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香港政府

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DAILY INFORMATION BULLETIN

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1977

INTRODUCTION OF NEW TYPESETTING PROCESS

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THE PRINTING DEPARTMENT HAS GOT THE +GO AHEAD TO INTRODUCE A NEW TYPESETTING PROCESS, CALLED SYSTEMS CONTROLLED PHOTO COMPOSITION, IN A BID TO ACHIEVE BETTER SPEED AND QUALITY IN ITS PRODUCTION.

MR. JACK LEE, THE GOVERNMENT PRINTER, SAID THAT A SUM OF $1.9 VILLION WOULD BE ALLOCATED TO THIS PROJECT IN THE COMING FINANCIAL YEAR AND IN THE MEANTIME, TENDERS WERE BEING PROCESSED.

THE NEW METHOD INVOLVES THE USE OF A MINI COMPUTER TO CONTROL THE PHOTO COMPOSING MACHINES AND WILL EVENTUALLY REPLACE HOT METAL TYPESETTING NOW IN USE.

MR. LEE SAID THAT IT WOULD BE PARTICULARLY USEFUL IN PRINTING PUBLICATIONS WHICH REQUIRE CONSTANT AMENDMENTS SUCH AS ORDINANCES AND THE VARIOUS LISTINGS WHICH APPEAR IN THE GOVERNMENT GAZETTE.

WITH SYSTEMS CONTROLLED PHOTO COMPOSITION, AMENDMENTS COULD BE MADE IN THE ORIGINAL BY SIMPLY FEEDING INSTRUCTIONS INTO THE COMPUTER WHICH WOULD THEN AUTOMATICALLY ADJUST THE LINE AND PAGE ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE REPRINTS, MR. LEE EXPLAINED.

+ IN THE CASE OF THE ORDINANCES, WE HOPE TO BE ABLE TO GET THE AMENDMENTS INCORPORATED INTO THE ORIGINAL TEXT THE WEEK THEY ARE PASSED INSTEAD OF WEEKS AS IS THE CASE NOW, + HE ADDED.

SPACE, THE GREATEST PROBLEM FACED BY THE PRINTING DEPARTMENT, WILL ALSO BE SOLVED WITH THE INTRODUCTION OF THE NEW METHOD AS ALL THE WORK WILL BE STORED ON MAGNETIC TAPES WHICH TAKE UP VERY LITTLE SPACE.

MR. LEE SAID THAT THE FIRST STAGE IN THE CHANGEOVER WOULD INVOLVE THE BUILDING UP OF A LIBRARY BY TRANSCRIEING ALL THE RELEVANT MATERIALS INTO FORMAT PROGRAMMES.

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