General Information

Serial #

5396

Part Number

1

Total Parts

15

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

METAL, SYNTHETIC, FABRIC ON BELLOWS ASSEMBLY/ PTS ARE SYNTHETIC, METAL, PAPER, WOOD, WAX (?)

Dimensions

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

Length

100.0 cm

Width

77.5 cm

Height

71.0 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Printing

Category

Typesetting

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

VISUAL

Country

United States of America

State/Province

New York

City

New York

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

Unknown

Canada

Unknown

Function

TO PHOTOGRAPHICALLY SET TYPE FOR HEADLINES, ADVERTISEMENTS, ETC.

Technical

THE "PHOTOTYPOSITOR" WAS INTRO. IN 1960, ITS ADVANTAGES WERE LOW OPERATING COST COMPARED WITH KEYBOARD SYSTEMS OR RUB-DOWN LETTERING, SPACING BETWEEN CHARACTERS EASILY MANIPULATED, COST OF MASTER TYPE FONTS COMPARTIVELY LOW- AVAILABILITY OF THESE MACHINES HELPED LEAD TO GROWTH OF SMALL TYPESETTING HOUSES

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

MFG. PLATE 'photo typositor/ vgc/ Manufactured under U.S. Patent Nos.3,080,802, 3,115,815/ Serial # 5396 Model # L/ Operating Current 115 Volt A.C./50-60 Cy./ CAUTION: This machine is under/ contract for service and parts. Thismachine/ should not be serviced by anyone except an/ authorized factory representative./ For SERVICE Call.../ Manufactured exclusively by:/ Visual Graphics Corporation/ NEW YORK, N.Y.'/ ALSO 'PHOTO/TYPOSITOR/ PAT. U.S. PAT. OFF.', 'vgc' 'BASIC EXPOSURE CHART/ THIS CHART IS OPERATIVE AT 72o/ IN COLDER AREAS INCREASE EXPOSURE TIME/ IN WARMER AREAS DECREASE EXPOSURE TIME/ TO DETERMINE CORRECT EXPOSURE.

Missing

From CA of 01/23/1995 by Tony Missio: Undetermined

Finish

GRAY MOTTLED FINISH &BLACK, SOME ORANGE & RED PARTS, RED ON NAME PLATE

Decoration

N/A