A Dictionary of Occupational Terms Based on the Classification of Occupations used in the Census of Population, 1921.

ORDER XVI.—MAKERS OF AND WORKERS IN PAPER; PRINTERS, BOOKBINDERS, PHOTOGRAPHERS, ETC.

Sub-order 2.—Printers, Bookbinders, and Photographers

522.—Compositors—Hand

box hand, fudge box hand: a compositor q.v. who sets up type, for "latest news" or "stop press," which is put into a box and inserted in stereo cylinder.
case hand: see compositor.
compositor ; case hand type setter: sets up type from which printing is to be done; picks out letters, etc., from compartments or "cases" in frame before him and arranges them in a grooved piece of wood, called a "stick"; when line is complete, transfers type to "galley," or long tray from which first proof is pulled by pressman (529) q.v.; corrects type after proof has been checked by reader (548) q.v.
compositor (jobbing): a compositor q.v. engaged in general miscellaneous printing work, e.g., handbills, tickets, catalogues, etc., as distinguished from those engaged in one particular branch of printing, especially newspaper printing.
compositor (music): a compositor q.v. who has been specially trained to set up music type.
imposer: see stone hand.
maker-up, make-up hand: a compositor q.v. who makes up composed type into page form.
plate hand, plate imposer: a stone hand q.v. who puts electrotype or stereotype plates into correct positions in chase for print.
platelayer: imposes unmounted plates, i.e., mounts them on boards or blocks of suitable thickness to make plate type-high; backs or adjusts by affixing paper strips to get surface of plate absolutely true, and give clearer impression.
poster hand: a jobbing compositor q.v. specially trained to set up type (often exceptionally large, and made of wood instead of metal) for printing posters.
stone hand ; imposer: imposes type, which has been set up in page form in correct position in chase or iron frame, for printing in sheets.
type setter: see compositor.

From: A Dictionary of Occupational Terms Based on the Classification of Occupations used in the Census of Population, 1921,
Ministry of Labour, 1927. Digitised by Peter Christian, August, 2016. This text is in the Public Domain.