PORT PERRY STAR -- Wednesday, Nov. 20, 1974 -- 25 story from an idea to printed word 0 Siw We yer rl rt . "at #7 > ? : : 4; Zins i' g. #5 '1% in Ny 3 Peter Hvidsten develops the plate after it comes. off of the platemaker. f 4 » A Bob Dean, from Uxbridge, places plate around cylinder of a large web press. - 2 2 b> & Jt 4 Bob checking copy' of the paper as it is printed at speeds up to 15,000 per hour. small flaws and light holes are covered with opaque. This eliminates the dirty effect that would otherwise be caused when printed. Plate making The appropriate pages are then masked together and placed on top of an alumi- num plate in a' machine, known as a plate maker. The: plates used are sensative to light, so when the machine is on, it burns the image of the negative into the plate. This process takes about three minutes. From here the plate is taken and developed by Peter Hvidsten and when finished is gummed-in to prevent oxidiation of the plate, which is now ready to be put on a printing press. Printing The plates are then taken to Uxbridge, where they are placed around a cylinder on a press and the papers are printed at a speed of 15,000 copies per hour, Bob Dean, is in charge of this $100,000 machine which prints, and folds the paper all in one operation. When the printing is com- pleted, the papers are trans- ported back to Port Perry in the STAR's van. Mailing Early Wednesday morn- ings Annabell Harrison and Peter Hvidsten begin the chore of mailing, counting out bundles and delivering the paper to stores in and around Port Perry. -- "In the post office, Post- Jwithheld at the writer's ) ' Readers opinion Readers comments on the events that make today's news are wel- comed in the form of Letters to the editor. Letters must be signed with an address inclu- ded but names can be request. Letters should be received by Friday for publication the next week. master Bruce Hull and his staff sort papers into mail boxes, while the rural route carriers sort and deliver the papers to mail boxes all over the area. . By now you have already, picked up your copy of this week's STAR and are prob- ably silting at home or in your office reading about friends, neighbours and news that affects your area. Now that you have travel- led through the cycle of a news story, we hope you will understand a little clearer how we bring the news to you. ) Hf you see or hear of an incident that you feel may be newsworthy . . . call us, and news if possible, we will try to let all of our subscribers read about it. We enjoy bringing you the and whether it be advertisements from local merchants, the birth of a child, a fire, an accident or time and location of a local function, we intend to keep you informed. oo SOI JF J RY pat J ¢- Peter Hvidsten and Annabell Harrison mailing papers 3 THERE'S ALWAYS ONE IN WD! NO MATTER HOW MUCH YOU ADVERTISE, THERE ARE ALWAYS A FEW YOU WON'T REACH PEEL LI HEN yr ~ AE To Ee rn ey wo LF Jag 4 ICG MP Ge ry Fea,