General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

5

Total Parts

16

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

Wide, dark film strip perforated along single long edge, and in centre; also bears clear opaque printed text and graphics; silver metal and dark brown synthetic end caps.

Dimensions

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

Length

41.1 cm

Width

6.2 cm

Height

N/A

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Printing

Category

Typesetting

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Compugraphic

Country

United States of America

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

1970s.

Canada

Used at the Perth Courier newspaper in Perth, ON.

Function

Provides a negative image and type characters for the production of photographic positive text.

Technical

The 7200 is a keyboard operated phototypesetter for setting headlines and sub headlines on photographic paper. The machine will typeset a single, extended line of type ranging in size from 7 to 72 points and up to 120 points with the 7200 High Range. The font strips are available in two sizes, Standard and Half-size. They have two rows of characters: Lower Rail [medium, upright face] and Upper Rail [italicized or bold face]. Any single font strip may be used in either the LM [lower magazine] or UM [upper magazine] of the font drum, but two font strips should be on the drum while rotating in order to reduce vibration and wear. [Ref. 2, p.1-1]

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

"COMPLIMENTARY/ FONTSTRIP/ (Non Refundable)", "2- 56", "U.S. PATENT NO./ 3,710,707/ MADE IN U.S.A." and "26618-001/ SD/ BODONI BOLD 2/ BODONI BOLD/ ITALIC 2" printed on filmstrip. Text and graphics appear on long side edges of filmstrip.

Missing

Appears complete.

Finish

Wide, dark film strip perforated along single long edge, and in centre; also bears clear opaque printed text and graphics; silver metal and dark brown synthetic end caps.

Decoration

N/A