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
523.—Compositors—Machine Operatives
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- compositor (linotype)
- see linotype operator.
- intertype operator
- a linotype operator q.v. operating intertype machine.
- linotype man
- see linotype operator ; rarely used .
- linotype operator
; compositor (linotype), linotype man
- depresses keys of keyboard of linotype machine (each key corresponding with letter of alphabet or typographical sign), thereby assembling matrices of type in line, from which, when complete, line of type is automatically cast as a single bar of metal.
- monotype keyboard operator, monotype operator
- operates monotype machine by depressing keys of keyboard, thereby punching paper roll, which is used by monotype caster attendant (524) q.v.
- Stringer type machine operator
- a linotype operator q.v. working at a Stringer type machine.
- typographical operator
- a linotype operator q.v. operating typograph machine; re-distributes matrices periodically by raising a lever.
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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. 