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OBJECT TYPE: N/A
DATE: 1966
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1981.0010.003

MANUFACTURER: GRAPHEX INC.
MODEL: MP-713
LOCATION: Lawrence, Massachusetts, United States of America

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 3
Total Parts: 6
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: Metal casing and gears, synthetic knobs and interior roll casing, and paper roll.

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length: 32.4 cm
Width: 23.2 cm
Height: 27.0 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Printing
Category: Typesetting
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: GRAPHEX
Country: United States of America
State/Province: Massachusetts
City: Lawrence

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: 1966-1980
Canada: WITH THE ADVENT OF COMPUTERIZED TYPESETTING IN THE 1960'SRB&W INSTALLED ONE OF THE 1ST PHOTO TYPESETTING SYSTEMS IN CANADA...ALLOWED THE COMPANY TO PIONEER IN THE TRADE DIRECTORY FIELD [REF.4]
Function: Mechanism from which is fed phototypesetting paper for use with a Photon phototypesetter.
Technical: ON INTRODUCTION, REGARDED AS THE FASTEST STRAIGHT MATTER PHOTOTYPESETTER ON THE MARKET. UNIVERSALLY COMPATABLE WITH A WIDE VARIETY OF TAPE (MAGNETIC & PAPER) KEYBOARDS, IT WAS ONE OF THE 1ST TO BE GENERALLY USED BY BOTH JOB PRINTERS AS WELL AS TRADE TYPESETTERS. ITS ROTATING DRUM HAD A CHARACTER CAPACITY OF 768 AT 35 NEWSPAPER LINES PER MINUTE.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: N/A
Missing: Appears complete
Finish: Black casing and knobs with silver-coloured metal gears, off-white tape adhered in areas, a white and black label and a blue and black label.
Decoration: N/A

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GRAPHEX INC., Magazine, film, 1966, Artifact no. 1981.0010, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1981.0010.003/

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