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The photo-reporter is the man who gets the pletures.,

The layout or make-up man has to select and ar- range the photos, often is limited time.

Type proofs are checked: both these and photos are then changed into negatives by the dry, plafe, process,

Developing the wet plate, intensifying, and finally fixing,

Hap now takes pláca,

Then the caption-writer goes to work, In his case he has little space to give the detalls.

It is the lipo operator's job to fit his setting to the spaces indicated. He works with lead, but sometimes wishes it were

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Afterwards these are developed, and on the quality

of the negatives depends the final result.

Re-touching, and blocking out backgrounds, etc, always keeps these operators busy.

Wel plate positives are then made.

is sensitising a plate for exposure.

This operator

Next comes the really akliled operation of atting up all the wet film components on to the large glass.

When re-checked, this "glass" is brought into con- tact with a sensitised copper plate, which retains the printed imsa gen.,

After fixing, the copperplate is then subjected to an acid bath which attacki the 'unprotected surface and

ests the ink cavities into the entire block.

Etching this block demands skill and constant control. Operators paint those parts sufficiently etched, allowing further etching where required.

Now the block is ready for mounting on the cylinder, and printing the supplement can then proceed.