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gth4 vutc staff photo f staff photo pictures are availa to readers at this officefollowmgpubhcation each week glossy prints are obtainable in two sizes g photo story on photos free press enlarges new scanagraver added all processes now in plant introduction to this newspaper of a scanagraver a photo electronic device which reproduces a photograph on a thin sheet of pifstic for printing now confines all technical phases of photoiews presentation in the plant this week he pictures on this page a page graphically tracing the processes people and products involved in week- toweek photo coverage are produced ir the plant from prlitnrial tcte lr phintrig iscoiriaifmuimjteidafkft operators transferrance as a positive pnnl c photo dept to the scana graver operators reproduction on a plastic plate then to the compositors and pressmen who mount the plate lock it in a form which goes to the press minutes before the weeks edi tion goes to pressv to news column readers to advertisers and to printing clientsvthe photography and ngravmg facrhties now available to attest this growth mean a broader and better service i- to camera idea before the pictures of people events acodertts or achievements ever reach the readers and even be fore those pictures undergo their varied technical pro cesses theyve been weigh ed and recognized for their news value this is done in the editorial department of the paper then the photo grapher takes over for this newspaper pho tographers here are jim dills upper left john black upper rght and roy downs circle at right they re trained to use ex pensive riigh speed press cameras nearly 1000 in camera equipment alone is handled each week by these photographers to fake the pictures that appear in the publication each week the darkroom technician once the photographers plates or films are exposed the darkroom operator takes over in our plant derek milnes shown at left is a skilled operator who develops the film then prints the pictures to a high glossy finish as is required in news photography he works with chemicals time clocks trays and tanks racks and hangers and in semi darkness if not total darkness his skill can soften or highlight enlarge or reduce alter or improve the prints he works with once the picture becomes a positive print its washed and electrically dried if speed is needed its possible to have a picture de veloped printed and dried within minutes after its been taken scanagraver photoelectric eye reads picture onto plastic the finished print moves from the darkroom to the scana graver in the photo below dave dills has rust completed scanning a photograph and is checking it for color his machine after being set works automatically as can be seen there are two cylinders the photograph is around the cylinder at right and a sheet of plastic around the left cylinder over the cylinder with the photograph is a photoelectric cell wtiich reads the light anjddark areas of the picture as the cylinder turns over the other cylinder holding the plastic is a motor with a hot steel tool which burns out craters m the plastic the size and depth of these craters as decided by the photoelectric cell determines the size ofjlbadotswhjch will carry the ink these dots as anyone exam ining a newspaper picture closely would see make up the entire picturen areas that are white or gray there appear hun dreds of small black dots in the darker areas the black dots jetjarger until there are white dots the same size between them in the blacleest areas there are very small white dots or none atall in this way the photo color is broken up in dots of various sizes which give the illusion of several shades of gray in printers lingo this type of plate is called a halftone the scanagraver developed by the fairchild camera and instrument corporation of new york has only come into use since world war ii al though its conception dates back to 1899 it has gained wide acceptance particularly among newspapermen cost of plate production for newspapers is far below the expense involved n having plates made by former photoengraving methods used the scana graver is leased by the fairchild corpora tion to newspapers buying the service becaluse it is basically an electronic machine it requires periodic expert attention and modifications in order to keep it up to date under lease ar rangement fairchild supplies these services and others enabl- ng smaller newspapers to compete in picture coverage with larger dailies without making a large capital investment file system retains alii films and plates all pictures that fyave appeared in the paper are kept on file the prints are not necessarily re tained but all negatives are filed and indexed in a few moments any negative of a print al though printed five years ago can be found and reprinted for reproduction or sale above kay dills places negatives of prints in last weeks paser in a file drawer ajso retainedare the plas tic plates taken off wood bases and filed in an ewelope they are light and easy to handle often with a whole weeks plates weighing no more than a few ounces and taking less space than two sheets of the newspaper folded three times any pictures which have appeared are available at the office in two sizes 5 or 8x10- piduref are printed on glossy jinish paper and usual de liveryis within a week of iorderingah negativesare theproperty of hisr tiewspraperr-