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This page is dedicated to Joseph J. Ackell, former Dow Jones & Co., Inc. General Manager, Production Department Head, and inventive genius. Mr. Ackell's inventions were ground breaking and revolutionary in the history of the American publishing industry.
By late 1929, Ackell had developed a "high speed ticker"capable of receiving up to 60 words per minute.
In the early 1950's, Ackell invented a system for remote typesetting. It was essentially a system where conventional hot metal linecasting machines were driven by a keyboard overlay comprised of solenoids which actuated the linecaster's keys. The solenoids were driven by punched paper tape representations of captured typesetter keystrokes. One keyboard operator could drive multiple typesetters at multiple remote publishing locations.
On January 4, 1952, The Wall Street Journal's leader story, written by Eugene J. Smith, described a highly significant development in the printing industry. "A mechanical marvel is fomenting a revolution in the business of publishing newspapers and magazines....This wonder is the Teletypesetter--TTS for short. It is a device for helping to turn words on paper into words in type. It does the job in about half the usual time. Unlike the conventional typesetting apparatus, it can be operated from a place thousands of miles from the scene of the typesetting--as far as a wire could reach."
Today, the "wire" reaches all of us who wish to be reached, and that wire brings you these information resources.
Newspaper Related
Printing Related
Graphic Comm Central -- Hosted by Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University,"the purpose of the Graphic Communication Electronic Publishing Project is to establish and maintain a WWW site that will provide a wide range of information and services for Graphic Communication educators, students, and industry personnel."
Institute of Newspaper Technologies -- "offers training in design and pagination skills and technologies to the newspaper industry at large."
U.S. Dept. of Labor Skill Standards & Certification
National Skill Standards Board
NAPL's Carl Didde WorkPLACE® (Work-related Print Learning And Career Enhancement) Program
Skill Standard Systems -- NAPL
National Skill Standards Project for Advanced High Performance Manufacturing
Printing - Inventory of Certification Programs
In the UK, they call it "National Vocational Qualifications - NVQs"
Supplier links have been moved to a separate page.
Here is a link to the Printing Industry Suppliers page.
Here are some authoritative listings of newspapers on the web:
NewspaperLinks.com - Hosted by the Newspaper Association of America.
OnlineNewspapers.com - Thousands of newspapers worldwide.
FINFO: News and Media in Finland.
College Press Network Newsstand
"The Ultimate Collection of News Links"
Shepard Poorman Communications Corporation -- Indiana's largest commercial printer.
Alprint - Finland
Mei Ka Printing
& Publishing Enterprise LTD.
This tool allows you to not only select the keywords you search for,
but also where you conduct your search:
Printing & Publishing Pointers' Industry Suppliers Page
Newspapers and Technology's Buyers Guide
Search the NPES Digital Product Locator - for Graphic Arts Machines and Materials
Find a Printing Equipment Supplier - Membership Directory for NPES® The Association for Suppliers of Printing and Publishing Technologies
Desktop Publisher's Internet Jumpstation- A collection of desktop publishing resources.
GraphicLinx -- "Your Link to the Graphic Arts Industry"
Pacific Forestry Centre- Victoria, BC
Finnish Forest Research Institute-
American Forest & Paper
Association
If you have a complaint, praise, wish to suggest additions or
modifications to this page, or if you wish to propose a sponsorship relationship: Talk to me
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THE AUTHOR AND ARE NOT IN ANY WAY ENDORSED BY ANY OTHER PARTY. INCLUSION HERE DOES NOT
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Version 1.0 Created: Monday, November 13, 1995
Changes last made: 5/11/01
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