some difficulty tive adhesive, such as for example the above mentioned has been experienced in the ready and facile preparation wax, the coating being protected from damage and normal of make-up for changeable recurring composition Stich as 20 handling prior to lamination by means of a paper pro classified ads. tective layer, the protective paper being removed just In the make-up of pages using the output of photo before the plastic strip is laminated to the galley of photo typesetting machines, for newspapers, directories, or any set type. composition requiring periodic updating, for example, In the case of the classified ad page of a newspaper by the insertion of new material or removal of obsolete 25 the galleys of type will constitute the new advertisments portions and at the same time retaining some type set which are to be inserted in the current edition of the material, photographic artwork or the like, which have newspaper. Since these insertions are applied to different not been outdated, it has been common practice to use columns or even different pages under the appropriate paste-up techniques, such as by pasting sheets of composi classified headings, it is necessary to cut the galley into tion down onto a base usually with a wax adhesive, which 30 the individual units which it comprises. For this purpose permits the operator to then lift the sheet and cut it as the galley of type is placed on the cutting fixture where required in remaking the page. This is a quite awkward it is accurately cut to separate the individual ads. procedure since it is necessary to cut and handle very The form for the entire page is then assembled, said small pieces of the photographic paper carrying the photo form including a novel chase which comprises a portion composition and these small pieces have the sticky wax of the original concept of the present invention. The coating on them. The method is so slow and time-con individual ads are inserted and removed as required, the suming that it has been found to be quite impractical in ads which are to be retained being capable of being slid the applications mentioned above especially in connection vertically in the column to make room for late insertions. with the preparation and revision of classified ad sections A particular feature of novelty of this phase of the of newspapers. In this latter area, even though the 40 invention resides in the fact that the material supporting greater portion of an offset newspaper may be made up the photographic paper containing the ads is resilient or by straight photo-typesetting procedures, most of such compressible enough so that if the column is tight by a periodicals have up to the present been forced to make line or two of six point type, for instance, a gentle pressure up their classified pages using linotype slugs. These hot in the Vertical direction will compress the material so as metal methods have been pursued in view of the obvious 45 to lock the column and squeeze in an additional line or flexibility of the individual slugs in page make-up. The two of type. This feature is of considerable practical make-up form is then placed in a proof press to procure importance providing as it does what may be called a a reproduction proof which is then pasted up together 'rubber' column. with the other material on the page for a camera shot, With the page form made and locked up as described, which produces a film negative of the newspaper page the assembled page is photographed on a standard process which is used for making the offset plate from which the canaera. If the individual blocks of material are close page will be printed. fitting, which of course requires holding the make-up to The general object of the invention is to provide a reasonable accuracy, uniform lighting of the surface from novel and improved system of make-up for recurring and above will produce a good negative for plate making revised composition. Although the principles of the in 5 5 which will require little or no retouching. However, if vention are applicable to copy produced by non-photo the blocks are not held to close tolerance, but are loose graphic means, they are especially pertinent to systems fitting with shadow areas caused by this loose assembly, including methods, apparatus, and products, which pro it would be advisable to fill the shadows with light by vides a means for the utilization of the output of a photo also back-lighting the form. This brings up another typesetter such as, for example, the one disclosed in my 60 novel feature of the present invention which is involved in co-pending application Serial No. 686,233, filed Septem the making of the chase of a clear transparent plastic ber 25, 1957, granted March 26, 1963, as United States material. Patent No. 3,082,670, and which therefore affords a Some of the advantageous features of novelty of the in simpler, faster, and more economical method for such vention may be summarized as follows: specialized uses than the ones just described. (a) The bottleneck in the composing procedure in In its preferred embodiments the invention contem involved in having to cut and paste individual ads into plates the provision of novel methods and apparatus columns in a page or pages is eliminated. which involve the production of the type composition in (b) The make-up man can use in general the same sys the typesetter on photographic paper. After develop ten used in working with hot metal slugs. ment the columns of text are laminated to a light-weight, (c) The individual ad units are easier to handle than easily cuttable base material which can be foam plastic, individual ads composed in metal because an ad cannot cork, or other material having similar properties. The be pied or jumbled up at the time of make-up. 3,183,817 e esce 4. (d) Ads that run continuousuly will not need resetting piece of the plastic base material until the heat and pres as in the case of former procedures where the face becomes Sure have effected a firm bond. flattened out from rolling a mat day after day, or in pull Preferably the base blocks or bars 15, either before ing repro-proofs, hence the ad units according to the pres or after the applying of the galley sheets, will have their ent invention will not require resetting during the life of 5 side margins bevelled as at 17, the angle of bevel pref their run. erably being approximately between 5 and 10, this giv (e) The phototypeset classified ads according to the ing the cross-sectional aspect of the blocks the configura present to the present invention mounted on the proposed tion of a trapezoid, preferably isosceles. This has base material are substantially weightless and clean.